The Rockin Highliners
Sputnik Café
(Severn CD 0018)
I once had a friend named Sigourd Fjordensen and if that isn't
interesting enough in and of itself, Sigourd had a three legged dog named Sputnik that
hated me with a passion and would stop at nothing to take a huge chunk out of my leg.
Luckily Sputnik never got a hold of me long enough to remove flesh, but anytime someone
says Sputnik within a ten mile radius of me, it takes me back to a time when I really had
to guard my leg from being bitten off by a vicious three legged dog that hated me for no
good reason at all. Thank God The Rockin Highliners have made the word Sputnik good for me
again with their latest and greatest release Sputnik Café . No offense to Sigourd, but I
hope that dog is rotting in Hell. Okay maybe that's harsh. But the dog brought it on
himself.
12 rock steady tracks of great blues goodness. They got a nice T-Birds
thing going and I don't mean that in a bad way. Robert Tycholis does a great turn on lead
vocals while Clayton Sample and Greg Demechuk excel on the guitars. Greg also plays a mean
harp. Chris Byrne on bass and Ken McMahon on drums. A tight band. The band wrote all the
songs and as far as I can tell, did no harm to any three legged, mean spirited dogs. Check
out a great tune like "Fallin Down" or the really classy Kim Wilson sounding
"What I Like Best". These guys are really good and the original songs are very
well done. I could tell you more about their backgrounds or even where they come from but
who cares? It's all about the tunes here folks and the tunes are rocking.
Do yourself a favor and try out the Rockin Highliners. Tell
'em Sigourd and his hellhound sent you.
- Bill Fountain -
Southwest Blues CD Review - February 2005
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