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The Swamp Tigers are a Honky-Tonk and Rockabilly band based in Carbondale, Illinois. Members include Josh Plemon (vocals/guitar), Andrew Staff (guitar/lap steel/vocals), Blake Bramlett (doghouse bass), and Zach Kemp (drums).

History
The Swamp Tigers were formed in 2008 by Josh Plemon in Carbondale, IL, after Plemon's band Josh Plemon and the Lonesome Drifters was dissolved. They are currently signed to Room 12 records. Their first album Nobody Else was recorded in 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee by Gabe Casey.

Influences include: Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, BR549, Chris Casello, Elvis Presley, The Planet Rockers, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Spade Cooley, Jimmy Bryant, Ernest Tubb, Faron Young, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Buddy Miller.

The band performs primarily at venues located in Southern Illinois, but occasionally travels to other nearby areas such as St. Louis, Missouri and surrounding cities. The band's first performance in Nashville, Tennessee was set for March 2012 at Exit/In alongside Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes.

Nobody Else (2009)

 * 1) Leavin' Town Blues


 * 1) Ohio


 * 1) Nobody Else


 * 1) Burdens


 * 1) Lost, Lonesome and Alone


 * 1) Cold, Cold Heart