Home Tiki Bar Spotlight #11 The Blue Flamingo And The Bowler Hat Club Seattle, WA

Russell and The Blue Flamingo Lounge and Bowler Hat Club
Russell and The Blue Flamingo Lounge and Bowler Hat Club

The late ’80s/early ’90s was a great time for music and no, I’m not talking about grunge! There started to be a renewed interest in music from the Mid-Century, music like jazz, swing, exotica, surf, and lounge. It was mostly punk and alternative types that re-discovered all this great music and leather jackets and boots were replaced with suits and skinny ties.

Records at The Blue Flamingo and Bowler Hat Club
Records at The Blue Flamingo and Bowler Hat Club

Russell Scheidelman is one of these punks who got turned on to this great music from the ’60s and went head-on into the Seattle lounge scene. Russell is one sharped-dressed man who channels Andy Warhol and John Steed from the Avengers.

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