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The Barnestormers Johnny's Gone

Mainly for @Jerseyfornia at this stage, but given the international line up this could have wider legs.

New album coming from what in the old days would be considered a super group. Vocals:Jimmy Barnes, Aussie rock singer legend. Guitars: Chris Cheney, Aussie rock (rockabilly) legend from the Living End. Ok, so far, so cool for us Aussie music fans. Then.. Slim Jim Phantom on drums (Stray Cats).. ok, international flavour. Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley on bass.. I only know him from producing Cold Chisel here, but I think he's also produced internationally. Then.. what the fuck... Jools Holland on keyboards? Is there some other keyboard player with that name? No, it is the Jools Holland.

First single... a cover of a killer rockabilly song by Australia's own Don Walker, best known as Cold Chisel's main song writer but with so much more under his belt.

Give me a glass of bourbon, and some rockabilly (especially Australian written that fits right in with the best of the genre) and Bosstralian is a happy man...

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Early North Jersey

Mar 23

Cool Song and video ....Great piano

Jerseyfornia

Mar 17

Oh, hell yeah. When's the album due out?

Kevin Shirley is pretty well known. Off the top of my head, he's produced and or engineered Journey, Aerosmith, Black Crowes, one of @SteveInJoburg's favorites Steve Louw, Dream Theater.

Bosstralian

Mar 18

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May 26 I think I read.

SteveInJoburg

Mar 19

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Yup.... Kevin was born here in Joburg. In the early years he produced albums and tracks for legendary SA acts like Juluka (Johnny Clegg) Robin Auld, Steve Louw, Springbok Nude Girls... He really made a huge name for himself overseas. Both he and Robert 'Mutt' Lange, who made Bryan Adams and Def Leppard sound interchangeable in the early Nineties, were from SA...

Walkerinthesun

Mar 17

Like it. Coincidentally been listening to the Stray Cats past week or two. And yeah, Jools H is a bit of a surprise. Long since settled into the housewives boogie-woogie piano player of choice over here.

Bosstralian

Mar 18

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Boogie woogie piano... absolutely nothing better. I discovered Australia's Cold Chisel in 1984, and then Bruce shortly after. As a 14 year old impressionable music listening die hard, I soon after started exploring what inspired these artists. So I began listening to Motown, The Stones, Creedence, etc etc.

Eventually led me to the masters. Chuck, Jerry Lee, Bo Diddley. And in 88 / 89, there was a 'legends of rock & roll' tour / show in Australia which I never got to see in person, but the Melbourne show was telecast on TV. Chuck Berry was quite early on the list... and he ran through very uninspired, perfunctory versions of Let It Rock, School Days and something else I can't remember. Yeah, no Johnny B Goode. Greatest song ever in the history of everything, I assume the promoters didn't pony enough dosh for Chuck to even feign interest, much less perform the rock national anthem.

Then Bo Diddley came on. First up, an entertaining shuffle through 'Hey, Bo Diidley'. He finished his three song set with 'Who Do You Love'. In between, Bo did a version of "I'm A Man" that stopped me in my tracks. I 've since gathered does this all the time, but the back and forth conversation he did between his guitar and the bass guitar absolutely blew my 19 year old mind.

Then we get to the peak 9f that show... Jerry Lee. I was utterly mesmerised by his four song set. Boogie woogie piano.. absolutely magical. I could listen to nothing but a great boogie woogie piano player from now until eternity and not ge bored.

Boogie woogie piano is my favourite musical thing ever.

Oh, and here's how back in 1983 Jimmy Barnes ( the singer of the new song in the OP) along with Don Walker ( the writer of the new song, but also the piano player in Cold Chisel) boogie woogied their way to Cold Chisel's (initial) closure.

Early North Jersey

Mar 23

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Finally getting around to this ..... I don't know "Why You Been Gone So Long" .....Absolutely freakin' killer....pun wasn't intended ...But there it is .....Completely agree about Boogie Woogie Piano ....My favorite words at any Bruce show have alwaays been "C'mon Professor" .....Thanks for posting these ....Jerry Lee still in tip top shape here !!!