Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot USA Tour Kickoff!

Go to this link to see an updated list of the tour!

This is your chance to rock the night away with a swinging band that simply kicks butt!

Stay tuned for more dates to be announced!

Los Straitjackets - Check them out!

As unknown Hinson say's, Them guy RAWK! Very cool Surfabilly music!
Los Straitjackets!

Great sounds from Los Straitjackets!!!




They have the four pickup sound that is hard to beat! Are those wrestling masks? 

Check them out live!
Featuring the WORLD FAMOUS POTANI SISTERS! Holy smokes!

Stevie Ray Vaughan - passed away 21 Years Ago!

On this day 21 years ago, 6 strings were laid down - Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash! I really have too many RIP's this week so I'll keep it short as you can click on his name above if you want to learn the detail surrounding his death. Instead of sitting around drinking and tearing up over his death - Stay sober and play your best as that is exactly what he was doing up until the end of his life. Now, shut up and play your guitar!

Rockabilly Bass Player - Jumping Jack Neal - Bass Player for Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps - RIP

Jumping Jack Neal one of the first Rockabilly Dog house players passed away on September 23, 2011. Like Cliff Gallop, Jack was not a life long member of the Blue Caps but he cut 35 records, including all of Gene Vincent's most famous grooves. He worked a brief stint with Perry Cuomo and also at the Sands Casino in Las Vegas. He retired to a quiet life much like fellow band member Cliff Gallop and devoted the his remaining years to his family. Many players emulated Jack's style. One of the original rockers and nice guys! 

John Bonham RIP This 31 Years Ago!!!

Seems unbelievable still. Once again alcohol takes one of the best!
On This day Septempber 25, 1980, John Bonham died after a heavy drinking session was asphyxiated by his vomit.

Ask any rock musician to name their favourite drummer and I'll bet you my 1975 Led Zeppelin Earl's Court T-shirt they all say the same name. The man who, before joining the biggest rock group on the planet, was banned from British music venues for playing too loud; the man who once flew his group's Boeing 720 passenger jet The Starship all the way from New York to Los Angeles (he didn't have a pilot's licence); the man who would ride motorbikes down hotel corridors for something to do.
Ladies and gentleman, I give you John Henry Bonham, born in Redditch, Worcestershire on this day in 1948. Best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin, Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove (he was in fact a soul drummer). The swing and swagger were his alone.

John Bonham first learned to play drums at the age of five, making a drum kit out of containers and coffee tins. He received his first proper drum kit from his father when he was 15.

After leaving school in 1964 (his high school headmaster wrote in his school report card, "He will either end up a dustman or a millionaire"), he worked for his father as an apprentice carpenter in between drumming for different local bands. His first semi-professional band was Terry Webb and the Spiders, followed by other Birmingham bands such as The Nicky James Movement and The Senators, and later a blues group called Crawling King Snakes, whose lead singer was a young Robert Plant.

In 1968, ace session guitarist and Yardbird Jimmy Page was plotting to form the ultimate rock band and had already lined up Plant as the singer, who in turn recommended Bonham. The drummer was initially reluctant to join as he was also receiving lucrative offers from established artists such as Joe Cocker and Chris Farlowe. This is, of course, in the days before mobile phones and the Interweb, but, determined to get his man, Page and his manager Peter Grant bombarded Bonham's local pub with messages and 40 telegrams asking him to join the band. He did.

Fast forward to what are now considered nine classic rock albums and we have the biggest group in the world, breaking records set by The Beatles in the '60's. Led Zeppelin were unstoppable, scoring #1 albums and selling out the biggest stadium shows in the U.S.

Bonham's now legendary drum solo "Moby Dick" (first entitled "Pat's Delight" after his wife) was a highlight of their three-hour live shows. "Moby Dick" would often last for half an hour and regularly featured the use of Bonham's bare hands to achieve different sound effects.

John, a family man, became a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde. When he was sober he was the guy to hang around with, but when drunk, watch out! No one was safe.

He would become homesick, missing his wife and children (his son Jason Bonham is also a drummer who has gained success with various bands including UFO, Foreigner, and Bonham as well as standing in for his father for the Zeppelin 2007 one-off reunion show).

On 24 September 1980, Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals at Bray Studios for an upcoming tour of the U.S., the band's first since 1977. During the journey, Bonham had asked to stop for breakfast, where he drank four quadruple vodkas, continuing to drink heavily during rehearsals. The band retired to guitarist Page's house near Windsor where, after midnight, Bonham had fallen asleep, having been taken to bed and placed on his side. Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones found him dead the next afternoon. He was 32 years old.

He is still widely considered to be one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music and, over 30 years since his death, Bonham continues to garner awards and praise, including a Rolling Stone 2011 readers' pick, placing him first among the magazine's "best drummers of all time".

I'll leave the last word to Foo Fighter Dave Grohl: "John played the drums like someone who didn't know what was going to happen next - like he was teetering on the edge of a cliff. No one has come close to that since, and I don't think anybody ever will. I think he will forever be the greatest drummer of all time."

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin to Reissue Limited Edition of DEATH WISH II Sound track

Jimmy Page did the music for Death Wish II. Now, you have an opportunity to buy a collectors issue of the vinyl version of the sound track. You will need to become a member of Jimmy's page - LINK. No price has been announced as of this time. The sound track is only available through Jimmy Page's web store. So if you are a fan of legendary axe man, sign up and get your copy!
A rather creepy and rather quotable trailer for DEATH WISH II - A Charles Bronson film.

It Might Get Loud - Jimmy Page - Jack White - The Edge!

If you are a Jimmy Page fan then this is a film you should own. It Might Get Loud features Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White. The film documents these musicians various styles by allowing the musicians to engage in a round table, guitar in hand discussion that isn't scripted.

This film is unique because even though there wasn't a script the guys seem to be genuinely interested in what each other has accomplished. It Might Get Loud will not disappoint!
The tone Jimmy employs on "Whole Lotta Love" is awesome -

Jack White's Seven Nation army riff turns into a jam that you don't want to stop!

The Edge's - I will follow!

Add - IT MIGHT GET LOUD to your collection