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The Roy Kay Combo
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I'm Hooked [2009]
Lur Liner Records LL004
Boom - From Can To Can't - Give Me Love - I'm Waitin' - Askin' But Not Gettin' - Midnight Station - I'm Hooked - How It's Done - Hey Honey - Dream On My Own - Love To Spare - Think Of Me
After releasing some of today’s finest rockabilly records, Roy Kay and his two partners in crime (Mike Geglia on guitar and Robin Cady on double bass) decided to try something new. They added drums (played by Aaron Mlasko) and a suberp rockin' piano, giving them a fuller sound and a more rock’n’roll flair. The piano and Ray’s catchy melodies (he wrote 11 out of the 12 songs of this album) also evoke the recordings of Kenny Parchman and Carl Mann too. The whole thing is rounded by solid backup vocals, some in a doo-wop style that work very well. Tony Laborie (The Top Hands, Rattled Roosters, Ray Condo) plays steel on some tunes addind a Bill Haley’s Saddlemen feel to "How It's Done" (that also features fine question/answer vocals) and a straight hillbilly style to "Think Of Me".
Another great album from Roy and the boys (welcome to the new one) and I bet that the first time you hear it you'll bet at your turn hooked by the Roy Kay Combo.
Nice digipack presentation too.
Fred "Virgil"
Turgis
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The Roy Kay Trio
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The Rhythm and Harmony Of... [2008]
Texas Jamboree TexJam
6903
Why Even Try - Starlight
Alone - Everyone's In
Love - She's Trouble -
Heart That Beats With
Mine - Young And Foolish
- Goodbye Romance -Endless
Night - Hearts Unknown -
New Girl - Feelin' Down -
So Tired - What She'd
Love To Hear -Wonder
Released on the excellent
Austin based label Texas
Jamboree (Horton
Brothers, Miss Lauren
Marie, Nick Curran…)
and coming in a beautiful
digipack the fourth album
from this drummerless
trio shows a slight
departure from their
usual sound. Instead of
the rockabilly boppers
you've been used to
you'll find the band
exploring late fifties/early
sixties territories. The
result is fourteen highly
melodic (not that their
rockabilly wasn't melodic)
and very well crafted pop
songs written by Roy Kay
that play in the same
league as Buddy Holly (She's
Trouble, New Girl, I
Wonder), The Everly
Brothers (thanks to the
fine harmonies of Robin
Cady and Mike Geglia). The
more you listen to this
sweet tunes the more they
grow in you and you find
yourself playing the
album over and over. These
boys don't have any
equivalent on the scene,
though you could
rapproach them to The
Horton Brothers or The
Bellfuries as they really
try to bring new
structures and unusual
chord progressions in
their songs. Succumb to
the charm of the rhythm
and harmony of the Roy
Kay Trio.
Fred "Virgil"
Turgis
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Rock-A-Way Lonesome Moon [2005]
Lur-Liner LL003
Their third album .
The previous ones has
been respectivly produced
by Deke Dickerson and
Ashley Kingman. For this
one they went to Germany
and choose Axel Praefcke
(Ike & The Capers) as
co-producer. I believe
you already know all the
good things I think about
them. And this album won’t
change my mind!
All but three songs are
originals mostly written
by Roy. Robin (bass) and
Mike (guitar) contribute
one song each. About the
music there’s no big
departure from the
previous albums, you’ll
find the same blend of
rockabilly (“My
Rockin’ Heart”,
“Move On”),
hillbilly boogie (“She
Tracked Me Down” has
backing vocals very
similar to Webb Pierce’s
Teenage Boogie),
beautiful ballads (“I’ve
Lost”, “Untie
This Strings”) but
this time they added a
touch of western swing
with “Cadillac In
Model A” and its
jazzy chords. Axel did a
very good job producing
this record and gave it a
sound of its own. I won’t
go more into details, but
if you want to hear a
well produced album, good
songwriting, beautiful
harmonies this one is for
you. Another (the third
!!!!) future classic
album from Roy and the
boy. Wouldn’t be
surprised to find them on
“That’ll Flat
Git It Vol. 217” in
2052. And as usual with
this band, the cover and
the booklet are very well
designed.
Fred "Virgil"
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