The Blue Cats' finest hour. This is an absolute masterpiece of neo-rockabilly.
1.Man with a mission 2.Galluping man 3.Casting my spell 4.The tunnel 5.Heavens gate 6.Cry on the wind 7.Car 76 8.Take and give 9.Bad mans money 10.Wild dogs of Kentucky 11.Rivers bend 12.All I can do is cry
The Blue Cats
Stunningly brilliant neo-rockabilly from The Blue Cats. State of the art stuff. If you like Neo-Rockabilly, it doesn't get any better! Track 12 is a re-make of a Fifties song that was a very popular club song. The original (and all other covers) pales into insignificance beside this! This was one of our most expensive productions, and it was worth every penny. Shortly after they made this, the Blue Cats toured Japan with Batmobile (what a GREAT tour that was!) and split (again)....
"Thanks for sending me the CDs I ordered so quickly (ordered on Tuesday, received - in Belgium ! - on Thursday). By the way, you were right: 'The Tunnel' from the Blue Cats is an excellent piece of work! But, actually this came as no surprise as I still remember the kick I got hearing 'Fight Back' from them for the first time (as a teenager)." Frank
"Blue Cats 'The Tunnel' is an absolutely superb album from one of the major bands of the early 80's British Rockabilly explosion." Raucous Records
"Apart from my own CDs and Stray Cats' (I know we probably don't agree here) The Tunnel is the best Neo Rockabilly album I ever heard. It's a lot better than the other stuff I heard by the Blue Cats. Not that it was bad I just couldn't hear what the fuss was about, but The Tunnel is way different. I understand why you wanted to release it." Vince Gordon - The Jime
"Another very good album by The Blue Cats. Recorded in 1992 ten years after Fight Back album. Very hot rockabilly album featuring fast driven 'Man With A Mission', 'Galluping Man' is of course dedicated to Cliff Gallup (the original lead guitarist in Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps), 'Cry On The Wind' is a beautiful ballad dedicated to Gene Vincent and that's how it sounds. 'Rivers Bend' was written by Marty Robbins so it sounds very like Robbins. Every track on this record is very good. This is one of my favourite Neo-rockabilly albums." M13
The Blue Cats' finest hour. This is an absolute masterpiece of neo-rockabilly.