[Austin TX] This
band looked like your typical low-key rockabilly band except for the guy with a
pleasingly sleazy 70s look (he turned out to be visiting from Austin). Nick
Gaitan was on the upright bass, because Nick Gaitan is in every band in this
town. Rockboy was overcome with joy when they launched into classic rockabilly
(Setzer-esque, Reverend Horton Heat-esque), but was in the depths when they
strayed into a more straightforward rock n roll sound. It was nearly southern
rock. Some blues too. The bass was a beautiful looking instrument. As he does
at many shows, Rockboy spent most of the time grumbling because they weren’t
playing rockabilly and trying to determine whether the guitar was a Gretsch
(per Rockboy, it was a guitar that sounds like a Gretsch but looks like a
Gibson Les Paul – it was unclear to me why this was important information).
Some bands can pull off a lack of identity, but this band didn’t. (Photo courtesy of
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