“We're one of the few bands that can get grandparents, their kids and grandkids all into the same show,” Marhevka said by phone from Los Angeles, where he was preparing for the band's 21-day tour. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's “Wild & Swingin' Holiday Party” is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center.

“We always enjoy really cool Christmas albums, like James Brown and Lou Rawls,” Marhevka said. “We collect them. We always thought it would be cool to do one of our own.” While Big Bad Voodoo Daddy gained mainstream notice with a performance in the 1996 film “Swingers” and helped launch a swing music movement, the band now focuses on touring nonstop, performing at least 100 concerts each year around the world.

The band was started in 1989 when Scott Morris gave up life as a studio guitarist in favor of leading a three-piece jazz, blues and swing combo including drummer Kurt Sodergren. The band was named during a post-show encounter with blues guitar player Albert Collins, who signed Morris' poster “To Scott, the big bad voodoo daddy.” Marhevka, bassist Dirk Shumaker, saxophone player Andy Rowley, pianist Joshua Levy and saxophone/clarinet player Karl Hunter eventually joined the band.

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