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Skaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is the second compilation album by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. The album was released in September 2009 by Rock Ridge Music. Like Zoot Suit Riot (1997), Skaboy JFK is a collection of the band's ska material, compiling tracks from their first five studio albums with four new .
As the Daddies' former label Jive Records own the of the band's late 1990s work, three songs - "Soul Cadillac" and "End of the Night" from 2000's Soul Caddy and "2:29" from 1997's Vacationing in Palm Springs - were fully re-recorded for inclusion on this compilation. Notably, "2:29" was re-recorded and re-arranged from a fast ska punk style to a mellower reggae tempo.
On February 22, 2009, Perry confirmed the project on the band's MySpace page, revealing that production would take place in March and the album - under the working title of simply " The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies" - would possibly include as many as 15 songs. He noted the cover art would revisit touches of the Zoot Suit Riot artwork, explaining "...if they look somewhat similar maybe people will put 2 + 2 together and understand that these were special records we did in order to showcase one style, as opposed to getting a wrong impression of what the band is about generally".Perry, Steve. 'The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' www.daddies.com. February 22, 2009.
In mid-2009, the Daddies signed to independent label Rock Ridge Music, home of former Mojo labelmates Reel Big Fish (who, coincidentally, would also release a ska compilation of re-recorded tracks due to an identical conflict with Jive Records), for the national release and distribution of both Skaboy JFK and a re-issue of Susquehanna. Both records were simultaneously released on September 29, 2009.
The newly recorded tracks for Skaboy JFK marked the last recorded appearances of longtime lead guitarist Jason Moss, who joined the Daddies in 1992, and tenor saxophonist Jesse Cloninger, who had joined in 2008, as both musicians would leave the band in 2010.
On the negative side of the critical spectrum, a separate reviewer on Blogcritics derided the album's content as "sounding like every other modern ska track I’ve ever heard",Bastardo, Luigi 'Music Review - The Cherry Poppin' Daddies' Blogcritics. October 17, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009. while Wonka Vision gave Skaboy JFK a score of 2/5, describing it as "run-of-the-mill" and a reminder that "ska isn't anything special"...though listing "Hi and Lo" and "Sockable Face Club" as among the more memorable tracks on the album. Wonka Vision. November 5, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
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| Kids on the Street | 1996 | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Soul Caddy | 2000 | X | X | ||||||||||
| Susquehanna | 2008 | X | X | ||||||||||
| Previously unreleased | 2009 | X | X | X | X |
| vocals/guitar | Steve Perry | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| bass | Dan Schmid | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| trumpet/trombone | Dana Heitman | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| guitar | Jason Moss | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| keyboards | Dustin Lanker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Chris Azorr | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| tenor saxophone | Jesse Cloninger | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Sean Flannery | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Adrian Baxter | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| alto/tenor saxophone | Joe Manis | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Rex Trimm | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Brooks Brown | X | ||||||||||||
| drums | Jason Palmer | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Tim Donahue | X | X | |||||||||||
| Adam Glogauer | X | ||||||||||||
| Sean Oldham | X | ||||||||||||
| Brian West | X |
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