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Classic Album – The Blue Cats: Fight Back

By Vintage Rock | January 18, 2023

Classic Album – The Blue Cats: Fight Back

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The Blue Cats’ 1981 cult classic Fight Back, while often overlooked, is one of the stand-out albums to emerge from the neo-rockabilly era… By Jack Watkins

R unning an eye down the album’s 18-song tracklisting, record buyers in 1981 might have expected Fight Back to be a schizophrenic listening experience, mixing unfamiliar new material with reverential revisits to rockabilly oldies beloved by diehard fans.

In fact, there’s nothing schizoid about it. The entire album has an electrifying energy. Although many classic rockabilly indicators are intact, the record also has a touch of the new-wave spirit of the late 70s and early 80s. With its lurid sleeve art, The Blue Cats’ Fight Back may not be one for the purists, but it’s a killer album that escapes easy pigeonholing. Mainstream journalists of the time simply called it neo-rockabilly.

According to singer Clint Bradley, the album title could be read as a statement of intent on behalf of the four band members. The original Blue Cat Trio, formed of Dave Phillips (vocals, double bass), the brothers Carlo (guitar) and Stef Edwards (drums), but which was really a foursome when you counted the saxophone of Clive Osborne (subsequently to leave the band before the recording of Fight Back to join the Dynamite Band), had recorded an authentic album for Rockhouse Records of straight rockabilly covers in 1980.

But an argument within the band had led to the departure of Phillips, just as the LP was nearing release. Tony Martin of Red Hot! Records, who had earlier issued a Blue Cat Trio EP on his small rockabilly label, quickly recommended Clint (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Mitch Caws (double bass), as replacements. The pair were known to him as members of Little Tony and The Tennessee Rebels, whose EP he’d also recently released on Red Hot.

Clint’s appreciation of music was broad compared to the segregated mentality that existed among many on the rockabilly scene. He and Mitch immediately clicked with Carlo and Stef who were of the same mindset. However, to begin with they faced a problem. The new line-up played their first show in Eindhoven in September 1980 the moment the original Trio album was about to be released, as Clint explains.

“We arrived at the gig to be greeted by Bert Rockhuizen of Rockhouse with the album. It was the first that Carlo and Stef had seen of it since they’d recorded it. So we had to go and promote the album, even though, as far as we were concerned, we were one thing and the music on that record was another thing entirely. We wanted to change our name, but Bert wouldn’t let us, so that Trio album ended up being released as The Blue Cats as a compromise.

“Fortunately, the Eindhoven audience has always been receptive to neo-rockabilly, unlike in the UK where it was difficult if anyone stepped outside of the box. We did play songs off the album – the Johnny Burnette and Gene Vincent covers – but already we were playing some of my new songs. Luckily, that Eindhoven gig gave us enough of a buzz to start including them in our sets back in the UK. By the time Fight Back came out there was already an awareness of some of these new songs.”

The production on Bradley’s vocal on the album’s opening title track makes it instantly clear that Fight Back is not going to be another traditional, reverential rock’n’roll outing. “We wanted to match the power of mainstream, or at least the new wave music of the time, for potential commercial radio play,” explains Clint.

“But we had to record it all very quickly, whereas those bands might be taking six months to make an album.” Although Wild Night and Jump Cat Jump were done at separate sessions in different studios, Fight Back ’s other 16 tracks were recorded in three days at the Seaside Studio, Haarlem, in the Netherlands.

“We were still using a pretty rudimentary approach, going in and laying down the bass, drum, rhythm and lead guitars, the difference being we knew we needed to separate the vocals and backing vocals. The irony, of course, as we’ve learnt over time, is that the best performance is still when you just go into the studio and do it.”

If the album sounds a bit like rockabilly on steroids, that was intentional. Without losing the feeling of spontaneity – the vocal energy, the screams and yells, echo, stinging guitar riffs, rumbling and clicking slap bass and the crisp snare drums that are the keys to so many successful rockabilly performances – everything sounds a bit bigger, faster and more dangerous. However, that created tension in the studio with Bert Rockhuizen, according to Clint.

“The engineer Jan Pieter Exalto was very receptive to what we did. But with Bert, creatively it was a real battle. He had a lot of kudos at that time for bringing rock’n’rollers over to Holland to record them, but he was no Sam Phillips encouraging people to experiment. When Carlo played that solo on Wild Night , he said, ‘You can’t do that, it’s going to upset people.’ Carlo answered: ‘Sorry, I’m finished trying to sound like everyone else, this is me.’”

Wild Night , when released as a 7″ on Charly in April 1981, was made Single Of The Week in Sounds magazine which, with typically breathless exaggeration, called it “as dynamic a slice of rip-roaring body swirling rock’n’rollin’ dynamite as you’ll find this side of post-Army Elvis.”

This was a time when the music press was showing considerable interest in new generation rockabilly bands like The Blue Cats, the Polecats and, inevitably, the Stray Cats. The latter, as Clint is at pains to point out, were no influence on the others at all, who were all playing gigs long before the New Yorkers had formed.

