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Reverb Rockets : Test Rocket
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Traditional rockabilly, surf, uptempo country, ala Dave Edmunds, and more. Surfabilly?
Genre: Rock: Rockabilly
Release Date: 2001
Test Rocket Record Label: Reverb Rockets
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Sweet Little Girlfriend 1:42 Album Only
Ghost Surfer 3:05 Album Only
Rockabilly Honey 2:13 Album Only
Long haul 3:06 Album Only
Weighed Down 2:20 Album Only
Single Coil Theory 3:15 Album Only
Cowboys Work 3:04 Album Only
Sacrifice 3:19 Album Only
Lobster Tank 4:02 Album Only
Hellbender 3:42 Album Only
Armchair Quarterback 2:16 Album Only
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Album Notes

Based in Richmond Virginia, the Reverb Rockets call themselves a surfabilly band for lack of a better word. The cd "Test Rocket"does have some Rockabilly and some surf but it also has some uptempo country,a bit of old style rock and roll even a little metal. One of their friends descibes them like this. "If Dave Edmunds,Dick Dale, and Jerry Jeff Walker were in rehab together and started a band,it would sound like the Reverb Rockets." - Robbin Thompson, Singer/Songwriter

"It sounds like a cat who's claws are caught in the strings of Dick Dale's Stratocaster, while a Johnny Cash record is playing in the background. Cool!" - Will Ray of the Hellacasters.

"I already knew the instrumentals would be great because I caught their live show in Richmond, VA, but a song about a fishing lure from the perspective of the fish? Brilliant!" - Mike McAdam, Guitarist for Steve Earle, Mary Chapin Carpenter

"The Reverb Rockets debut CD is long overdue solace for our surfabilly sensitivities, adding some crunchy bacon to the California Sushi Roll, twangin' heaven!" - Page Wilson, Singer/Songwriter and host of the Out of the Blue Radio Review, WCVE, Richmond, VA

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REVIEWS

Radio worthy
author: mishu
Cowboy's Work is better than any of the crap being played on country radio today. It made me want to buy a pair of Wranglers and learn how to line dance.
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Very cool... Very very cool...
author: Jonathan (Other White Meat)
Opens with that nasty thrill-your-bones sound. The music AND the lyrics keep you listenin' for more...and you just smile as you listen.
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these guys would be famous if they lived in L. A. buy this cd!
author: Robbin Thompson
this cd is one of the best rockasurfabilly albums out there. hmm...maybe it's the only one out there. they'd be famous if they lived in L. A.. thank god they're not allowed to drive in heavy traffic.
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COOL! EXCELLENT! BITCHIN!
author: JBP
Great CD! FOund out about it via Los Straightjackets site/music. Can;t wait till the next cd!
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