1.Get it on 2.She's not bad 3.The moon's not mine anymore 4.Take a number 5.Turn me on 6.Pins and needles 7.Tell daddy 8.Streets of Dodge 9.Yo te dije 10.Benzedrine, dexedrine 11.I stand alone 12.Rocket ride to Uranus 13.Basta don't mean pasta 14.How can you sleep? 15.Psycho
Mack Stevens
This is a hot release from dynamic Rollin' Rock artist Mack Stevens. Ronny Weiser does it again! Man, this cat just doesn't stop pumping out hot sounds. This CD has Mack Stevens' psycho mind and his dark lyrics. This has it all from his heart wrenching 'Tell Daddy' to the crazy 'Benzedrine, Dexedrine' and we can't forget 'The Moon's Not Mine Anymore' & 'Pins & Needles', two tracks that could have been top 10s in another time, and his crying out in 'I Stand Alone' is almost tear-jerking while 'Rocket Ride To Uranus' is a great little Rockabilly number. The song, 'Psycho', wraps up the whole CD with the creepy hair-raising lyrics that will leave you wondering just what is on ol' Macks mind. Mack Stevens and Rollin' Rock were just meant to be.
"This is Mack Stevens' third CD for Rollin' Rock Records. As usual it contains a variety of styles; from rockabilly, 'Get It On With You', to New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, 'Tell Daddy', to the Tex-Mex influenced 'Yo Te Dije'. We even hear a little bit of the 'Tarantella' in the solo of the humorous rockabilly stomper 'Basta Don't Mean Pasta', one of the few songs 'Yours Truly' has written in the last 25 years! Billy's very catchy guitar riffs, haunting melodies and strong lyrics can be found in songs like, 'She's Not Bad', a melodic rockabilly tune which would easily make it into the top ten of the country and pop charts, if we truly still had 'country' and 'pop' charts! We have not left out the Western Soul, since both Mack and I are dedicated Westerners (The Texas - Las Vegas Alliance!), with eerie heart-wrenching cowboy songs such as 'The Streets Of Dodge'. Mack's darker side comes thru in the blood-curdling 'Psycho', which has no bass and no drums, very unusual for Rollin' Rock! A pleasant and great surprise was finding out Vegas rockabilly filly Jessica Rooth to be a roaring vocalist! Check her duet out in 'Take A Number'. During the recording session, I wanted to record a scorching rocker, but Mack had forgotten the lyrics of such a song at home. I then told Mack that Billy, Matias and I would be going to the kitchen to have a salad; and that when we come back in about five or six minutes, he better have written one! True enough, Mack Stevens did not dissappoint us by delivering the very savage scorcher 'You Turn Me On'. Check it out! It'll set your butt on fire! I hope you enjoy this very exciting, very varied, new Rollin' Rock CD. Which proves once again how there is nothing like real Rockabilly/Rock 'n' Roll to really get things shakin' in the new Millenium. The sound of America's youth, dig it!" Ronnie Weiser
Mack Stevens - West coast neo-rockabilly.