Psychobilly Freakout Playlist June 21 2021

Truckadelic - Road Rocket

El Capitan at Kavarna 7/8/17

Went out Saturday night and caught local Atlanta #surfrock band El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists at Kavarna. Check them out:

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Reverend Horton Heat	-	Psychobilly Freakout
Batmobile	-	Hammer Killing
The Vaudevillains	-	This Time Last Year
Intoxica	-	Thirteenth Beach
Ray Campi & The Snappers	-	It Ain't Me
Zombie Ghost Train	-	Buried Next To The King
Casino Rumblers	-	It's The Life
Guana Bats	-	Race With The Devil
Manic Pistoleros	-	Its A Jungle Out There
The Playtones	-	Rock 'n' Roll Ruby
The Living End	-	Second Solution
Bone Rattlers	-	Nightmares
Sonny Fisher	-	Rockin' Daddy
Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys	-	Spanish Dagger
Belmont Playboys	-	Run Chicken Run
Link Davis	-	Trucker from Tennessee
Tennessee Ernie Ford & Ella Mae Morse	-	False Hearted Girl
Marcel Bontempi	-	Lovesick Stroll
Brioles	-	Bad, Bad News
Nick Curran	-	Let The Daddy Hold You
The Wolfgangs	-	Mistery
The Cramps	-	The Mad Daddy
The Playtones	-	Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache
The Rapids	-	Hi Di Hi
Blue Cats	-	Wild Nights
The Housewreckers	-	Cause you left me
Mad Heads	-	Evil People
Jerry Lee Lewis	-	Great Balls of Fire
Cell Mates	-	Eyes That Didn't Care
Jonny Gretsch's Wasted Ones	-	I Don't Mean Nothing ( To You )
Dwight Pullen	-	Teenage Bug
The Cruisers	-	Big Bang Goo
Rochee and the Sarnos	-	Rock n Roll Frog
The Flametrick Subs	-	Can't Find My Mind
Mad Sin	-	Dirty City
Johnny Knight	-	Rock And Roll Guitar
The 69 Cats	-	Sunglasses After Dark
Rockin Johnny Austin	-	Rockabilly Stroll
Polecats	-	Gravedigger Rock
Reckless Ones	-	Devil Radio
Messer Chups	-	Moon Race

Ameripolitan Awards 2016

From now until the end of September, you can send in your votes to nominate people in the 3rd Anual Ameripolitan Music Awards. There are plenty of fantastic disc jockeys out there, but I'd like to ask for your vote this year.

I've enjoyed bringing some of the finest in rock 'n' roll music to your ears for the past 11 years and I do it with pure enjoyment. Hell, if I'm not enjoying it, then you probably aren't. From my start in college at Album 88 to a short stint on WREK, then finally finding a home on Garage 71 and EAVradio. I hope I've introduced some of you to new fantastical music and others I've reintroduced you to favorites you've forgotten.

All you need to do is copy and paste the info below and send an email to info@ameripolitan.com. It's that simple! You can also submit for other categories, which I have listed at the bottom of this post. You don't have to fill out all of them, but if a name or band pops into your mind be sure to include them. Your vote counts!

Ameripolitan DJ: "Reverend" Andy Hawley

Other categories you can vote for:
Honky Tonk Female:
Honky Tonk Male:
Honky Tonk Group:
Outlaw Female:
Outlaw Male:
Outlaw Group:
Western Swing Female:
Western Swing Male:
Western Swing Group:
Rockabilly Female:
Rockabilly Male:
Rockabilly Group:
Ameripolitan Musician:
Ameripolitan Venue:
Ameripolitan Festival:

Spread the word and help me win this year's award! Thanks, friends and neighbors!

Five Questions With Batmobile

This weekend Ink 'n' Iron make their debut in Nashville with a lineup sure to impress. One band we don't see often in the southeast is Dutch band Batmobile. Formed in 1983, the band still performs with the same lineup at festivals and events around the globe. I had an opportunity to ask lead singer, Jeroen Haamers, five questions leading up to this weekend's festival.

Reverend Andy: What do you think lends to the band's long-lasting success and love from fans?
Jeroen Haamers: I think we're the luckiest people on earth, though we have worked and still work hard for it, we don't take anything for granted.

RA: What musicians have you been listening to lately?
JH: For me it's always Elvis, he's number one each and every day. Of course I listen to other artists and bands as well, like Cash (a lot of country now that I think of it), ancient rockabilly and classics like Ramones and Motorhead.

RA: Touring internationally, you've seen rockabilly scenes all over the world. What are the most prominent differences and similarities?
JH: Audiences react differently in every country. In Finland you'll get the most drunk and crazy people ever.....though the Russians are tough to beat in that area too. Japanese audiences are very polite and kind but if you get them going properly, they get mental as well. So there's the similarity, if you beat them hard enough they'll all loose their minds eventually.

RA: Your favorite song to perform live?
JH: Tough one. Whichever makes the people go the most mental that night.

RA: What's it like having played with the same guys for over 30 years?
JH: It was normal for us most of the time, but in hindsight it's pretty damn amazing!

Catch Batmobile performing on the Ink 'n' Iron Gretsch Stage Saturday evening at 5pm.

More info about Batmobile: http://www.batmobileforever.com/

Final SoCal Chop Tops Show

Saturday March 21st, catch The Chop Tops in their final performance in Southern California. Maybe they'll reunite (and it feels so good) one day? Presented by Von Badsville.

Tuesday March 10 in Nashville

Get out to the foobar and support Hellfire Revival and The Blood Boys as they support Calabrese now on tour.

The Four Horsemen of the Rockalypse!

What do these four guys have in common? Tune in EAVradio tonight at 7pm eastern and find out! You can also download the FREE app from the Apple and Android markets.

East Coast Rockabilly Fans - Check This Out!

If you're anywhere near the east coast the weekend of November 15th, then this is the event you need to be at! Live music, hot rods, cool bikes, pin ups, delicious food, and pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll fun all day long!

The Chop Tops at The Masquerade

I'll be opening for The Chop Tops this Wednesday night in Purgatory at The Masquerade! Come out, it's $10 for a night chock full of guaranteed rock 'n' roll fun! Click the picture for more information.

August 22nd! This Friday!

October's Grease Inc. Magazine

Be on the lookout this week for the October edition of Grease Inc. Magazine. Inside, you'll find my interview with Chris Saint Clark from Hellfire Revival.

Halloween Is Coming Early

There's a lot coming your way and I've been a slacker keeping you all updated. If you haven't heard about it, Dr. Gangrene's 9th Annual Horror Hootenanny is coming up Saturday October 13th. Two of my favorite bands, The Creeping Cruds and Hellfire Revival, are playing that night along with Canadian greats Forbidden Dimension and Nashville horror rockers Alucard.

If you enjoy horror movies, punk rock, psychobilly, or drenching yourself in blood for no reason, you need to be there! The Muse is no more, so this year it's at The End. Check them out online for directions and contact info. ADULTS: They only serve beer, no liquor or wine.

Elvis Death Day

Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis' death. Here's an exerpt from my article in the August issue of Grease magazine. For the full article, head to your local mechanic's shop, tattoo parlour, favorite bar, or restaurant and pick up the current issue of Grease Inc. magazine!

It wasn't until the Summer of '54 when at the suggestion of Sun Records founder, Sam Phillips, that Elvis got together with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black. Moore recalls, He had on a pink shirt, pink pants with white stripes down the legs, and white shoes. I thought my wife was going to go out the back door! People just weren't wearing that kind of flashy clothes at the time."  

Commenting on his own guitar playing, Scotty Moore said, "All I can tell you is I just stole from every guitar player I heard over the years. Put it in my data bank. And when I played that's just what come out. But what really sets [our] recording apart is Elvis’s vocal, which soars across a wide range and expresses both a youthful humor and a boundless confidence. The overall feeling the song communicates is one of limitless freedom.”