The Long Island Hornets are a US neo-rockabilly outfit.
1.Roadkill 2.Misunderstood 3.Crazy dreams 4.Pink Lincoln 5.Love me like a train 6.Lone wolf 7.Two tone shoes 8.The long ride home 9.Rain all day 10.Five long days 11.Tequila and chainsaws 12.Little pig
The Long Island Hornets
"I'm greeted by the ching-ching of a rockabilly shuffle-twangy guitar, steady backbeat of pared-down drum kit, a not-unlike-Elvis vocalist and James Dean on stand-up bass. Oh yes, and as promised, two of the best pompadours on Long Island. The Long Island Hornets are the new trad band on the scene... we're time-warped into a musical segue straight out of an old beach-blanket movie. You know the kind - Annette and Frankie are frolicking on the sand and they suddenly throw a beach ball near a stage where some devilish rockabilly band is playing." Golly Gee Records
The Long Island Hornets - review
"Here we have some solid, haunting rockabilly that should please traditionalists and neorockabillies alike. Singer Jeff McLary fronts the band with low crooned vocals and Pete Crugnale capably beats the path with confident whacks on the upright bass. Perhaps my favorite asset, though, is the guitar chops of Dawson, who provides a good chunk of the 'wild' in their rockabilly mayhem. Outstanding rockers are the smooth rebel anthem, Misunderstood, and the audacious ruckus of Pink Lincoln. You will also encounter some great laid-back blues on Rain All Day. And then there's The Long Ride Home, which has a smooth jazzy feel to it that towards the end builds momentum until a frenzied finale. While McLary scripts the bulk of the songs, and does a skilled job of it, drummer Mike Dejewski also writes a couple of songs on here, and both of those are excellent as well, including Tequila and Chainsaws. There you are treated to some real gone bass slappin' rhythms, perfect vocals, and cool guitar in this mid-tempo strutter. However, the best track to showcase guitar talents may be the opening title cut, which makes for a great backroads driving tune. While songs like Two Tone Shoes do have pretty silly lyrics, they are no different than singing about shaving your head and lacing up the boots, or wearing spikey hair and studded leathers. The only real gripe 1 have with the album is that I'd like McLary to get a little more varied and unruly with the vocals from time to time. Nevertheless, this is one to pick up if you are a lover of rockabilly, because this is some really solid stuff that you will keep coming back to. To cap it all off, the CD ends with a remarkable cover of Little Pig, the only cover on here, which is nice to see because it shows the Long Island Hornets are a band talented enough to add to a genre, rather than just recycle a bunch of old songs." Rock'n'roll Purgatory
The Long Island Hornets are a US neo-rockabilly outfit.