The Barnshakers from Finland with real Rockabilly.
1.Nature's goodness 2.Too tired today 3.Boppin' in Roswell 4.Ghost memories 5.You don't owe me a thing 6.She's a goodie 7.Two-gun daddy 8.Trouble bound 9.White line 10.Arizona express 11.Maybe little baby 12.Don't worry about me 13.Black night blues 14.Hi-flyin' 15.Five minutes to live
The Barnshakers
This is a superb Rockabilly CD from Finland's Barnshakers. It has all the hallmarks of classic Rockabilly and is a wonderfully 'clean' and clear recording. Highly recommended - it's hard to believe that the vocalist is not American! This CD comes in 'Digipak' format.
"This record is our tribute to Johnny Cash (& The Tennessee Two & Three featuring Marshall Grant, Luther Perkins and W. S. Holland) who is celebrating his 70th anniversary this year (born February 26th 1932). This is also a tribute to the great guitar picker Merle Travis who was born 85 years ago (November 29, 1917). Both these legendary artists appeared in a fabulous B-movie 'Five minutes to live' a.k.a. 'Door-to-door maniac', directed by Bill Karn in 1961." From CD booklet
"Fans of traditional rockabilly don't need to look any further for their musical fix with this disc of fifteen rockin' tunes. With plenty of original tunes like 'Boppin' In Roswell', 'Two-Gun Daddy' and 'Arizona Express', these Finnish gangsters of love will woo you with the lure of the piano and then pump you full of lead while you are entranced by the steel guitar. The title track is a cover of Johnny Cash's original and you are also entertained with covers of Marty Robbins' 'You Don't Owe Me a Thing', George Jones' 'Maybe Little Baby' and Billy Lee Riley's 'Trouble Bound'. Good Stuff!" Lisa Marie - Rock'n'roll Purgatory
The Barnshakers is much more than just a wild rockabilly band. The guys recognize their roots from a wide field of good and real music - country, western swing, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and rockabilly. The main thing is the feeling, true musicianship and loyalty to roots of their music. The story began when Pete Hakonen, president of Goofin' Records, brought the great late Johnny Carroll (USA) for a gig in Finland 1992 and needed a backing group. The four guys - later to become the Barnshakers - had it in mind to form an authentic rockabilly band for quite a while, and as Pete asked them to form a backing band, he didn't have to ask twice. Vesa Haaja (vocals, guitar), Jussi Huhtakangas a.k.a. Lester Peabody (lead guitar), Mika Liikari (upright bass) and Mike Salminen (skins) had known themselves for years and played (and still play) in quality bands like The Whistle Bait, Dr. Snout and his Hogs of Rhythm and Hal Peters and his String Dusters. For the Johnny Carroll show, Pete asked if they (plus backing star himself) could do a set of their own. And so the Barnshakers were born..... excerpted from www.barnshakers.com
The Barnshakers from Finland with real Rockabilly.
This is a superb Rockabilly CD from Finland's Barnshakers. It has all the hallmarks of classic Rockabilly and is a wonderfully 'clean' and clear recording. Highly recommended - it's hard to believe that the vocalist is not American! This CD comes in 'Digipak' format.