Back in the Day, 1982

The Bopcats

Wild Jungle Rock

(Attic)

Popular-music mavens will recount that the 1980s Rockabilly Revival had geographically scattered jitter-bop paragons. Among standouts whose eral works continue to inspire are Robert Gordon (NYC), the Rockats (US/England), the Blasters (California), and Tex Rubinowitz (Texas).

Canada's Bopcats also warrant recollection, to speak nothing of evergreen appreciation. Theirs was a fervent assault that laced belovedly familiar genre gesticulations with full-on firepower that bespoke Punk uproar. Country-tinted numbers provided oxygen between pummelings. Bopcats' drag-out fashion of bopping the Blues was fierce enough to trigger burg-wide sirens.

Following the foursome's untimely dissolution, drummer Teddy Fury cast his lot with the Crown Royals, while fretboard hitman Jack de Keyzer issued numerous Blues safaris. But Sonny Baker (vocals) and Zeke Rivers (bass) seemingly withdrew into the ether. 

Recommended: "Wild Jungle Rock," "Home to Me," "Too Fast Past," "Dressed to Kill," "What Did I Do Last Night?," "Train Called Rock'n'Roll," "Lights Out"

Videos: "Wild Jungle Rock" (live)   "Home to Me"   "Train Called Rock'n'Roll"   

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