Ambition has always been a major ingredient in the success of Brian
Setzer. And Brian Setzer, as everyone knows, is a rockabilly
guitar-slinging maverick. We knew it when he suddenly popped up in the
very early 80's with The Stray Cats, playing the kind of pure rock music
that had gone by the wayside for nigh on three decades. One might say
Setzer began the rockabilly revival, which paved the way for other cool
music movements like the swing revival, and even could possibly be to
blame for a bit of the alt-country movement. The man is a master of the
wailing Gretsch 6120, even having a signature model of the venerable axe
named for him. The legend of Brian Setzer went from rockabilly punk
rocker to big band leader and many points in between… but the circle has
come full back, and on his latest release, Rockabilly Riot!, Setzer
returns to playing the music that obviously played such an intense
influence on him in his early years.
Rockabilly Roit! is a collection of 23 classic rockabilly tracks that were originally recorded for the Sun Records label in the mid 50's. Setzer and his band - Bernie Dresel on drums, Mark Winchester on upright bass, and Kevin McKendree on piano - pay homage to a time when American music was on the move, with a fresh and exciting taste. Setzer picked some of the best of the Sun tracks - not only the most popular - but some real closet gems as well, and did faithful recreations of the songs, much as they were played way back when. The result is a collection of ageless songs with a clean brilliance that would be hard to attain from old master tapes. The songs run the gamut from the ever-popular "Blue Suede Shoes"and "Put Your Cat Clothes On", to rockabilly scorchers like "Red Hot", chicken pickin' classics such as "Just Because", and even down-tempo tracks like "Sweet Woman" and the surf-guitar sounds of "Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache". In other words, all the bases are covered… thick… with plenty of echo and guitar tone to spare.
These songs are so true to the originals that they have an inherent sense of nostalgic beauty. The tracks will leave you glad to be alive, and wondering why you have neglected the rockabilly classics for so long in your own life… and hopefully send you on a quest to find more of this prime American music. But the best thing about Rockabilly Riot! is that it's volume 1. Which means hopefully in the near future, we'll get even more of these great tracks played by this fantastic band. -Embo Blake
Rockabilly Roit! is a collection of 23 classic rockabilly tracks that were originally recorded for the Sun Records label in the mid 50's. Setzer and his band - Bernie Dresel on drums, Mark Winchester on upright bass, and Kevin McKendree on piano - pay homage to a time when American music was on the move, with a fresh and exciting taste. Setzer picked some of the best of the Sun tracks - not only the most popular - but some real closet gems as well, and did faithful recreations of the songs, much as they were played way back when. The result is a collection of ageless songs with a clean brilliance that would be hard to attain from old master tapes. The songs run the gamut from the ever-popular "Blue Suede Shoes"and "Put Your Cat Clothes On", to rockabilly scorchers like "Red Hot", chicken pickin' classics such as "Just Because", and even down-tempo tracks like "Sweet Woman" and the surf-guitar sounds of "Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache". In other words, all the bases are covered… thick… with plenty of echo and guitar tone to spare.
These songs are so true to the originals that they have an inherent sense of nostalgic beauty. The tracks will leave you glad to be alive, and wondering why you have neglected the rockabilly classics for so long in your own life… and hopefully send you on a quest to find more of this prime American music. But the best thing about Rockabilly Riot! is that it's volume 1. Which means hopefully in the near future, we'll get even more of these great tracks played by this fantastic band. -Embo Blake
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Notas del álbum
Soul Jazz Extravaganza. Tendría que buscar un LP de Lost Lost Grooves Blue Note o un lanzamiento de Prestige del '69 para encontrar algo comparable. Grabado en 2014 en España, este cuarteto de jazz soul funky está dirigido por el maestro de saxo y flauta Chip Wickham (New MasterSounds, Lack of Afro) e impulsado por su grinder Hammond B3 (Gabriel Casanova) y cargado por la guitarra Gibson (Tolmo Fernandez), con ritmos funky proporcionados por Javier Gómez en la batería y el invitado especial David Romano en las congas. El espectro completo de los sonidos del soul jazz se entregan aquí con una maestría y un talento sin concesiones, que solo cabe para un lanzamiento en 2015. La críptica interpretación de Blue Mode de Smells Like Teen Spirit de Nirivana sigue a la pesada pista principal Space Race. DJ Craig Charles en diciembre de 2014 proclamó que Blue Mode's Space Race era uno de sus lanzamientos favoritos de 2014 en su programa de música BBC-6, Craig Charles Funk and Soul, donde varias pistas han recibido reproducción al aire. Este álbum es imprescindible para cualquier coleccionista serio de álbumes de Soul Jazz y Jazz Funk.
Soul Jazz Extravaganza. Tendría que buscar un LP de Lost Lost Grooves Blue Note o un lanzamiento de Prestige del '69 para encontrar algo comparable. Grabado en 2014 en España, este cuarteto de jazz soul funky está dirigido por el maestro de saxo y flauta Chip Wickham (New MasterSounds, Lack of Afro) e impulsado por su grinder Hammond B3 (Gabriel Casanova) y cargado por la guitarra Gibson (Tolmo Fernandez), con ritmos funky proporcionados por Javier Gómez en la batería y el invitado especial David Romano en las congas. El espectro completo de los sonidos del soul jazz se entregan aquí con una maestría y un talento sin concesiones, que solo cabe para un lanzamiento en 2015. La críptica interpretación de Blue Mode de Smells Like Teen Spirit de Nirivana sigue a la pesada pista principal Space Race. DJ Craig Charles en diciembre de 2014 proclamó que Blue Mode's Space Race era uno de sus lanzamientos favoritos de 2014 en su programa de música BBC-6, Craig Charles Funk and Soul, donde varias pistas han recibido reproducción al aire. Este álbum es imprescindible para cualquier coleccionista serio de álbumes de Soul Jazz y Jazz Funk.
2. Slow Down
3. Real Wild Child
4. Rockhouse
5. Put Your Cat Clothes On
6. Lonely Weekends
7. Get It Off Your Mind
8. Just Because
9. Glad All Over
10. Flatfoot Sam
11. Rock N Roll Ruby
12. Blue Suede Shoes
13. Tennessee Zip
14. Mona Lisa
15. Peroxide Blonde (In A Hopped Up Model Ford)
16. Get Rhythm
17. Stairway To Nowhere
18. Boppin' The Blues
19. Rakin' & Scrapin'
20. Sweet Woman
21. Flyin' Saucers Rock N Roll
22. Lonely Wolf
23. Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache
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