The Cordwood Draggers

Parece que ha pasado una eternidad desde que todo empezase hace un año allá en California. Con miles de millas a la espalda, Mick, Jose y Ed pueden ser ahora encontrados incendiando escenarios alrededor del globo. Desde la helada Finlandia a la caliente Nevada, desde bares de mala muerte a clubs solo para vips, estos chavales tocan allá donde son reclamados y con estedisco aun caliente aprovechan para regresar a casa a tomarse un respiro.... Este CD ofrece el mejor rockabilly tal y como si hubiese sido registrado en 1956; guitarra solista, contrabajo, rítmica y voz....

It seems a world away from that sleepy Californian town where it all began. With thousands of miles on the clock, hundreds of honky tonks and a year down the line, Mick, Jose and Big Ed can now be found tearing up stages across the globe. From frozen Finland to atom-hot Nevada, hell-hot barns to uptown bars, these fellas can hick it or slick it at the flick of a switch. With their newest release the boys bring it on home and kick their shoes off.

Mick Cocksedge (rhythm guitar/vocals) flirted with fame fronting One Track Mind but a near miss with cabaret and he was history. Ex Sugar King Boy Jose Espinosa took his bay-area smash 'Tip-top' to an international audience, but since that chance encounter at the drag strip he hasn't looked back. Big Ed Potter (show-offy guitar) sold the little green he had for his trusty Telecaster and things really began to swing.

The Cordwood Draggers long-awaited disc on El Toro records showcases some of the finest rockabilly music this side of '56. Recorded completely live in no time at all at the now infamous Sisterbelle Studios - London Branch, 'My Baby's Like A Rocketship.' tells it like it is. Whether swooning to 'Did I Hurt You' or rocking-out to 'Might As Well Howl' these boys stick to what they know best; tall tales of hot rods, hotter women cool beer, and doing wrong.

Their bop fuelled rocket-ride to stardom has only just begun and with a disc of this calibre, and judging by the early response, this rocket ship is gonna ride.

El Toro Records Boss Carlos "Diddley" Diaz say of this disc "I knew from the first I heard if it that it was going to be smash it. I bopped, I strolled - I fell down drunk with excitement."

Mini Dave (their almost drummer, and well known impressario) follows "The power that comes from this Trio is like an ad for nervous tension. When I think of I get sounds like ZOOM! And POW! It comes on with a blip like a battle ship. Big on the Radar screen."


ETCD 4010 - THE CORDWOOD DRAGGERS - MY BABY'S LIKE A ROCKET SHIP... SHE'S ALWAYS TAKING OFF...
Eight Valves Of Fire.mp3
Track Listing :
1 - Might As Well How!
2 - Thousand Tears
3 - My Baby's like A Rocketship
4 - Hole In My Pocket
5 - Rain, Rain, Rain
6 - Eight Valves Of Fire
7 - I'm The One For You
8 - Did I hurt You
9 - Big Fool
10 - Old Photographs
11 - Bet He's Mad.

ETCD4011 - THE CORDWOOD DRAGGERS - RADIATION BOP
Segundo trabajo de la banda que supone un avance en su estilo y, sobre todo, en su sonido.
Write Me A Letter .mp3
Radiation Bop.mp3
Rock And Roll On.mp3
Lista de Temas :
Honey Honey
I Missed You
Simmer Down
Don't Tease Me
Radiation Bop
Shake her Shack
For Always
Flipside Mama
Knock, Knock, Knock
I Stole Today
Write Me A Letter
Hey Mr Plane
That's When It All Went Wrong
Rock And Roll On

THE CORDWOOD DRAGGERS - 2006
Tres años después de su primer disco para El Toro la banda a cambiado de contrabajista y ha añadido un batería más una steel guitar, nada menos que la de Philip Morgan (Tennessee Rhythm Riders)...

ETCD 4012 THE CORDWOOD DRAGGERS - A STARLIT SHINDING WITH...
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Lista de temas:
Jukebox Tell My baby
Kwitchurbelyakin
Game Of Love
Faklling For You
Where'd Ya Stay Last Night
255 Flattie
Ten year Itch
Little Martian Honey
Honestly
Lover's Moon
Lonesome Truck Driver Blues
Rock Boppin' Again