Lee Presson and the Nails is a swing band that formed in San Francisco in October 1994 during the late 1990s swing revival.
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Background information | |
Origin | San Francisco, California |
Genres | Swing |
Years active | 1994–2004; 2006–present |
Website | leepresson |
The band won a California Music Award (Bammie) in 1998 for Best Swing/Cabaret Act and an SF Weekly Award for Best Swing Band later that year.[1] The band temporarily disbanded in 2004 Lee Presson moved to Hollywood, where he played keyboard for the Oingo Boingo tribute band Dead Man's Party.[2] Lee Presson and the Nails performed a reunion show in San Francisco on 16 September 2006 at the DNA Lounge.[3]