1.Ganymede baby 2.The boy from the piney woods 3.Grandpa's boogie 4.Hudson sled 5.Bell bottom boogie 6.Fruit fly 7.Little pig 8.Hillbilly safari 9.Weary blues from waitin' 10.Pop let me have the car 11.Teenage boogie 12.Three alley cats 13.So long I'm gone 14.Honey hush
Satellite V
Satellite V have been out there. Charged up from drinkin' 'white lightnin', we're coming at you like a cut down hotrod draggin' main street. Formed early in 1997, Satellite V gathered some twin harmony Honky Tonk Material. The five piece lineup includes Tim Knuckey, Steve Wood, Roy Payne and most recentlytly veteran Rhythm Maestro Rob Souter on drums. The fellas have long been fans of what we now call 'roots music', be it Blues, Jazz, Swing or the older style 'Country Music'. Satellite V have combined their original music with authentic 50's sounds to create a unique hybrid of Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Western Swing and Jump Blues. They've proved to be a favourite with the folks in the know. 'Hail, Bop Comet!', their first release, was a huge success and full of toe tappin' jiveable tracks such as 'Washing Machine Boogie' along with twisted originals like 'Cane Cutter Boogie' where cane toads burn alive, and 'Hail Bop Comet!' the CD's theme song that describes the folly of 'Bo & Peep' and the demise of the Heavenly Gate Cult. With steady gigging around and about, word has quickly spread that Satellite V are a must for Rockers and Honky Tonk Jivers. 1999 saw the band head to Coolangatta's Wintersun Rock'n'Roll weekend. Wowing the crowds like Ed Kretz hill climbing an Indian Sport Scout, the Crazy Cats were asked back for 2000. They've also featured at 'The Great Southern International Blues and Rockabilly Festival' in Narooma, and can be beard on this great festival's album! Satellite V's second album, 'Groove Juice', was unleashed on waiting fans in June 2000 combining fuel injected original tunes - the law abiding 'Speed Limit Daddy' outlaw biker 'Beetles Miss You Johnny', Interstellar 'Satellite Boogie' and rubber burnin' 'Hillbilly Nitro'. Satellite V have established a bent and Rockin' thing they call Atomic Hillbilly. 'Hillbilly Safari', Satellite V's third album will be released at Wintersun 2002. it features originals including 'Ganymede Baby', 'Hudson Sled', 'Fruit Fly', 'Hillbilly Safari', and renditions of 'Bellbottom Boogie', '3 Alley Cats', 'Pop Let Me Have The Car' and 'Honey Hush'.
'Hillbilly Safari' is Satellite V's third album, and was presented at Wintersun 2002. It features originals including 'Ganymede Baby', 'Hudson Sled', 'Fruit Fly' and 'Hillbilly Safari' along with renditions of Merrill Moore's 'Bell Bottom Boogie', Roy Hall's 'Three Alley Cats', Carl Perkins' 'Pop let me have the Car' and Big Joe Turner's ever great rhythm & blues rocker, 'Honey Hush'. There's a total of fourteen tunes on this great new album. Indeed, this third release is more hillbilly than the first two albums, but strangely enough, it's not less rockabilly. Instead of 'wild and rocking', this platter is more like 'cool and thumping'. And if this ain't rockabilly, I must be a hillbilly... The overall sound is fantastic, the way Steve thumps his bull fiddle and the cool bluesy licks of Roy's lead guitar will get shivers down every rockabilly's spine. The raving rendition of Dale Hawkins' 'Little Pig' is fabulous, with Tim singing as if he's chewing some gum at the same time (or is it a bite of chew tabacco?) and Web Pierce's 'Teenage Boogie' has been a long time time favorite of mine. Warren Smith's 'So Long, I'm Gone' (written by Roy Orbison) sounds like never before, these guys sure know how to revive old classics.
This is Sattellite V's third album.