JACK RABBIT SLIM-From The Waist Down CD

Welcome to Jack Rabbit Slim's world. The Kings of Sleaze-a-Billy return with their third album on Western Star, and it's a killer! Opening with a couple of tracks, delivered with that pounding trademark JRS stamp, you know the album is as exciting as the latex bondage catalogue they sent me with the demo... but there is much more to this album than the usual hardcore rockin', that we have come to expect from the most exciting live act on the scene. The reworking of Presley's weak film fodder, Wolf Call, is simply inspired. From the moment that dirty guitar breaks out, it's as low down, (well below the waist...) as it gets. Then suddenly, back up Buddy, the mood changes for the Holly-esque, Rest Assured, with a soft, clean cut Lubbock Texas sound. Then ... wham, the tortured vocal powerhouse Burnette treatment is given to Let Me Home Baby. The Tease gives us a perfect example of Bob's twisted lyrical delivery that makes this singer/songwriter so special. The pulsating heartbeat of Blues Caravan, the mixed up kid in Daddy's Got a Gun, the tongue in cheek (and everywhere else..) in Generous Lover and then somehow the skanky Trailer Queen becomes a sweet, romantic harmony.. This stuff just shouldn't be allowed. JRS have already caused quite a stir on both sides of the Atlantic, with their irreverent 50's style rockin music with that savage Jack Rabbit Slim kick. I love 'em, but make no mistake, these boys are all going straight to hel1.

Jerry Chatabox, March 2008

1. Rock-A-Cha 2. Petrolhead 3. Bikini Bull Ridin’ Baby 4. Wolf Call 5. Wild Cavewoman 6. Rest Assured 7. Let Me Home Baby 8. The Tease 9. Blues Caravan 10. Generous Lover 11. Daddy’s Got A Gun 12. Helldorado 13. Trailer Queen 14. Justine