(Crosscut Records CCD 12003)
#7 Now, this is some incredible and unusual stuff! Never heard a band from Europe, especially Germany who can play some music which belongs to US music heritage with such verve and conviction that puts many of their American counterparts to shame. These guys really cook and I can only imagine them in a live setting, wow! Probably Rolling Stone magazine made best description of Velvetone’s music, “They are like a garage version of Robert Gordon and Link Wray!” This music bursts with energy containing the best elements from what we know as roots rock. Velvetone mix fifties rockabilly, sixties surf, Duane Eddy sound, Tex-Mex polkas, country ballads, frantic rock’n’roll and some moody slowies into a hard to resist musical gumbo which sounds like it’s been just recorded in one of those mysterious studios in the South of USA in the fifties and not in Bremen, Germany! Some fine guests including legendary Wanda Jackson add another level to this highly recommended piece of music. Plenty of original stuff with some excellent covers ( including Jody Reynold’s classic “Endless Sleep”, Charlie McCoy’s “Funnel Of Love” and Carl Perkins’ “Her Love Rubbed Off”) makes this CD obligatory listening. Lars, Andy, Tammo and Ray make some crazy, fantastic stuff on “Dark Blossom”. Hear it and you’ll agree!
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