It is my extreme honor to find myself on Van Ramsey's list of top 2011 albums, along with 2 of my all-time favorite artists in Mart” Brom and Dale Watson! You can check out Van's show 'Pull The String' on KSER at 90.7 (from Everett, WA) or find it archived on the web at www.kser.org

1. Petunia and the Vipers: Petunia and the Vipers
2. The Hilltones: The Hilltones
3. El Jimador: Resurrection
4. Marti' Brom: Not For Nothin'
5. Izzy Cox: Killing My Kind
6. The Sugar Daddys: I'm Bad For You
7. The Tomorrowmen: It's About Time
8. The Shivering Denizens: Crooked and Crazy
9. Dale Watson: The Sun Sessions
10. Marc Bristol and the Harmatones: Bristol Rockin'
11. Tom Waits: Bad As Me

The first session for this CD was done after Rockabilly Rhythm & Blues came out, with Dave Conant on lead guitar for 3 of the tracks. We'd been called the Shack Shakers in honor of Sid KingÕs song and Leon BermanÕs ÒShake The ShackÓ radio show, but when Dave Conant passed away, and another band began touring nationally with a similar name, it was time to change. The guitar I played on several of these songs (6, 7, 9, 10) is a modified Silvertone (deArmond neck pickup), made in the Harmony factory in Chicago, and I call it my Harmatone. We decided that would work for the band name too. Thanks to Roy Kay for having me play the Elvis birthday Tribute show where Gaby took the cover photo, and to drummer Ricky McCann (who backed me at Hemsby, and you can see the Harmatone guitar in a couple videos from Hemsby linked at the Rockabilly Rhythm & Blues site below) for letting me photograph his tattoo for the back photo and CD label. Thanks especially to all the fine musicians who have helped make these recordings, and to Joe Anderson for hosting the recording session where we cut the most recent tracks.
Read much more about the songs in the 4 page booklet!

"nice mix of 50s Rock and a hint of Country." -Chris Lunn, Ancient Victorys

Review from

Sunday, January 29, 2012
Marc Bristol and the Harmatones ÒBristol RockinÕÓ

(King Noodle) This may not be a popular opinion amongst the pompadour crowd, but my fave rockabilly usually falls into the novelty realm Ð the ÒFlying Saucer Rock n Roll,Ó ÒHaunted HouseÓ and ÒRockin BonesÓÊ vibes. So get Mr. Bristol Ð- known around these parts for his writing and publishing more than his pickinÕ and grinninÕ -- to garnish some hot rockabilly with lyrics about about Mexican food, a persuasive penis, and the power of ÒTutti FruttiÓ and you wonÕt hear me complaininÕ. Hear thatÉ.thatÕs me not complaininÕ!

(right - cover from Cri Du Coyote #127, and to the right of that Bernard Boyat's review from that issue - thanks Bernard!)

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Thanks to H. Gunther Hartig for the above review!

Review above! Thanks Per-Ingemar!