Denney and The Jets is a rock band based in

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and is the namesake of band leader Chris Denney. Denney and The Jets have toured with

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. Chris Denney's rotating cast of backing bands have included members of

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, PUJOL, Blackfoot Gypsies, Promised Land Sound and Clear Plastic Masks.

History

2009-2011

In 2009, Chris Denney began writing his tales of debauchery along with the first version of his Jets, which included Jake and Jamin Orrall of

and Wes Traylor of

leading to the recording of Denney and The Jets' debut self-titled digital EP. The ultra-limited cassette EP, The Devil's Harvest, followed in 2010 and after a short stint with Daniel Pujol (of PUJOL) in the band, Denney and The Jets solidified lineup of Sean Cotton (Lead Guitar), Joseph Scala (Bass) and Paul Turek (Drums) and released the 2011 "Killin' Machine" 7" -- all on Nashville-based Infinity Cat Recordings.

2012

Drummer Evan Scala (and brother of bassist Joseph Scala) replaced Turek in early 2012 band recorded their 2nd self-titled EP (''aka the Slick Rick EP'') in the spring with producer and engineer Andrija Tokic at The Bomb Shelter in East Nashville, TN. The EP was self-released by the band in June 2012 via bandcamp and then saw a wider release in August 2012 on Miami, FL-based label Limited Fanfare Records with the limited cassette release on

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. Denney completed a late 2011/early 2012 residency at Ovvio Arte's Bleed The Ballroom in Nashville, which included support from Deer Tick's John McCauley, Natural Child, Tristen and Nikki Lane among others and toured later in the year with

, Derek Hoke and Tristen

2013-2014

Recording for the band's debut LP, Mexican Coke, began in June 2013 again with Andrija Tokic (

, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Majestico) and Chris Denney producing with the Nashville-via-Brooklyn, NY band Clear Plastic Masks backing and co-producing in the studio. 2013 Festival appearances at

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, Sailor Jerry's Cobra Fest (Chicago) and WARMFest (Indianapolis) led up to the February 2014 single release of "Bye Bye Queenie" and the announcement of Mexican Coke's April 8, 2014 release on

/Limited Fanfare Records. The band celebrated the release of Mexican Coke with an intimate in-store performance at FOND OBJECT in Nashville, leading into a tour with Portland's White Fang in April 2014 and culminating with an April 26 in-store performance at Grimey's New and Preloved Music in Nashville. The video for "Bye Bye Queenie" was premiered on The A.V. Club in late May 2014 and was directed and edited by Mexican Coke cover artist Josh Shearon—which features BIRDCLOUD's Makenzie Green. The band supported Robert Francis and The Night Tide in Southeast US in June 2014 and did a handful of SE dates on the 2014 'Burger Caravan of Stars Tour' with

. '

Discography

Albums

* Mexican Coke (Burger/Limited Fanfare - April 8, 2014) inyl/CD/Cassette/Digital

EPs

* Denney and The Jets (Infinity Cat - 2009) igital* The Devil's Harvest (Infinity Cat - 2010) assette/Digital* Denney and The Jets (CD/Digital on Limited Fanfare Records - August 21, 2012 and Cassette via

) D/Cassette/Digital

Singles

* Killin' Machine (Infinity Cat - 2011) " Vinyl/Digital

Compilations

* ''Limited Fanfare Records 2014 Spring/Summer Sampler'' (Limited Fanfare Records 2014) - "Bye Bye Queenie" & "Mama's Got The Blues" * ''Now That's What I Call Burger - Vol. 5'' (Burger Records 2014) "Bye Bye Queenie" * ''Insound Vinyl Mixtape v.23'' (Insound March 2014) - "Mama's Got The Blues" * ''CMJ Mixtape April 2014'' (CMJ 2014) - "Bye Bye Queenie" * ''Limited Fanfare Records Spring/Summer Sampler 2013'' (Limited Fanfare Records 2013) - "Fun Girls" * ''The Wiener Dog Comp'' (Wiener Records/Burger Records 2012) - "New York Love" (exclusive track)

References

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External links

* http://www.denneyandthejets.com Musical groups established in 2009 Garage rock groups from Tennessee Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee