Dash Rip Rock

Heather over at I am Fuel, You are Friends wrote an excellent entry last month about her first Bruce show and I think it’s worth reading. He had a slightly different set-list that night (and my beer cost $11, rather than $10), but the crowd emotion and reaction is the same. She also posted a few Bruce songs, which I’m not doing today.
And that provides a smooth transition to what I am going to post today.

Some quick band history, in case you don’t know: Dash Rip Rock began playing in the summer of 1984 in Baton Rouge, La. The group formed when drummer Clarke Martty brought together Bill Davis and Ned Hoaky Hickel, Jr. for a rockabilly trio ala the Stray Cats.
They released their debut album in 1986 and began touring heavily through the southeast. It was there they developed a strong regional following, especially in college towns. Fueled by whisky and egged on by the raucous college crowds, Dash Rip Rock evolved into more of a bar band over time. One of their most successful recordings was a parody of Danny and the Juniors’ “At the Hop,” a song called “Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot.”
The band’s name supposedly comes from the Beverly Hillbillies: Dash Riprock was a boyfriend of Ellie May’s.
Check out the band’s Web site for more information, tour dates, and for some Free Downloads.
Locked Inside a Liquor Store.mp3
Delta Dawn (Tanya Tucker cover).mp3
I Saw the Light (Hank Williams cover).mp3
Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot 2005.mp3
Jambalaya (Hank Williams cover).mp3
Labels: alt.country, garage rock, live albums, psychobilly
2 Comments:
I have come into posession of what I believe may be demo CD for Dash Rip Rock, there are 3 songs on the CD, Johnny Ace, Liquor Store, Stairway to Freebird. There is no CD sleeve to tell me the name of the CD, I only have the CD, Red, Silver and Black with the Ace of Spades featuring a nude woman on it. The CD case has been autographed as Dash Riprock #2 Liquor Store. Does anyone have any idea what this is, if so please email me at rlpinfla@aol.com, thankx
Sounds like that must be by the band that was after Fred left in '89 - Chris "Lucky Dog" Luckett (who had been Fred's mentor as a drummer) replaced Fred; i forget when Chris left, but *he* was replaced by a guy whose name i can't recall, who was known as "Bahby Insane"...
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