In fact, Wild Night had been written by Bradley while he was still a member of the Tennessee Rebels. “Three months before I joined the Blue Cats, the Rebels had gone on tour with the Polecats and the Flying Saucers,” Clint continues . “We played this gig in Berlin and it was the first time I’d seen punks and Teds in the same room, just digging bands. It was the most fantastic experience and I started writing the song in the van immediately after he show.”

Other Bradley originals include Love Me , complete with the kind of blood-curdling screams that predated psychobilly, which was popular in live sets – especially useful as the band grew in popularity and got gigs supporting The Clash. “We’d often open with Love Me if we did The Clash shows,” he says. “The audience wouldn’t know who we were, but they’d like that, and it would be a real ice-breaker with punk audiences.”

Another powerful rocker, Who Stole My Blue Suede Shoes , typical of the band’s quirky take on a traditional rock’n’roll theme, was a half-tribute to one of Bradley’s great heroes, Carl Perkins.

“Of all the rockabilly greats, he was the one who made the most impression on me. I suppose it was because he was a singer-songwriter, unlike a lot of the other guys. We played a gig with him in Holland in 1980 and he said, “You guys are doing exactly what we did, you’re taking the music and doing it your own way.” What he was saying was if you want this scene to continue you’ve got to have an injection of original talent.”

A good example of taking inspiration from the past without being trapped in it was Jump Cat Jump , which obviously suggests Gene Vincent’s Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back , until a key change on Carlo’s scintillating playing suddenly seems to morph into another Vincent classic Cruisin ’ . Clint also pays tribute to Stef’s drumming on that track.

“Stef learnt to play in the jazz style, which you can see by the way he holds his sticks. The little flicks he does on that track, and when we play other Gene Vincent material, are just perfect.”

The band have great fun with oldies such as Marvin Rainwater’s Hot & Cold . The song was wild enough in its original form, but the Cats take it to a new level. Clint’s vocal is very funny, and you can’t help noticing that Carlo’s playing is better than Roy Clark’s, fine picker though the latter developed into.

“Carlo’s always been sidelined because of the image thing, because he’s not on the scene,” says Bradley. “He refused, as he said, to ‘wear the uniform’, but Carlo at his best, I don’t think there is anyone who can touch him. He’s classically trained and even his high-octane solos are very musical, playing things within the melody that are quite jazzy.”

Other old rockers covered on the album (along with Up A Lazy River , a Hoagy Carmichael ballad recorded by Gene Vincent), are Hank and Eddie Cochran’s Tired & Sleepy , Bill Haley’s Birth Of The Boogie and, most unexpected, Anthony Newley’s Idle On Parade .

“We loved rockabilly as much as anyone else and when we did a cover we did it as best we could,” says Clint. “We’d take a song like Hot & Cold and throw it into the pot. Mitch’s bass playing was a big part of it, the way he was so into the groove – so rooted. No-one else had ever played double bass like that. When you ask the next generation of players who they rate, they all say Mitch. Listen to him on Wild Night and Fight Back , his playing is so raw, yet so embedded in the sound.”

It’s no secret that Clint is a massive fan of Westerns and Western music (see boxout), but in 1981 he was struggling to find a creative outlet for that. Live Fast Die Young , however, was a nod to his heroes Marty Robbins and Johnny Western.

“I really wanted to get one on the album that had a Western theme – not over complicated – with Merle Travis, Scotty Moore-type picking in the background, but then a big panoramic guitar from Carlo over the top of that. I’m really delighted how popular that song became, especially in Scandinavia, where they absolutely love it.”

Fight Back was a record of its time and should have done so much better. The Blue Cats had received an offer to sign for EMI, but were tied to Rockhouse/Charly.

Despite being re-pressed several times and selling between 60,000 to 70,000 copies, Clint says the band never received any royalties. Yet he looks back without bitterness. “It was an exciting 18 months of teenage fun, a good thing to be part of. There was just so much creativity that came out of that period in music.”  

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Rockhouse LPL 8011 [1980] Just Go Wild Over Rock ‘N’ Roll – I’m Gonna Die – Pretty Pretty Baby – I Dreamed You Left Me – Southbound Blues – Boogie Up Roar – Five Days Five Days – I’m Driving Home – Sweet Love On My Mind – Caldonia – I Sure Miss You – Jumpin’ Little Mama – Juke Joint Jem – Sure-Fire Way – Goofin’ Around Debut album featuring the Carlo Edwards (guitar), his brother Stef (drums), Clive Osborne (sax, rhythm guitar) and Dave Phillips (vocals and double bass). Excellent from start to finish. A true classic!

