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The
Wildcats
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Take
and Give
Hell's Kitchen Records
HKR CD 66604
Let's Talk About Us /
Pleasure Lane / Baby,
Won't You Ride With Me /
Flying Bull / Take And
Give / She Wants A Ride /
Driving My Life Away /
Raging Storm / Get Rhythm
/ They All Gonna Boogie
Tonight / When Will I Be
Loved / Handy Man
This trio with members
from Germany and
Netherland (not to be
confused with the English
band) plays straight and
sincere rock'n'roll with
a good dose of British
rockabilly/Teddy boy
music (call it whatever
you want) influences.
They didn't invent
anything (and I don't
think they pretend to)
but in those sad days of
real TV "stars"
who don't know anything
about rock'n'roll and its
roots a band like the
Wildcats is refreshing.
The tight rhythm section
made of Mikel Mueller's
rollin and groovin
electric bass and Peet
Shenk's drums supports
the solid lead guitar of
Kees Van Bemmel who
delivers fine and
innovative solos (you
don't have the feeling to
hear another Paul
Burlison/Grady Martin
wannabee). Half of the
songs are originals,
written by Kees, my
favorite being the
Diddley-esque "They
All Gonna Boogie Tonight"
and "Raging Storm"
with its structure close
to Bertha Lou. Actually
on this one they are not
that far to some
psychobilly bands like
The Meteors.
In their covers you find
"Let's Talk About Us",
which made me think about
Dave Edmunds' version,
"Take and Give"
that proves they're not
only a rockin' band but
can be sweet too, and a
muscled version of Cash's
Get Rhythm.
A good album with a nice
package too. Listen to
them here
and get the cd here.
Fred "Virgil"
Turgis
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