Issue
#134
May/June '10
“Hey
Hey, My
My, Rock-n-Roll will never die.”*
No truer words were ever spoken, and that is why
there is The
Big Fat Combo.
Nestled away in a tiny little town called Cheshire, Connecticut, The Big Fat Combo has honed true, pure
Rock-n-Roll to perfection.
My parents taught me about Rock-n-Roll, they were
teenagers in the 50’s. They witnessed the birth of
Rock-n-Roll – Chuck Berry,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little
Richard, and
the list goes on… I was weaned on Rock-n-Roll, and as I grew
up, so did
Rock-n-Roll. Over the past 50-60 years Rock-n-Roll has evolved into too
many
genres to count, let alone identify, understand, and appreciate each of
them.
If you want a nice hefty platter of hot wax - true,
pure Rock-n-Roll – music you can identify, understand and
appreciate, The
Big Fat Combo brings it. Chicks Dig It is just that; it’s
33 & 1/3 and 45 r.p.m’s of good-time,
old-school, early Rock-n-Roll. It’s a record with songs about
girls and cars and
drinking and heartbreak; all done with the swagger and bravado that can
only be
Rock-n-Roll. Or as BFC would say:
“A little bit a country / a little
bit of
swing / a little blues and rock / and now we got that thing.”
Make no bones
about it, The
Big Fat Combo doesn’t
apologize for who they are, they just Rock your (bobby) socks off.
Just a 4 piece Rock(abilly)-n-Roll Band out there
swinging it and laying it down so smooth. With Tom Hearn, the perfect front man,
delivering dead-on,
dead-pan vocals that know how to croon as well as turn a phrase,
sometimes at
the same time. Along with rhythm guitar Tom’s the
quintessential figure that
graced the stages of Rock-n-Roll’s birth. Cary Pollick is the master of Rock-n-Roll
lead guitar, tearing
off complex notes and runs that pour out of the amps in such
fashionable ease
that it makes his playing all the more engaging. Tom Murphy on stand-up bass slaps it
silly with his precise
plucking and down home feel and Jack Murphy on
drums keeps the beat that hasn’t quit since 1955. But, the
ace in the hole for The Big Fat Combo is someone who isn’t
even in the band, 8 of the 14
songs were either written by or co written (w/Tom Hearn) by Ropeburns Russell. Tom calls him one of the
greatest songwriters
ever, and I have to agree. Try not to sing along with Too
Pretty, Sedan
de Ville, That’s
Why I Call You Darlin
and more. Go ahead try, I’ll bet you can’t.
What’s that tell you? That tells
you they’re great songs, Great Rock-n-Roll songs.
They’re true, pure
Rock-n-Roll.
The Big Fat Combo IS Truly, Purely Rock-n-Roll.
“My My, Hey
Hey, Rock-n-Roll is here to stay.”*
My parents would be proud.
*Neil Young.
The Big Fat Combo
- Chicks Dig It
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