If there’s been any benefit I’ve experienced from running this
\nsite, it’s that I’ve gained a healthy respect for rockabilly.<\/p>\n
Sure, I had heard some in my youth, hearing early works from
\nCarl Perkins and Elvis Presley. I re-discovered this music form
\nwhen I got to hear the Paladins during my stint in college radio.
\nBut in the last few months, I’ve gotten a healthy dose of the
\ngenre, and it’s not been unpleasant at all.<\/p>\n
The latest offering comes from the Fly-Rite Boys, their first
\nouting without lead singer\/guitarist Big Sandy. Their solo effort
\nshows their musical talents quite well, though it’s not always the
\neasiest disc to get through.<\/p>\n
Comprising of pianist\/vocalist Carl “Sonny” Leyland (vocals are
\nonly on two of the album’s twelve tracks), bassist Wally Hersom (is
\nhe the vocalist on “Booze Party”? I can’t tell), lead guitarist
\nAshley Kingman, steel guitarist Lee Jeffriess and drummer Bobby
\nTrimble, the Fly-Rite Boys quickly demonstrate their agilities on
\ntheir instruments on “Straight-8 Boogie”. Each member of the band
\ncomes through crisply without sounding gaudy; you can tell that
\neach member appreciates the others’ contributions, making this
\ntruly a group effort.<\/p>\n
As enjoyable as the two vocal tracks (“Rosetta” and “Booze
\nParty”) are, in a sense they break the mood of an all-out rockin’
\ninstrumental album. Of the two, “Booze Party” is more fun to listen
\nto – not that “Rosetta” is a bad song, mind you.<\/p>\n
\nBig Sandy Presents The Fly-Rite Boys<\/i> runs the gamut of
\nmusical styles, breaking out of the simple rockabilly style that
\nsome detractors of the genre might want to pigeon-hole it into. You
\ncan almost imagine the plodding “Laguna Sunset” to be the
\nbackground music for a ’70s murder-mystery TV show set on the
\ncoast, while “Hit And Run” is an all-out barrel of fun that allows
\nsome solo opportunities for the musicians. (Trimble especially
\nshines on this track, sounding not unlike Buddy Rich at times.)<\/p>\n
So is there any down side to this album? Not if you’re a
\ndrooling fan of rockabilly or any forms it may take; you’ll eat
\nthis up faster than Dom DeLuise in front of a sweet table. But for
\nthe occasional dabbler in the genre (like myself), the songs
\noccasionally blur together. It took me a few tries to get through
\nthis entire disc, and even after three complete listenings after
\nthat, I don’t think I’ve captured all the nuances yet.<\/p>\n
And, there are a few clunkers on this one. One of these, “Minor
\nStruggle,” is a nice attempt to create a rockin’ number in a minor
\nkey, but it just doesn’t seem to fly. Still, there aren’t that many
\nmisses.<\/p>\n
\nBig Sandy Presents The Fly-Rite Boys<\/i> is a decent enough
\neffort, even though its target audience might be more limited than
\na typical release. It does cause the listener to become more
\ninterested in the genre of rockabilly – without that genre, we most
\nlikely wouldn’t have developed rock and roll as soon as we did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7561],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-39048","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-big-sandy","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39048"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}