1.Lucky Lou 2.Turnip greens 3.I'm not crazy 4.Baby if we touch 5.Nobody 6.Mumbles 7.I wonder if you wonder 8.Strollin' guitar 9.Somebody to love 10.Let's rock tonight 11.Mean blue Saturday night 12.Goin' to Albert Lea
Darrel Higham
A welcome transfer to CD for what was actually Darrel Higham's debut album (it was recorded before 'Mobile corrosion' but issued after it). ........ A long-time Shaky fan, he features two of his numbers here - the pounding 'Nobody' and the more restrained 'Baby if we touch'. It's no secret that Darrel Higham's ultimate hero, however, is Eddie Cochran and a superb reworking of 'Strollin' guitar' is easily one of the highlights of the set. Other covers include a neat take on Johnny Bachelor's 'Mumbles', a Cochran-styled rendition of Bobby Darin's 'Somebody to love' and a driving version of Jimmy Grubbs' 'Let's rock tonight'. Three Darrel Higham originals are 'Lucky Lou' and 'Mean blue Saturday night' (co-written by Paul Sheahan) and 'Goin' to Albert Lea' - all of which display the inventiveness and authority that have become trademarks of his work. terrific songs, terrific singing, terrific guitar-playing, terrific bloke, terrific album. Terrific review - Trevor Cajiao - Now Dig This #193
Darrel Higham's first LP - now on CD.