The Headers – Turn It Up (Bobby Lebel).
Rockabilly trio The Headers comprise of Bobby Lebel (guitar and lead vocals), Scott Freilich (bass and backing vocals) and Dan Stroll (drums and backing vocals). They are seasoned musicians as this new album confirms. The opener, Pretty Good Shape is old style Rock n Roll/Rockabilly with stinging guitar – think Stray Cats. Lovin’ Stuff is a good, harmonic soft rocker with Beatles overtones. 10 of the 11 tracks are originals and Eloise is not a cover of the famous Walker Brothers track but is a swinging Rock n Roller with a guitar that sings. Riptide is a classic 60s style instrumental but given a modern twist. The slightly twee High The Sky fits in well with their 50s/60s style and the Les Paul style guitar track is a good addition.
Hard Man To Love is classic Rockabilly and the rhythm section really get going on this. There is some more excellent guitar work and they all rip it up towards the end. The Headers funk it up on the beginning of Cajun Sugar and then it drifts off into Southern Rock. Lebel really is a good guitar player and this could easily be their signature tune – more please! They return to the classic Rockabilly arena with Hey Ruby and Blue Highway is old school Rock n Roll with lovely harmonies. Turn It Up evokes images of early Presley Rockabilly and Lebel has the perfect voice for this type of tune. Like the others, this is short and sweet. They finish with an audacious cover of Bodhisattva. Not many people take on a Steely Dan track and even fewer manage to pull it off. It could be classed as career suicide and, although they are not in the same league, they almost make it. However, the truth is that this is not a song to mess with and for once Lebel’s voice does not achieve pass marks.
http://www.theheaders.com/
David Blue.
Rockabilly trio The Headers comprise of Bobby Lebel (guitar and lead vocals), Scott Freilich (bass and backing vocals) and Dan Stroll (drums and backing vocals). They are seasoned musicians as this new album confirms. The opener, Pretty Good Shape is old style Rock n Roll/Rockabilly with stinging guitar – think Stray Cats. Lovin’ Stuff is a good, harmonic soft rocker with Beatles overtones. 10 of the 11 tracks are originals and Eloise is not a cover of the famous Walker Brothers track but is a swinging Rock n Roller with a guitar that sings. Riptide is a classic 60s style instrumental but given a modern twist. The slightly twee High The Sky fits in well with their 50s/60s style and the Les Paul style guitar track is a good addition.
Hard Man To Love is classic Rockabilly and the rhythm section really get going on this. There is some more excellent guitar work and they all rip it up towards the end. The Headers funk it up on the beginning of Cajun Sugar and then it drifts off into Southern Rock. Lebel really is a good guitar player and this could easily be their signature tune – more please! They return to the classic Rockabilly arena with Hey Ruby and Blue Highway is old school Rock n Roll with lovely harmonies. Turn It Up evokes images of early Presley Rockabilly and Lebel has the perfect voice for this type of tune. Like the others, this is short and sweet. They finish with an audacious cover of Bodhisattva. Not many people take on a Steely Dan track and even fewer manage to pull it off. It could be classed as career suicide and, although they are not in the same league, they almost make it. However, the truth is that this is not a song to mess with and for once Lebel’s voice does not achieve pass marks.
http://www.theheaders.com/
David Blue.
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