Hollywood Fats & The Paladins - Live 1985 (2008) [CD Rip]

Personnel:
Hollywood Fats - Guitar
Dave Gonzalez - Vocals & Guitar
Thomas Yearsley - Bass
Scott Campbell - Drums

This inspiring historical record was culled from a sizzling performance for a packed house by these legendary Blues and Rockabilly Masters, recorded at the fabled Greenville Avenue Bar & Grill in Dallas, Texas on December 19, 1985. Fats began playing guitar at the age of 10 and proceeded to spend his remaining two decades playing with Blues & Rock legends including John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Albert King, Shakey Jake Harris, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, William Clarke, James Harman, Smokey Wilson, Canned Heat, The Blasters, The Paladins and, of course, the venerated Hollywood Fats Band. Even more than twenty years after his untimely passing, Hollywood Fats’ presence and influence are still strongly felt. He was truly a musician’s musician. Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann) was born in 1954 and sadly passed away in 1986, before receiving widespread recognition of his creativity and musical genius. He did manage to make a name for himself as one of the finest young guitar slingers to blast out of California, an undisputed reputation that lives on to this day. This amazing CD swings, shuffles, rocks and implants itself into a stone-cold groove as these fiery guitar wizards tear it up with a relentless barrage of tasty, white-hot guitar nuggets. It’s Old School Texas style House-Rockin’ Rockabilly meets Swingin’ West Coast Jump Blues, spontaneously created by an elite combination of musicians in a performance that’s nothing less than spectacular. If what you want is incendiary guitars impeccably played with seat-of-the-pants creativity, consummate finesse and the coolest Rock n’ Roll rhythms, topped off with soulful vocals, then look no further. You’ve found it! You don’t get trhis every day! This memorable CD is sure to be a top vintage release of 2008!