Hey folks! Watch out! Here is new dynamite surf, frat and twistin’ rock ‘n’ roll combo of ‘Britain’s String King’ himself Sir Bald Diddley. The Shiny one is famed for his previous surfin’ combos ’Sir Bald Diddley and his Right Honourable Big Wigs’, ‘Sir Bald Diddley and his Wig-Outs’ and ‘The Magnificent Escapades’,In this new outfit he is joined by one of Britain’s (in fact the world’s!) finest rock ‘n’ roll / rhythm ‘n’ blues rhythm sections, namely Matt ‘Sleepy Louie’ Radford on bass and Brain ‘Ramblin’ Louie’ Nevill on drums.The Sir Bald Diddley aka Hipbone Slim aka The Bald Bomber, has been a leading world force in the field of surf and rock 'n' roll instrumentals for a decade or more. Check out numerous Sir Bald Diddley albums on Alopecia, Sympathy, Raucous, Corduroy and others. His ‘Go Japan’ mini-album features a guest spot by the 5678s! He has also recorded with members of Jackie and the Cedrics, Mummies, Finks, Bomboras, Huntingdon Cads, Johnny Bartlett and Supersnazz. Currently, he also fronts his own garage-freak-beat combo 'The Snags' , ska and rhythm ‘n’ blues champions ‘The Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers’, Rock ‘n’ Roll/Rockabilly aces ‘Hipbone Slim and the Kneetremblers’ plus ‘The Legs’ with Jorge and Mr. Peeblee (both Dr. Explosion - Spain). He also runs the fantastic Alopecia Records. Check out the great ‘Locked In’ compilation series featuring many fantastic surf instrumental outfits and several mysterious ‘super-groups’! Bald is infamous for his rather daring stage antics which include surfin’ along bar tops, clamberin’ on tables and somersaultin’ and rollin’ around on the floor doing the ‘P-bug’!Between them and often together, Matt and Brian have backed, worked with, recorded, and occasionally held together the following acts! Ray Sharpe, Teddy Paige (Jesters), Ronnie Dawson, Planet Rockers, Deke Dickerson, Big Sandy, Panasonics, Neanderthals, Eddie Angel, Big Joe Louis, Sonny Burgess, James Hunter, Holly Golightly and many more!!!The Louies have an album ready to go! It is a great mix of surf instros and vocals, rockin’ frat workouts, Link Wray style rumblers and early garage blowouts!Influences on the band include Dick Dale, Pyramids, Link Wray, Bobby Fuller, Ventures, Atlantics, Astronauts, New Dimensions, Trashmen, Rivieras, Wailers, Sonics, Kingsmen, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Travis Wammack, The Kinks and various (often obscure) surf, frat, rnb, garage,rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly artists of the late 50s and early 60s.BAND CONTACT :
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