Swift Creek, an Americana band based in Raleigh NC, is proud to 'Winner Winner Chicken Dinner,' their debut CD on the Vital Records tag. The album was recorded at The Rubber Room in Chapel Hill, NC and produced by Jerry Brown, highly-regarded area musician (Shady Grove Band) and record producer. The band blends original material and interesting covers for a sound that is both refreshingly new and tenderly traditional. Songwriters Kevin Brown and Chris Martin of Swift Creek wrote six of the twelve tracks, while Justin Robertson, local musician and friend of the band, contributed another two original songs. Well-chosen covers rounding out the album include a Steeldrivers tune, a honky-tonk number by Richard Julian of The Little Willies, a Decemberists' song and finally, a tribute to country icon, Wanda Jackson. The album's title track, 'Winner Winner Chicken Dinner,' was recorded around a 70-year-old RCA 77 ribbon microphone and sets the tone with a story/song about how to charm the ladies with culinary skills. Double entendres abound in this Kevin Brown original, but the band's three-part harmonies are no joke. Vocalist/guitarist Chris Martin takes the lead and is joined by Swift Creek's Casey Elder, who contributes a steamy guitar solo, and guest artist, Pattie Hopkins (Kickin' Grass band), who supplies tasty licks on the fiddle. 'All Your Memories' (by Justin Robertson) is driven by Martin's powerful lead vocal and a dueling mandolin/fiddle break; while'Notice' (co-written by Brown and Martin) happily shows off Swift Creek's jam-band side, with guest banjo player, Hugh Moore (Rye Mountain Boys). Swift Creek's female vocalist, Ann Searcy, lends a hand with 'It's Not You It's Me' the Little Willies cover, successfully evoking all that's good about honky-tonk. The band is given an assist on the track by talented guest, Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange), on piano. Dennis