"Date Bait" (Buffalo Bop 55028)

The series continues with 30 more teenage rockers. Ron Haydock kicks it off with a real knockout 99 Chicks, and then Rudy Preston shows us what the real 50's blast is all about on his guitar break from Four Tired Car. But the real standouts here are two by Lou Millet; his most unusual Shorty The Barber, 'bout the man who makes the scissors and comb sound like a saxophone, and Slip Slip Slippin' In, about comin' home late, are both great hillbilly rockers along the lines of the Country Hicks Lp. And there's more country from Tennessee Thompson on Slippin' & Slidin'/Saturday Ball. Jerry Clayton's Date Bait doesn't ignite like you'd expect from the title track, but it's drowned in enough echo to make it sound good. Great pics as usual. A worthy addition to the series. (GDR, Roots & Rhythm)The 30 songs here represent quality rockabilly. A highlight is rock & roller turned horror movie writer Ron Haydock, whose "99 Chicks" borrows its guitar break from "Rock Around the Clock" at a tempo about twice as fast. Most of the rest is solid rockabilly. Thomas Wayne's "You're the One that Done It" grinds along hard and heavy. If Jimmy Patrick's voice were a little more expressive, his "20 Dollar Bill" might've come off as a piece of classic rockabilly, but it’s still a solid song. Howard Mayberry's "This Just Can't Be Puppy Love" has the pace and the sound right, and is one of the tracks that makes this collection powerful. Henry Henry isn't much of a singer, but "Baggie Maggie" is such a ridiculous song that it's worth hearing on that basis, and for the heavy rocking sound of his band. Lou Millet's "Slip, Slip, Slippin' In," on Republic Records, is a  classic. Vic Thomas's "Rock and Roll Tonight" is more of a country novelty tune (right down to its fiddle break),  B. Goode's "Hokey Pokey Rock" is the song its title suggests, rocked up with a sax break. Bob Dingus' "Step It Up and Go" is the most backwoods-sounding track on any of the Buffalo Bop collections of this era -- a slow number with a western-style guitar break. And Bobby Smith's "Bevy Mae" and "She's Gone from Me" are sort of a crying shame, because they come close to the kind of smooth, perfectly timed and engagingly sung rockabilly that could've caught on. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

trax:

1. 99 Chicks - Ron Haydock 2. Slippin & Slidin - Tennessee Thompson 3. Flying Fish - Little Denny 4. Date Bait Baby - Reggie Perkins 5. Four Tired Car - Rudy Preston 6. You're The One That Done It - Thomas Wayne With The DeLons 7. Dance Everybody - Jack King 8. $20 Dollar Bill - Jimmy Patrick 9. (I've Got A Girl Named) Dee - Paul Perry 10. This Just Can't Be Puppy Love - Howard Mayberry 11. Saturday Ball - Tennessee Thompson 12. Baggie Maggie - Henry Henry 13. Pretty Moon - Don Winters 14. Slip, Slip, Slippin' In - Lou Millet 15. Rock And Roll Tonight - Vic Thomas 16. Baby What Am I Gonna Do - Smokey Armen 17. I'll Keep Lovin' You - The Variatones 18. Hokey Pokey Rock - B. Goode 19. Shorty The Barber - Lou Millet 20. Step It Up And Go - Bob Dingus 21. Bevy Mae - Bobby Smith 22. Date Bait - Jerry Clayton 23. Stick Around - Perk & The Flames 24. Love You 'Cause I Love You - Tom King 25. Left Behind - LaVerne Stovall 26. There's Gonna Be Rockin' Tonight - Gar Bacon 27. Never Anymore - Bob Davies 28. She's Gone From Me - Bobby Smith 29. There's The Blues - Larry Good 30. Disc Jokey Fever - The Chuck-A-Lucks

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