Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Trio – Don’t Desert Me Dionysus Records – ID074524Don’t Desert Me / I’m gonna Leave Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Trio recorded this single in 1991, the year following the release of their first album and Bobby Trimble’s replacement of drummer Will B.Side A is a beautiful medium Rockabilly. The B side is just as successful, a superb melancholic ballad highlighted by the voice of Big Sandy/Robert Williams and the delicate pickin’ of TK Smith. Both songs are from Williams’ pen. The 45 version was released on Dionysus Records, but there is a much rarer Cet article Big Sand ..read more

The Barnshakers ‎– Whiskey River / Hollow Grave  Goofin’ Records ‎– GRSI 224 [2012] Another excellent single released by the Barnshakers. The A-side is a cover of Johnny Bush’s Whiskey River, also a hit for Willie Nelson. They deliver a superb muscled-up version with powerful slap bass and intense vocal by Vesa.The flip is an excellent Rockabilly with harmony vocals, typical of the style of the band. The Barnshakers – Twenty One Goofin Records GRCD6130Twenty-One – Come On – Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop – Have A Ball – Knock Knock Rattle – Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby – Cet article The Barnshake ..read more

Miss Mary Ann & the Ragtime Wranglers – Danger Moved West Home Brew Records – Sonic Rendez Vous SRV059 [2013]Danger Moved West – Little Ole You – You Made A Hit – Strange Things – The Blues Come Around – Honey – Fine Tuning Buddy – I Ain’t That Strong – Do You Wanna Rock – So You Think You’ll Come Back – Knock Knock Rattle – Falling For You – Make The Most Of It – I’ve Got Leavin’ On My Mind – Blue Days Black Nights – I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You Sometimes, bands or artists are such Cet article Miss Mary Ann / the Ranch Girls and the Ragtime Wranglers est apparu en premier sur the rockabilly ch ..read more

Victor Leed – Thanks Rock’n’Roll Big Beat Records – BB805 [1980]But In Your Eyes – I Forgot To Love – Blue River – To Change My Life – Jenny – Don’t Be Looking For Trouble – She Don’t Care – Shy – Too Much To Be Right – Thanks Rock And Roll Thanks Rock’n’Roll is one of the best, if not the best, Rockabilly albums ever produced in France. It can compete with everything recorded in Europe at the same time.Victor Leed started his musical career as an Elvis Presley imitator, but soon, under the guidance of French collector Ding Cet article Victor Leed est apparu en premier sur the rockabilly chron ..read more

Hypno-Coin – High Tension [2023]No She Never – Required Etiquette – Bomber – London Dungeon – Jet-Engine Supperclub – La Cumbanchera Hypno-Coin: Behind this name hides Jake Yergs, who has recorded and played all the instruments. Hypno-Coin is not your run-of-the-mill Rock’n’Roll band and is definitively not for purists of any kind. Yergs creates his style by mixing a wide array of influences.No She Never, the opening track is a middle pace tune, a bit wonky, that sounds like a Rockabilly rendition of Tom Waits, with gritty sound on the vocals and the electric guitar. Next is Required Etiquette ..read more

Tommy Johnson – 1928 – 1929 Document Records – DOCD-5001Cool drink of water blues – Big road blues – Bye-bye blues – Maggie Campbell blues – Canned heat blues – Lonesome home blues (take 1) – Lonesome home blues (take 2) – Big fat mama blues – I wonder to myself – Slidin` delta – Lonesome home blues – Boogaloosa woman – Morning prayer – Black mare blues (take 1) – Black mare blues (take 2) – Ridin` horse – Alcohol and jake blues Probably because he doesn’t have the same romantic aura around him as his homonym Robert, Tommy Cet article Tommy Johnson est apparu en premier sur the rockabilly chro ..read more

Various Artists – Destination Health Bear Family BCD17524Rock Therapy – Johnny Burnette & The Rock’n’Roll Trio / Doctor, Doctor – Ben Joe Zeppa & The Hot Notes / Call A Doctor – The Crows / Achoo-Cha-Cha (Gesundheit) – The Andrews Sisters / Doctor Feelgood – Herbert Hunter / Quarantine – Dennis Bell / Asiatic – Ebe Sneezer & The Epidemics / Pills – Bo Diddley / Red Cherries – Flyod Dixon / Bop Pills – Macy Skipper / Boogie Disease – Doctor Ross / Boppin’ The Blues – Carl Perkins / Doctor, Doctor, Doctor – Joey Nepote with H.B. Barnum Cet article Bear Family V/A – Destination… est a ..read more

The Dave and Deke Combo – Moonshine Melodies No Hit Records – HITCD09 [1993]Tally Ho  – I’m Just Too Lazy – Maybe Baby  – You Ain’t As Dumb As You Look  – Flipped!   – Didn’t It Rock   – Salty Boogie  – Two Guitars, No Waitin’  – Go Ahead On – Strange Woman’s Love  – Warm Lips (Big Trouble)  – Show-Me Boogie Released in 1992, Moonshine Melodies marks the thunderous, smashing debut on long-distance of the Dave and Deke Combo. The group had previously released an eight-track cassette and a highly acclaimed EP (Hey Cuzzin’, already on No Hit ..read more

Kyle Eldridge – Spooky Moon Swelltune Records – SR45-010 [2022]Spooky Moon / Star Struck Excellent double-sider from the Wizard of the Strings: Kyle Eldridge. Spooky Moon, a superb mid-tempo country tune with a fiddle, perfectly suits Eldridge’s nasal tone, akin to Gene O’Quin. The flip, Star Struck, is an instrumental tune in the Joe Maphis tradition: virtuosity, energy, tuneful skill and dexterity, and precision, served by a clean and crisp guitar sound.Stunning! It’s incredible the amount of talent you can put in such a tiny piece of vinyl. Buy it here or here. Cet article Kyle Eldridge est ..read more

The Hicksville Bombers – What Kinda Fool Raucous Records – Rauc 022 [1995]What Kinda Fool / Bopper and Shakers – Get Outta My House The Hicksville Bombers are Dave Brown on vocals and guitar, Pete “Geordie” O’Brien on double bass and vocals, and Bryn Jones on drums and vocals. The trio formed in Lincoln, England, in 1992. They recorded this EP with Chris Cummings (Riverside Trio) at his Riverside Studios.What Kinda Fool is a superb blues-bopper that maintains the tension throughout the song. It benefits from an excellent guitar work from Brown, mixing bopping blues with Rockabilly influences ..read more