Andy Burnaway
Vocals & rhythm
Andy "Jumpin' Jack" Jarvis
Lead guitar
John Short
Steel guitar
Phil Morgan
Double bass
"Blind" Brian Booy
Drums
Influences
The sounds of 30s - 50s western swing, hillbilly jazz, bebop, rhythm & blues and rockabilly - Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Bob Wills, Tiny Grimes, Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West, Sid King, Lew Williams, Jerry Reed, Joe Maphis, Charlie Feathers, Carl Perkins, Micky Baker....
Contemporary favourites: Wayne Hancock, Smith's Ranch Boys, Biller & Wakefield, Big Sandy, The Starliners, Hanks Jalopy Demons.
The High Rollers are crazy about red-hot, swingin' hillbilly jazz and traditional rockabilly - and once you've heard these cats, you will be too! If you're a fan of 50s style rockin' music, this is the band for you... these boys really jump and swing - and whether you like to dance or just soak it up, you're sure in for a treat!
Live at The Mustang Bar, Perth Performing "Shotgun Boogie"
Featuring some of Perth's most experienced musicians, this five piece band blends the vocal talents of Andy Burnaway (Convertibles, Rhythm Aces), the dynamic jazzy duo of John Short (Peter Busher's Lone Rangers) on steel and Andy "Jumpin' Jack" Jarvis (Salt Flat Trio, Tornado Alleycats) on guitar, and our swingin' rhythm section - Phil Morgan on double bass and Brian Booy on drums (both also Lone Rangers). If you're lucky, you may also catch the dynamite Lil Miss Coo (Rocket to Memphis' lead singer) gracing us with her sultry vocals! Monday night gigs feature our buddy Neil Bushby on the bass.
Remember, it sure ain't got that thing, if if don't swing!
Live at Deville's, Perth - benefit gig for Joy Jacob 10th July 2008 Performing the Collins Kids' Hop Skip & a Jump, with Lil Miss Coo
Thank you to Celia & Josef for these two live clips of the High Rollers. Please visit their great web site Perth Rocks
If you're in Perth, come catch the HHRKs tearing it up live every Monday night at the Mustang Bar (check the gig list above for other show) and be sure to come and say hi. The band have a new album "The Swingin' Sounds Of The West" plus a live CD, recorded at the Mustang Bar by our good buddy Mark Gordon. Grab your copy next time you come to a show!
Tracks:
Cattin’ Around
I Aint Got A Pot (To Peel Potatoes In)
Sugar Moon
Bovine Boogie
Money Bag Woman
Flamin’ Mamie
Slow Down Brother
Real Rock Drive
No More Nothings
Go Boy Go
Viper
Country Cattin’
The Band’s A Rockin’
Review: BIG BEAT OF THE 50s - Sept 2009
From the wild west (of Australia) comes a new album of thirteen tracks from the High Rollin’ Rhythm Kings. It comprises a varied selection of covers and is a fitting follow up to their earlier release Swingin’ It Out: Live At The Mustang Bar, (reviewed in Big Beat 107).
Frontman Andy Burnaway is one of my favourite Australian vocalists, right up there with local contemporaries Hank Ferguson and Vic O’Neill. The current line up also includes Andy Jarvis on lead guitar, John Short on steel, Phil Morgan on double bass and Brian Booy on drums.
The album is reminiscent to me of the music that came from one of my favourite US groups, but now disbanded, Smiths Ranch Boys. The sound is truly western and absolutely infectious; toe-tapping music channelled directly from another, simpler place and time. The music retains a strong hillbilly element throughout, yet branches out into swingin’ romance and backwoods rockabilly.
Speaking of Hank Ferguson, there’s a great cover of Hank’s “Bovine Boogie” on here that he would surely be proud of. The other song that would be well-known from this album is “Viper”, recently recorded by Wayne Hancock, and once again, the version by the High Rollin’ Rhythm Kings has done it justice.
There are so many tracks on this CD that I really enjoy, but there are two that stand out for me above all others: the Bob Wills ballad “Sugar Moon” – because I am a huge Bob Wills fan – and “Country Cattin’”, not just for its boppin’ beat but also for the visual images that it conveys through the lyrics.
The presentation of the disc is nicely done, with cover art in sepia tones to enhance the old-time feel of the project.
I can’t help but envy the Perth locals who get to see these guys perform live on a regular basis. You won’t know what you’re missing until you get your hands on this disc. Visit their MySpace page to hear song samples, and contact the band through the website for CD sales and booking enquiries.
Kiz
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The High Rollin' Rhythm Kings want to say a big thank you to ARRAS for their passion and support of the sounds we all love - Rock n Roll, in all it's wonderful variations: from old time Western Swing, jumpin' R&B and Rockabilly - to today's bands who are doin' it right. Keep the faith cats and kittens!!
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Welcome to this page! A unique access to Rock & Roll / Rockabilly events worldwide (Well, I wish...!). No modern crap music, only good ole 50's style! Be my guests, Rockin’ Events. In order this page be as complete as possible, be kind to send me (as comment) gigs or ads flyers.
Germany gigs, Rockabilly Rave and the gigs in Finland have been unreal. I know you guys would have kicked arse at Wintersun. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Doug
Thanks for your friendship guys, don't know what it is about Perth but it certainly produces some of the best bands in Australia . Can't wait to get back to the Mustang bar. keep it rockin!
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