Opinions differ about the origins of Jump Jive music. Some authorities say it has its roots in the strong community bonds that were fostered in the socially deprived late 1930s / early 1940s as an antidote to wartime penury and the wrist-slitting misery and self-indulgent overlong solos of the blues music from the Mississippi Delta. Others see it as a unique and necessary interim step between basic twelve bar forms with a blend of jazz-based instrumental tone and variety and the loud and endlessly repetitive rock ‘n’ roll paradigm which matured into the ultimate sophistication of 1960s R&B.

But that’s mostly bollocks. The truth is that the adventure began in a barn in the Weald of Kent one night when a bunch of guys decided that there must be more to life than sitting in a barn at night listening to old Fletcher Henderson tracks.

Whether you love to Lindy, or Jitterbuggery is your thing, whether you like a foot-tappin’ frenzy or a hot night out, whether you’re into honkin’ horns, or you just can’t afford a real band, the SUGAR FOOT STOMP is for you!

Price list:
Fashion Show with some authentic silly hats and very BIG trousers in a variety of styles and materials.
£100



Small scale cruise with the 1950s vehicles on display and rides for nice ladies, or men with money to spare to help satisfy the thirsty cast iron lumps .
£100


Pub gig with a couple of free drinks, some sort of food and two forty-minute sets of crowd-pleasers
£200

Pub gig, as above, but with trousers and cars.
£300

Private party (Birthday, Wedding, Christening, Funeral &c.) With free drinks in abundance, bar snacks, six square meals, three forty-minute sets of wild entertainment, requests, encores, boorish behaviour (in character, of course) and a fair bit of difficulty getting home again, while wearing the trousers and driving the cars.
£500