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