FRANK GANNON TRIO CD REVIEW

From Sleazegrinder:

UK Garage-blues surf crew with original slants and slicks on this set, written entirely by the main man (well, except Fever). With incisive guitar sears like Mick Green of The Pirates in a stand-off with Link Wray, toe-stubbing Duane Eddy / Dick Dale and Dimples dunks abound and the grit of The Sonics is right up square in your face these guys eschew the tired tricks that litter Rock’n’Roll’s backyards. They’ve been around many blocks (ex members of Clarksdale Bluebeats, Jesse James and the Outlaws and The Blueflames) and soldiered on through circuits unsoldered to time to chuck this fresh and energising real roll of rock in your breadbasket. No tired re-tarmacing of the same driveways as last week, showing that with that indefinable kaZing that transcends a pinch of talent, conventional staples can be transmuted into a rare sustaining treat. Essential.
Stu Gibson

JOHNNY STORM RETURNS

Those rockin' cats from the 80's keep coming back! JOHNNY STORM has returned fronting THE JOHNNY STORM BAND - playing old and new material, original songs and classic rockers.

Look out for the forthcoming CD "Rockin' Machine", which will of course be on sale at www.raucousrecords.com as well as at JOHNNY STORM gigs.

Here are the forthcoming live dates... More to be added soon:

May 24 2009 Rossington Welfare Club DONCASTER
May 30 2009 Crazy Kaiffari club TUUSULA (Finland)
Jun 13 2009 Rock'n'Roll Club CHESTERFIELD
Jun 26 2009 Martin’s Nest BRIGHOUSE
Jul 24 2009 Rock’n’Roll Club BOLTON
Sep 26 2009 The Fox THORPE WILLOUGHBY
Oct 10 2009 Irish Centre LEEDS
Oct 16 2009 Croft Rock'n'R club DARLINGTON
Nov 7 2009 Woodfield Club DONCASTER
Nov 21 2009 Easington Club EASINGTON COLLIERY
Dec 4 2009 The New Roscoe LEEDS

ROCKET TO MEMPHIS - Bad Girl

ROCKET TO MEMPHIS perform BAD GIRL with Mel and Michelle from SUGAR BLUE BURLESQUE! Shot at the VOODOO JAMBOREE in Feb 2009, a vaudeville event to launch their HIP SHAKIN' VOODOO CD.

Rockabilly Credit Crunch Special!

Raucous Records is reducing the price of some choice back catalogue selections. Here are the first ones to be discounted:

HICKSVILLE BOMBERS : THE HICKSVILLE BOMBERS CD - now £5.99 + p&p
25 tracks of real-gone Rockabilly from longtime rockin' scene favourites The Hicksville Bombers. This is their first album which helped to catapult them to popularity among the Rock'n'Roll fraternity.

THE RHYTHMAIRES : TENTH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM CD - now £5.99 + p&p
A great collection of early recordings from one of Britain's most respected rockin' bands of the 1980s & '90s. Featuring tracks from early singles and EPs, and lots of previously unreleased cuts too.

THE RICARDOS : WILD SATURDAY NIGHT ON EARTH CD - now £5.99 + p&p
The Ricardos' second album - packed with wild, raw, boppin' 1950s style Rockabilly. Recorded at Riverside Studio on vintage equipment to capture a perfectly authentic vintage sound.

SHOTGUN : SHOTGUN RIDES AGAIN CD - now £5.99 + p&p
One of the pioneering bands of the British Rockabilly boom - a 22 track collection of early and rare tracks from Shotgun's first 10 years (1978-1987) featuring many previously unreleased tracks.

Deuces Wild are back!

DEUCES WILD are the latest 1980s Rockabilly band to re-emerge on the scene. They cut two great albums, "Brutal Purity" and "Johnny Rider", playing mostly original material which would appealed to fans of Eddie Cochran and The Stray Cats.

You can catch them live at:
Saturday 9th May : The Redhouse - SHEFFIELD
Saturday 23rd May : The Milo Bar - LEEDS

Listen to DEUCES WILD "Tear It Up" here!!!

Wigsville Spliffs at Whitley Bay Meow Club

Klub Foot Neo-Rockabilly legends THE WIGSVILLE SPLIFFS are back and rockin' once more. With a few festival appearances already notched up, they have been going down a storm and have begun work some new recordings.
Meanwhile, you can grab their original 80s cuts on the self titled "Wigsville Spliffs" CD here:

THE WIGSVILLE SPLIFFS CD

Look out for them appearing at the new MEOW CLUB in Whitley Bay in the north east of England on Saturday 27th June. Support comes from the excellent ACES & EIGHTS and 80s/90s Psychobillies SPOOK & THE GHOULS.

Listen to ACES & EIGHTS "The Creature That Ate Sheboygan" here!

Rockin' In The North West

Nifty Fiftys Rock 'n' Roll Club have an impressive line-up over the coming months. Raucous Records will have a CD stand at most of these dates:

Saturday 9th May 2009:
THE KEYTONES

Saturday 4th July 2009:
THE MOJO KINGS

Saturday 15th August 2009:
THE REVOLUTIONAIRES

Saturday 5th September 2009:
WILDWIND

Saturday 7th November 2009:
THE ROOMATES

Wednesday 23rd December 2009:
THE RHYTHM ACES

Wednesday 30th December 2009:
CROWN TOP KINGS + THE WILDKATS

All gigs are at Lowton Labour Club, Lowton, Cheshire WA3 2AQ - easy to get to from Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Staffordshire and Greater Manchester.
Nifty Fiftys is a long running Rock 'n' Roll club who continue to bring some great bands to the area. Please come along and support these gigs and enjoy some of the UKs rockinest bands.

The Keytones new album "Whooper Snooper" is picture above - available from Raucous Records on CD or on vinyl LP.