The retro-swing unit
Indigo Swing were formed in San Francisco around the sextet of vocalist
Johnny Boyd, guitarist
Josh Workman, bassist Vance Ehlers, drummer "Big Jim" Overton, pianist William Beatty and saxophone player Baron Shul. After kick-starting northern California's new school of swing, the group began touring around America and signed to Time Bomb Recordings in 1997. The group's debut
All Aboard was released in July 1998. They followed with
Red Light in 1999. ~ John Bush