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LBUM: Don’t Mind Rockin’ Tonight (1978)
MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$
In the liner notes it says pub rock was no cliche’ in those days.
I’m not sure when or if it has become a cliche’ but this is pub rock by definition.
“Down in the swamp, Daddy put the bomp in my soul.” Don’t know exactly what that means but ‘Daddy was a preacher.’ Later Mama, a Texas lady, taught him how to jive.
This is a compilation of two albums. Kind of odd but that’s the way they did it because theirs was a short-lived pit stop on the way to other bands.
The band was Sean Tyla (later of Tyla Gang), Nick Garvey and Andy McMasters, (both later of the Motors ), Martin Belmont (later with Graham Parker and Rumour). Dave Edmunds was close friends and sometimes a producer.
There is feel-good rock and roll playing here: ‘Coast to Coast’ rocks like nobody’s business. ‘Fireball’ and ‘Love’s Melody’ stand out. Reminded me at times of Danny and Dusty whom I earlier reviewed.
I thought at first that ‘Daddy put the Bomp’ was an early 1960s cover of a song called “Who put the Bomp (in the rama lama ding dong). But apparently it’s two different songs. This came out while I was a senior in High School. Yep. It ages well, if not me. Also seems like this one may be a little collectible as it was a short-lived band that never got much promotion in the US.
Here’s an old Bomp song here by Chuck Prophet (of Green on Red). I think it’s a hybrid re-make of the 1961 version. But not sure.
Here’s Ducks Deluxe ‘Daddy put the Bomp.’