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Photo: Gaby Maag-Bristol for the Rockats back in earlier days of ways! I’m not sure if steel guitarist Tommy fill up any dance floor “ You Ask Me To” the revival, they were an inspiration for Auldridge is an offspring of my favorite and “Heartaches By The Number”. The Brian Setzer, who thought about joining dobro player Mike Auldridge, but it’s a nod to Jack Scott comes as a fine cover before he started the Stray Cats! So decent guess. Fiddler Mike Heath and of the dangerous “The Way I Walk” before we’re talkin’ about a guy who’s had a electric guitarist Chick Hall, Jr. also need he launches into the tough as nails fast significant historical impact on Rockabilly mentioning for the perfection they’ve stroll “Please Give Me Something” - wild! music’s revival! Don Rich’s “I’m Layin’ It heaped on these tracks like the best local “Double Agent” is another early ‘60s style On The Line” gives a Honky Tonk twist blueberry honey. This CD sounds like one instrumental. “The Hurt In My Heart” has to the set too, and Bob Butfoy’s “The Hank Williams might have made if he lived sexy early Conway Twitty qualities (the Man Who Counts” is in a Johnny Cash & 2 or 3 years longer! I’m really glad I pulled growl!) but Bradychok puts his own stamp The Tennessee Two style. Stellar playing it out of the stack! There’s a song on here on it with furious slide guitar. The album throughout, cool song choices – check it by Caleb Klauder, who plays Seattle often goes out with a bang - “End Of The World” out! Rhythmbomb.com -MB and we haven’t heard yet, but several rocks Garage Rock style with sizzling people we know well have told us we have guitar. Performance, sound and mix are Linda Gail Lewis / Hard Rockin’ Woman to. Although Brian doesn’t appear to be a excellent and I love every single song. Lanark CD-096 songwriter, he’s got great taste in covers, This album puts Carl Bradychok in the top including Hank Cochran (“Bury The Bottle league of Rockabilly performers, without The CD opens actually with a song With Me”), Harlan Howard (“Pick Me Up limiting him to that one genre. Simply called “Hard Rockin’ Man,” which kicks off On Your Way Down”), Joe Allison (“Live titled “Carl Bradychok”, this album is full on a lick borrowed from Creedence, but Fast, Love Hard, Die Young”), Webb Pierce of high energy music, fresh and exciting! guitarist (and now son-in-law!) Danny B. (“Slowly” and “There Stands The Glass,” Everything he does, he does extremely Harvey wrote the tune and it’s not a copy though Webb’s not a writer of that), and well, and it has my vote for album of the of CCR. Quentin Jones also plays guitar of course Eddie Noack’s title tune. Brian year! [email protected] - (and bass, as does Danny), produced does play mandolin on one track – the Gaby Maag-Bristol and wrote 4 of the 12 songs, with Danny instrumental version of Leon Payne’s “I contributing 3 more as well, 2 of those are Love You Because,” though I don’t pick instrumentals. Mack Vickery’s “Rockin’ out the melody for that until Brian’s solo My Life Away,” (well known in Jerry Lee’s comes up. Fine instrumental though! If version), the traditional “This Train” and you like guys like Wayne Hancock, Johnny “What Can I Do,” written I think by one Dilks and BR549, I’m sure you’d like this of the Scandinavian bands Linda Gail a whole lot! Highly recommended! Pxrec. performs with, but I can’t figure out which, com -MB round out the program. The set closes on Linda Gail’s own “Heartbreak Highway.” Carl Bradychok We just reviewed another new Linda Gail Lewis CD last issue, but I don’t have any At 24 years, Carl Bradychok is problem with her being prolific, nor would already a veteran of the Rockabilly scene, anyone who loves the Lewis family piano releasing his own first album at 13 years Rock’n’Roll tradition! You certainly can’t old! The guitar wiz also played lead for go wrong with Danny B. Harvey on guitar the Twisting Tarantulas and backs ‘50s either! His new spouse Annie Marie is legend Jack Scott. His transformation The Gin Palace Jesters / For Better Or also here on backing vocals. I love the from Rockabilly child prodigy to full blown For Worse cover of this too, with the ape holding powerhouse becomes obvious here. We an electric guitar just at the edge and the get a mix of a few originals (I think - no This Chicago based Honky Tonk outfit jungle woman with the spear on top of the credit given to songwriters) and covers, can’t be described as prolific – but, it piano – perfect! Kudos to artist Vince Ray. varied and interesting from the first note. only makes a new CD feel more like rain Nice mix of tempos and styles. That first The powerful, Surf meets Garage Rock after a long draught. Or sunshine after song and the last one are my favorites, guitar driven instrumental “After Five” months of gray skies. All 14 tracks were along with the Vickery tune, but the songs opens to a glorious start - WOW! The written by band members, with electric between feel good too. See the ad! -MB Michigan native’s cover of Pat Cupp’s cool vintage Rockabilly “Do Me No Wrong” is guitarist and main vocalist Dave Sisson powerful and spot on. Backed by Donn contributing 9 (2 co-written by Buddy Brian Deere / Too Hot To Handle Deniston (drums) and co-producer David Carter), acoustic guitarist Ken Mottet Patuxent CD 262 Roof (upright and electric bass) he delivers 3 (he sings “Wherever You Are”), bass a wonderful slow grooving “After Loving player Mike Hobson 2 (he sings “Fell The title juxtaposed with Deere’s You”, fantastic. Hank Williams’ classic Off The Wagon”), and steel guitarist face in all red tones on the cover seems “Your Cheatin’ Heart” is the best cover Patrick Keiner (electric guitar, mandolin, to imply something far more Satanic than version I have ever heard, transformed banjo & vocals too!), the instrumental what one hears on the opening strains of into a twangy, mid tempo rocker with “Turkey Shoot.” They’re a 6 piece band, “Come On In,” which is pure unadulterated steel guitar. Speaking of twang, “Malaga” but are also augmented by some others Vintage Country music, with fiddle and sounds like the Ventures meet Spaghetti on organ, piano and accordion, plus steel guitar. Patuxent is a Bluegrass label, Western and the irresistible instrumental backing vocals and a different drummer and Brian is a Bluegrass mandolinist, but features Carl Bradychok on guitars, on a couple. The songs do feature a lot this collection of music shows that like the electric bass and drums - outstanding. of Honky Tonk themes like “The Texas 12 Rockabilly scene, the Bluegrass scene Another couple of excellent Country Step,” “God Bless The Drinkin’ Songs,” is expanding its horizons in interesting numbers in a ‘60s Honky Tonk style will “Bottom Of The Bottle,” and “Fell Off The Blue Suede News #107 37