Showing posts with label Johnny J & The Hitmen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnny J & The Hitmen. Show all posts

Monday, January 20, 2014

Johnny J & The Hitmen - Wizard Of Odds

Size: 57,4 MB
Time: 24:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Rockin' Blues, Rockabilly
Art: Front

01. She Sleeps Under The Highway (2:47)
02. The Wandering Kind (2:31)
03. Big All Over (3:00)
04. Hoping I Was Wrong (2:32)
05. Got Drunk Last Night (3:19)
06. Non-Stop Thrill (2:29)
07. Looking For A Home (2:51)
08. The Only Time (2:12)
09. Broke And Broken Hearted (2:41)

Personnel:
Johnny J – Guitar, Vocals
Dave Clements – Bass, Vocals
Gary Rieger – Drums, Vocals

During Mardi Gras of 1989, recording artist Johnny J was acted upon by New Orleans' "home of the Blues" riff-driven groove power. His collaborator in this effort was the legendary session man and producer Ben Keith. The working title of the project was" Mardi Gras in the Elevator"...Brought in to enhance the local flavor was a horn section led by the affable Milton Battiste. The end result - Wizard of Odds - will please you with it's good-humored melodious spunk-aciousness. Oh , by the way, "She Sleeps Under The Highway" is a tribute to both Red Sovine and the perils of eminent domain...First released in Germany under the Zensor label, it is now available for the first time in the good ole' U.S. of A.

Wizard Of Odds

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Johnny J & The Hitmen - Louisiana Rockabilly

Size: 72,8 MB
Time: 30:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Rockabilly Blues
Art: Front

01. Bang Bang (2:20)
02. I'm A One Woman Man (2:33)
03. 16 Chicks (2:27)
04. Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (2:37)
05. Yard Dog (2:29)
06. High Voltage (1:57)
07. Diddi-I-Diddi-O (2:31)
08. Let's Go Boppin' Tonight (2:16)
09. I Want My Fleetwood Back (4:09)
10. Lights Out (1:33)
11. Watch It Sprocket (2:35)
12. Oowee Sugar (3:00)

Fans of hard-core rockabilly music have long associated it’s origins with the fertile breeding grounds of Memphis, Tennessee , the great state of Texas and somehow Norfolk ,Virginia..(Gene Vincent!) There is one piece missing in this puzzle . This was brought to the attention of New Orleans recording artist
Johnny J .When asked ,during a casual conversation ,”Jerry Lee Lewis is from Louisiana?” “By the way”’ he answered, “so are Dale Hawkins, Joe Clay, Al Ferrier, Johnny Jano , Roy Brown (enthusiastically covered by old swivel-hips himself- Elvis)” …and a mess more! The direct result was the recording of “Louisiana Rockabilly” - produced by one of the aforementioned legends, Dale “Susie Q” Hawkins.
To complete your take on the origins of the sacred sound, - Ya gotta have this one!!

Louisiana Rockabilly