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STRAY CATS ROCK THERAPY
Sold Date:
May 15, 2020
Start Date:
April 21, 2020
Final Price:
$49.99
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Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim Jim Phantom hit it big in the early 1980s as the . But the rockabilly revival spearheaded by the three boys from Long Island didn't translate into a long life on the charts for the band, and they broke up, amid some bad blood, in 1984.
Rock Therapy opens with their arrangement of the title track. The album's energy really gets going with the second tune, "Reckless," a Setzer-penned garage-y rocker that could have been a hit single in a more receptive period. Gene Vincent's "Race With the Devil," Buddy Holly's "Looking for Someone to Love," and Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" pay accomplished tribute to some of the band's important influences.
Rocker and Phantom's "I Wanna Cry" has a harder, dirtier, Joe Walsh type of sound, but side two starts with "I'm a Rocker" and Setzer's trademark lightning-fingered guitar solos. He later demonstrates his facility on the banjo in the countryish "Broken Man." Musically, this album ranks with the band's best work.
Tracklist A1Rock Therapy3:26A2Reckless3:51A3Race With The Devil2:58A4Looking For Someone To Love1:50A5I Wanna Cry3:28B1I'm A Rocker2:28B2Beautiful Delilah2:46B3One Hand Loose2:43B4Broken Man4:03B5Change Of Heart3:52
