Saturday, September 19, 2009

HANK GARLAND, ROCKABILLY SESSION



Here's an obscure rockabilly side, with hot solo and fills from Hank Garland. Gene Maltais's "Crazy Baby" is pretty boilerplate rockabilly, except for Garland's over-the-top playing. With players like Garland and Grady Martin, the true story of the work is not always on the hits.
(And speaking of Grady Martin-- I didn't do any web detective work to confirm the youtube claim that this track is Hank Garland. Hank could do just about anything, so it could be him, but it sure sounds a lot like Grady Martin to me. He had an idiosyncratic way of playing rockabilly that was very raunchy, but still somehow sounded country too. Martin sounded more country than most rockabilly players, but he had as much edge and rock and roll in his playing as any rockabilly specialist. If anyone cares enough to do some research, please let me know what you find about the identity of this guitarist.)

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