THE PALADINS’ BEST VOL. 2:
As I wrote when I posted Vol.1, THE PALADINS started in San Diego, and played Los Angeles a lot starting in the mid-to-late-80s.
After signing with Alligator Records for their second album (produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos) they got sponsorship by Miller Genuine Draft, which allows them to tour Europe & Australia. Some of the live cuts on Vol. 2 come from a show in The Netherlands, and some come from their home club; San Diego’s Belly Up Tavern. This installment pulls heavily from compositions that were on their first three albums. If response warrants it, I could easily do a Vol. 3.
Guitarist/bandleader Dave Gonzallez started spending time on side projects The Hacienda Brothers (with Chris Gaffney) and Stone River Boys in 2004, and now owns a studio in Austin where he lives & records with his wife. SUSANNA VAN TASSEL. They recorded two albums as duo that go for big bucks.
Bassist Thomas Yearsley was married to blues artist Candye Kane for a while, and after they split, he got clipped by a train trying unsuccessfully to save their dog, Swango, from being struck! Read about it here: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/sep/01/blurt1/
Volume 1 is here:
https://jonderblog.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Paladins
Cover photo by Dave Van Hout.
Downloaders are requested to share a band they feel best straddle the line between rockabilly & the blues.
ReplyDeleteI’ll get the obvious one out of the the way—The Blasters! Dave Alvin’s rockabilly leanings meet his big brother’s blues leanings. Here’s a prime example—the original version of Marie Marie recorded in Rockin’ Ronny Weiser’s living room:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIF0_EaXRJg
There's a NO-PRIZE riding on it, and not one of the "knock-off no-prizes" you'll see on other blogs! A digitized version of the actual NO-PRIZE I got in the mail from Marvel Comics when I was a teenager!
Here’s The Paladins Best Vol. 2:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/Z3k8gT4k
hello, have their first 2 albums from years ago. really going to enjoy vol.1 and vol. 2. thank you very much for the work you do on these comps. r. keith noble
ReplyDeleteI'd put THE PALADINS' first three albums up against anybody's, Keith! Thank you for your comment!
DeleteJust remembered this one from way back
ReplyDeletenothing to do with The Paladins, I know, just good old fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fobmVYyRXBU
Hope you all enjoy this Stomping at the Klub Foot
Thanks for The Wigsville Spliffs, Richard. It's PSYCHOBILLY THURSDAY thanks to you!
DeleteI would say Reverend Horton Heat, Leroi Brothers or even the Cramps somehow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comps.
J from Europe.
Our pleasure, J. Thanks for sharing. There's a Leroi Brothers comp in the works!
DeleteMany thanks, Stinky!!
ReplyDeleteYou're VERY welcome, Persistent Concha!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stinky, excellent follow-up! How about The Balham Alligators? They mixed cajun with blues & rock 'n roll!
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah! With Bobby Irwin of THE SINCEROS on drums!
DeleteI've got a very average sounding audience tape of the Paladins that I did a decade back, at: https://voodoowagon.blogspot.com/search?q=paladins
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