The Planet Rockers

Country: Germany

Date: 2021

Label: Sleazy Records

Artist: The Planet Rockers

Title: Hillbilly Beat

Format: LP, Album, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Translucent red vinyl, limited to 458 copies

Style: Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly revival

Tracklist:

A1. One More Drink

A2. Best Dressed Beggar (In Town)

A3. Like A Rollin Stone

A4. Swamp Gal

A5. Rockin Mama

A6. Down And Out

A7. Batteroo

A8. No More Crying The Blues

B1. Caffeine, Nicotine & Alcohol

B2. Don't Knock What You Don't Understand

B3. Ain't Nobody Gonna Take My Place

B4. Treadin Water

B5. Down The Line

B6. Hillbilly Beatnik

B7. Run Don't Walk

B8. Gotta Travel On

Info: Originally released in 1991, The Planet Rockers debut LP “Coming In Person” would prove to be a landmark record on the world-wide Rockin’ scene and one that still stands as perhaps the band's finest work. It was in the middle of that same year that me and my band - Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Trio - first visited European shores. By the time we arrived on the Euro scene, The Planet Rockers had already landed there a year earlier and fans were abuzz with frantic tales of this must-see American combo. At every Rock & Roll festival I would hear things like, “You just gotta see the guitar player Eddie Angel in action! He does this crazy thing with the strings” and “The singer, Sonny, man... what a voice! What a stage presence”... and so on. Every record hop across the UK & The Continent had dance floors filled with hundreds of frantic fans jiving to the sounds of “Rampage” (first broken on the scene by DJ Mouse and included in this set), which was in turn
followed throughout the rest of that year by several other club hits from this LP. Nearly three decades later, the recordings on this most excellent collection sound as fresh and powerful as they did when they first saw the light of day... without sounding dated whatsoever. Here's to hoping that this exciting re-release finds its way into the hands and hearts of a whole new generation of listeners!
Big Sandy