Marti Brom with excellent Hillbilly, Country Rock and Rockabilly from Texas.
1.Blue tattoo 2.They call me crazy 3.Kiss the baby goodnight 4.No good lover 5.This is love, not liquor 6.Lovesick clown 7.Black Cadillac 8.Snake ranch 9.Eat my words 10.You put it there 11.Jeopardy 12.Love hound 13.Cry to me baby 14.Now stop
Marti Brom
"Rockabilly releases tend to be problematic. It's a genre of music that is best experienced live, and while modern-day rockabillies try valiantly to capture the spontaneous feel of early Sun or Starday releases, it usually comes out sounding a little too mannered. Marti Brom's new release finds the local singer wearing Wanda Jackson on her sleeve a bit (only to be expected), but all in all it's a fairly spirited effort. Goofin' Records is a Finnish label, and the Barnshakers are a bunch of Finns who lose surprisingly little in the translation. San Antonio's T. Jarrod Bonta provides barrelhouse piano in the background, bringing it a bit closer to home. There's a sparse, lean production sound here, and of course, the requisite amount of slapback echo on several songs. Marti Brom has a great deal of charm onstage, which readily shows through on numbers like 'Kiss the Baby Goodnight' and 'This Is Love, Not Liquor'. 'Lovesick Clown' is an Owen Bradley-vintage countrypolitan number, while 'Black Cadillac' recalls a cross between Patsy Cline and Army-era Elvis. While Snake Ranch doesn't quite capture the fun of seeing Marti Brom and band live, it at least makes it easy to picture them thumping out honky-tonk rockers at, say, the Continental Club." Jerry Renshaw - The Austin Chronicle
"Marti Brom is a goddess, or possibly a demon. A dark sultry temptress with a voice like an angel crying in your ear. Her perfomance at last year's Viva Las Vegas is still discussed in awe-struck tones, and the Mean box-set (Squarebird records, with the Jet-Tone Boys) was a fast sell-out. The very thought of this siren being backed by Finland's finest rocking band, the Barnshakers, is enough to get anyone hot under the collar. This CD, the first release on Goofin's new American division, lives up to expectations and then some. It would be inaccurate to describe this as a Rockabilly album, although there is some hot rocking action here. This is more of a country collection. Now, before you skip on to the next review in disgust ('country' has become a dirty word in these Garth Brooks-infested days), think more along the lines of Patsy Cline or Rose Maddox. Shuffled into blistering versions of rockers like Jeopardy, Joyce Green's Black Cadillac and Mickey & Sylvia's No Good Lover are some sweet ballads and uptempo country boogies. There are three songwriters here that should give the charlatans working in Music Row, Nashville some sleepless nights. Teri Joyce, a friend of Marti's, supplies the acid-lemon Blue Tattoo. Vesa Haaja, vocalist of the Barnshakers (he duets on No Good Lover) penned three great numbers, including the clever title track and a powerhouse stroller, Love Hound. Despite speaking English as a foreign language, he could teach us Anglophones a thing or two about quality lyrics. But it is the divine Marti Brom herself who has written the best songs here. The heartrending Cry To Me Baby will saw you off at the knees, run a chainsaw down your spine and leave you a tear-stained emotional wreck. After one listen I felt that I had known the song all of my life, and it has hardly left the CD player since then. The musicianship does justice to each of these fine tunes; any band that features the wonderful Lester Peabody on guitar is bound to produce something special. The Barnshakers are joined on these recordings (made last summer in Helsinki) by Marti Brom's fellow Austinite T Jarrod Bonta. This young man is the best honky tonk pianist in the world, bar none. Floyd Cramer isn't worthy to clean TJ's shoes. A female vocalist, singing in a predominantly country style, is not going to appeal to all rocking music fans, but in my opinion Marti Brom is worth ten of all of the Kim Lenz's and Josie Kreuzers in the world put together. Even if you don't buy this platter, try to catch Marti Brom live at one of her rare gigs outside Texas. Everone should get to hear that lovely voice at least once in their life. Shania Twain is a huge star, and Marti Brom will probably never be famous. There is no justice in this world..." Bill Smoker
Marti Brom with excellent Hillbilly, Country Rock and Rockabilly from Texas.