The Stray Cats
"Stampede" b/w "Teenage Heaven"
(Surfdog Records)
Both booming "Stampede" and flip "Teenage Heaven" (a frontline Eddie cover) give proof of the Cats' enduring tenacity. (Dig the A-side's Bo-inflected chorus.) Such is the true-to-roots pomped essence w/modern-day verve, it's as if years between the descending-riffed "Runaway Boys" and today's calendar page were as nothing. The lean roustabouts who carved lofty 1980-and-beyond status, then took separate paths and realized solo acclaims, reunite to show the singular bop of the Strays ain't goin' nowhere.
(One sends up prayers for Brian Setzer, whose serious illness forced him to regrettably cancel the trio's latest tour.)
Videos: "Stampede" "Teenage Heaven"
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