The Reverend Horton Heat
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
When the original Guitar Hero video game came out, the hardest song was the Reverend's "Psychobilly Freakout." That's probably because singer and guitar player Jim Heath never seems to play it the same way twice. But it's always fun. If you're looking for a raucus and occasionally raunchy good time, this is the band for you. With Heath wailing away on the guitar and sidekick Jimbo Wallace slapping the standup bass, the Rev has been touring the country and putting out straight-ahead rockabilly for 30 years. Start with the best of collection Holly Roller and expand from there.
Artist's info
Website: reverendhortonheat.com
See Him Live: Tour dates
Record company: Victory Records
Genre: Rock ’n Roll
If you like this, look into: Brian Setzer, Pokey LaFarge, Those two are only tangentially connected
Bio (From Wikipedia.com)
The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician Jim Heath (born 1959) as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio. Heath is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. One reviewer calls Heath the "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly." The group originally formed in 1985, playing its first gigs in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood. Its current members are Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath on guitar and lead vocals, Jimbo Wallace on the upright bass, and Scott Churilla on drums. The band signed to Victory Records on November 27, 2012, and released their eleventh studio album, REV, on January 21, 2014. (more)
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REV (2014): The 11th studio album from the Reverend Horton Heat and their first in four years. Rev finds the Dallas-based trio returning to their Psychobilly/Rockabilly roots after a short detour through Roots/Alt-Country territory. Listening to the Reverend Horton Heat is tantamount to injecting pure musical nitrous into the hot-rod engine of your heart. The Reverend's commandants are simple. Rock hard, drive fast, and live true. And no band on this, or any other, planet rocks harder, drives faster, or lives truer than the Reverend Horton Heat. These "itinerant preachers" actually practice what they preach. They live their lives by the Gospel of Rock 'n' Roll.
OTHERS
Smoke 'em If You Got 'em (1990)
The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat (1993)
Liquor in the Front (1994)
It's Martini Time (1996)
Space Heater (1998)
Holy Roller (Best of) (1999)
Spend a Night in the Box (2000)
Lucky 7 (2002)
Revival (2004)
We Three Kings (2005)
Laughin' & Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat (2009)
