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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Flea Bops

Get In, Sit Down, Shut Up, Hold On

(Vinylux)



In the 1980s, I interviewed Paul Burlison for a Goldmine article. He termed Rockabilly "good-time music," a warmhearted denotation that also applies here. 

The contributive hillbilly component that lends Rockabilly its bounce is dominant. Most songs spring down bucolic dirt roads with friendliness. Prevalent is easeful atmosphere, a 'just folks' cameraderie whose reassuring sentiment surely hung in the air at old-days barn dances.

This disc was recorded prior to the sad 2022 passing of Flea Bops singer Ronnie Joyner. Remaining members include drummer Lance Lebeau (formerly of legends Go Cat Go), his wife, Wendy Lebeau, who sings and slaps doghouse, and guitarist Preston Lebeau. The three have pledged to continue.

Recommended: "Get In, Sit Down, Shut Up, Hold On," "Please Don't Go," "Driver Seat," "Sinner Not a Saint," "Patti Waggin," "Saved," "Mighty Hot In San Antoine," "Rock You In the Arms Of Jesus"

Video: "Driver Seat"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..