Perennial Favorites (1998) followed, then Christmas Caravan and Bedlam Ballroom. In support of the album, the band toured with rock singer Neil Young. Hot was also one of the first enhanced CDs, containing an interactive presentation created by filmmaker Clay Walker. The Zippers's debut album, The Inevitable (1995), received airplay on National Public Radio, and its second album, Hot (1996), was certified platinum. The breakthrough single "Hell", with its calypso rhythm, more closely aligned the band with the neo-swing movement. The band was influenced by Johnny Ace, Cab Calloway, Django Reinhardt, Raymond Scott, Fats Waller, and Tom Waits.
The band is credited for contributing to the swing revival that occurred during the 1990s. The headline was "Squirrel Nut Zipper." It is also the name of a caramel and peanut candy dating back to 1890. The band's name comes from a newspaper story about an intoxicated man who climbed a tree and refused to come down even after police arrived. "Nut Zippers" is a southern term for a variety of old bootleg moonshine. Stacy Guess (formerly of Pressure Boys) joined shortly after. The group made its debut in Chapel Hill a few months later. The band was founded by James "Jimbo" Mathus, formerly of Metal Flake Mother and Johnny Vomit & The Dry Heaves, and his then-wife Katharine Whalen in Carrboro, North Carolina, with Tom Maxwell, Chris Phillips, Don Raleigh, and Ken Mosher. The Squirrel Nut Zippers continue to tour, and released their new album Beasts of Burgundy in March 2018, and singles "Mardi Gras for Christmas" and "Alone at Christmas" in November 2018. In 2016, Mathus and Phillips reunited the band with a new lineup to tour in support of the 20th anniversary of their highest selling album, Hot. After a hiatus of several years, the original band members reunited and performed in 2007, playing in the U.S. They found commercial success during the swing revival of the late 1990s with their 1996 single "Hell", written by Tom Maxwell. The band's music is a fusion of Delta blues, gypsy jazz, 1930s–era swing, klezmer, and other styles. Squirrel Nut Zippers is an American swing and jazz band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by James "Jimbo" Mathus (vocals and guitar), Tom Maxwell (vocals and guitar), Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo, ukulele), Chris Phillips (drums), Don Raleigh (bass guitar), and Ken Mosher.
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