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The
Wildkats
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Rockin',
Boppin' and Strollin'
Foot Tapping records FT
057
Lonesome Train -
Endless Sleep - Rockin'
Daddy, Get Rythm -
Drivin' Wheel - I Fought
The Law - Roll Over
Beethoven - Washing
Machine Boogie - All By
Myself - Baby Blue - Gone
Gone Gone - Girl Of My
Best Friend - Be Bop
Alula - Worrying Kind -
Tear It Up(3rd version)
This quartet comes from
England. They are an all
cover band (at least on
this cd) but that doesnt
mean a lack of
personnality. The songs
may be well known (coming
from the catalog of Gene
Vincent, Johnny Burnette,
Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry...)
but the Wildkats play it
in their own neo-rockabilly
style. You can hear the
influences of the Stray
Cats on their version of
I Fought The Law. This
band knows its stuff. the
rhythm section is solid
with a good work from the
acoustic rhythm guitar (too
many bands forget the
importance of the
acoustic rhythm guitar in
rockabilly), Alan
Wilson's (not the one
from The Sharks and
Western Star studio)
solos are creative and
Bob's voice sounds a bit
like good ol' Robert
Gordon, you could find
worst reference than that.
The whole thing is very
well recorded/produced
and you spend a very
pleasant moment in
company of these four
lads.
Fred "Virgil"
Turgis
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