Mike Penny & his Moonshiners are back with their third album by Rhythm Bomb Records and reconnect with \u201cTexas Boogie\u201d. Musically richer and more sophisticated, they continue to follow the path that their idols have established at the end of the forties up to the beginning of the 1950s: with \u201cRock Me Daddy-O\u201d, the Country & Western elements move in the background and are replaced by Jumping Jive, Boogie and Rhythm’n Blues (greetings from Bill Haley). This makes \u00abRock Me Daddy-O\u00bb the most danceable album from the five Hillbillies and should not be missing at any party.<\/p>\n
Worth mentioning in addition to the danceable Jive numbers such as \u00abDaddy-O-Rock\u00bb, \u201cRompin\u2019 Stompin\u2019\u201d, \u201cDiggin\u2019 The Boogie\u201d, \u201cJump Jack Jump\u201d or \u201cHow long must I wait\u201d, a cool stroll version of the Indie-Song \u201cCreep\u201d (by Radiohead) as well as a cover of \u00ab18 Miles to Memphis\u00bb, which sounds almost as if it was the actual original version of the Stray Cats title.<\/p>\n
\u201cRock Me Daddy-O\u201d sounds both vintage and modern at the same time. This is quite intended because with the recording of the new album, Mike has also fulfilled his youth dream and built up his own studio with a mix of old analog and new digital technology. That certainly explains the long production time of one year.<\/p>\n
In the recordings, Dirk Hoeseler (drums), Albert Ricken (bass) and \u00abPiano\u00bb Schulze (piano) put a driving, black beat among the otherwise rather white sound of the Moonshiners. Twinlines by Lap Steel (Rick Ramsey) and guitar (Mike Penny), together with Mike Penny’s distinctive vocals, create the typical Moonshiners sound. Why the album bears the title \u00abRock Me Daddy-O\u00bb explains Mike charmingly: \u00abOur average age is 52 years, and together we are counting 8 children (3 of them are in mine) …\u00bb Questions?<\/p>\n
Tracklist
\n01 Rompin\u2019 And Stompin\u2019 (Curtis Gordon)
\n02 Fat Gal (Merle Travis)
\n03 Daddy O Rock (Luke McDaniel)
\n04 18 Miles To Memphis (Brian Setzer)
\n05 Diggin’ The Boogie (Roy Hall)
\n06 Don\u2019t Ever Take My Picture Down (Lou Wayne, Moon Mullican)
\n07 How Long Must I Wait For You? (Jeff Shelby)
\n08 Creep (Thom Yorke, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood)
\n09 Four Five Times (Byron Gay \/ Marco H. Hellman)
\n10 Dust (Johnny Marvin)
\n11 Jump Jack Jump (Starnes, Neva; Gilbert, Rusty; Dennis, Jimmie; Crawford, Blackie)
\n12 Copper Head (unknown)<\/p>\n