Big Boy Pete (a.k.a. Peter Miller) returns to his Rock'n'Roll Roots with a superb album of geetar-twangin' Rockabilly, Rockin' Country and 50's style Rock'n'Roll.
1.Tornado 2.That's the way I feel 3.Is it me? 4.Hang up my Rock'n'Roll shoes 5.Ballad of a teenage queen 6.Red hot 7.You win again 8.Singing the blues 9.My babe 10.I Ain't givin' up nothing 11.I'll sail my ship alone 12.Got a lot o' livin' to do 13.Goodnight Irene 14.Tornado (rehearsal take)
Big Boy Pete
In a recording career that began back in 1958 with his first release with his band The Offbeats, Pete went on to become a session musician making his major-label and chart debut on a Marty Wilde hit. He then went on to greater success in the British Beat Boom as lead guitarist with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, scoring a string of hits on Decca Records and touring with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and carried on from the late 1960's as a solo artist with releases on Columbia and Polydor. More information on this period of his career can be obtained via his biography or his website (www.bigboypete.com). Big Boy Pete's back catalogue is currently available on CD in the USA and Europe via the Bacchus Archive and Gearfab labels. With 'London American Boy', Big Boy Pete returns to play his first musical love of rootsy Rockabilly, real Country, and vintage Rock'n'Roll, covering the likes of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams alongside a scorching version of The Jiants' Rockabilly classic 'Tornado'. This release shows another side to Big Boy Pete which is not evident on his other releases, and will be of interest to his existing fans, as well as being enjoyed by fans of Rockabilly and Roots music.
"It's the best record I've put out!" Howard Raucous
"Guitarist and vocalist Pete Miller has been at the forefront of the music scene since the early sixties. Rockin' became Miller's business, in fact, back in 1957, after he caught an eyeful of Chuck Berry duck-walking across the screen in the movie classic 'Rock Rock Rock'. Dreaming of the mythical Johnny B Goode, Miller - a gangly teenager living in Norwich, sold his Hornby Dublo electric train set for five pounds to buy a secondhand guitar. It had been a mere two hours since he left Chuck Berry at the Regent Theatre on Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. Within the year, Miller and a few schoolmates rehearsed at their youth club and thrashed about at local teen dancehalls as The Offbeats. The affection they maintained for their idols was reflected in the songs they performed: Jerry Lee, Chuck, Gene, Eddie, Buddy, Fats, and, of course Elvis....." more at www.bigboypete.com
Big Boy Pete (a.k.a. Peter Miller) returns to his Rock'n'Roll Roots with a superb album of geetar-twangin' Rockabilly, Rockin' Country and 50's style Rock'n'Roll.