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Rockhouse ROCKCD 8111 [1981] Fight back – Hot & cold – Tired & sleepy – Love me – Jump cat jump – Up a lazy river – Who stole my blue suede shoes – Who slapped John – Wild night – Thunder & lightning – Life fast die young – Made for rockin’ – Slippin’ in – Idle on parade – Birth of the boogie – Everybody’s rockin’ By the end of 1980 the Blue Cats found themselves in need of a bassist and a singer after the departure of Dave Phillips . They quickly recruited Mitch Caws and Clint Bradley both from The Tennessee Rebels and started to work right away. From that moment they started to experiment and write new material with a more modern edge. Released in 1981 Fight Back is representative of that era. Half of the album reminds the “old” Blue Cats with covers of the Cochran Brothers, Gene Vincent, Eddie Bond, The Phantom, Marvin Rainwater, that are probably here to satisfy the label who didn’t want to make a big departure from their successful debut album. The other half is by far the most interesting with six neo-rockabilly jewels, sometimes close to early psychobilly, written by Bradley. One can only regret the light production on some of this tracks and wonder how it would have sounded with more studio time. Almost three decades later, “Fight Back” remains a key album of the early 80’s and a huge influence on numerous bands.

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Winning return for the Blue Cats with this 1992 album with Paul Diffin (Sugar Ray Ford) on bass. Every track here is a killer from the manic neo-rockabilly of Man With A Mission and the Tunnel to the tributes to Cliff Gallup ( Gallupin’ Man ) and Gene Vincent ( Cry On the Wind) and what could possibly be the definitive version of All I Can Do Is Cry.  Fred “Virgil” Turgis

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Twenty years after the release of the Tunnel, a landmark in the history of modern Rockabilly, the Blue Cats returned with a new double bass player (Steve Whitehouse of Frenzy and the Sharks ) and a new album. Since Clint Bradley joined the band, the Blue Cats always tried to push the boundaries of the genre while keeping the spirit and the essence of true Rock’n’Roll. And this platter doesn’t disappoint. Modern yet classic. Billy Ruffian is a fantastic piece of modern Rockabilly with exciting changes in the melody, with what I call “typical Carlo Edwards riffs.” The rhythm section is powerful and demonstrates that Steve Whitehouse was the right choice to succeed to Mitch Caws and Paul Diffin. It could be hard to follow such an opener, but not for Bradley and his gang. The Norton Spirit is a powerful rocker. And even with a straight-ahead rocker like this that lets very little margin to the singer, Bradley proves he’s one of the best singers on the rockin’ scene today. Billy Fury’s Turn My Back On You is pure Rockabilly gold straight from the ’50s with echo and hiccups. The Sons of the Pioneers’ Blue Prairie seems tailored-made for Bradley’s voice, and it’s the occasion to hear Carlo Edwards play some steel-guitar. My Dark Dark Mind is another slice of modern Rockabilly. This one features Paul Diffin on bass, so it’s probably an old recording. The Blue Cats always took care to write different lyrics than your usual “love my Cadillac” thing. Billy Ruffians evoked Trafalgar and Nelson, and Badon Hill is about King Arthur. Long Road Home is not the most original track of the album, but once again, the playing and the production are flawless. Captain Blood takes the listener back to the Beltane Fire days with Mitch Caws on bass. A good one, though the production is a bit too much for me. Burnette is a tribute to Johnny Burnette and Grady Martin. No big surprise but very well done and pleasant. Though, maybe, I find Gallupin’ Man their tribute to Gene Vincent and Cliff Gallup on the Tunnel more interesting. After a rocking Secret Agent Man , the album ends with Lonesome Desperado ; a superb Marty Robbins influenced tune on which Bradley’s voice is more eloquent than ever.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - High school students interested in blue collar trades got a one-of-a-kind experience.

The Western Welding Academy wrapped up its nationwide tour in Colorado Springs.

The 2024 Blue Collar Tour teaches students the value of technical education and opportunities within welding.

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With a shortage of trade workers nationwide, each year Western Welding Academy hits the road for their Blue Collar Tour. 

From construction and welding to fire science and machining, the tour provides students the opportunity of learning the different avenues technical education offers.

Organizers say Power Technical is the only school in Colorado that was chosen to take part due to the schools level of engagement in welding.

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  THE WOODLANDS, Texas ( March 4 , 2024) –  After the first five official LPGA Tour events of the season, including the first two legs of the Asian Swing the past two weeks, the field for  The Chevron Championship  is coming into sharper focus.

The competition was fierce over the course of four days at the Honda LPGA Thailand, played on Siam Country Club’s Old Course in Chonburi, Thailand.  Patty Tavatanakit , a Thai native earned her first LPGA Tour victory at The Chevron Championship in 2021, captured her second career title with a one-stroke victory over Albane Valenzuela. The following week, Australia’s  Hannah Green  birdied her final three holes to take a one-stroke victory over Celine Boutier at the HSBC Women’s World Championship, held on the Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.

Players who have yet to secure a spot in The Chevron Championship field will have four opportunities over the next five weeks to play their way in with a win or through the Race to the CME Globe standings going into The Chevron Championship. The LPGA Tour next heads to Hainan Island in the People’s Republic of China for the Blue Bay LPGA, before returning to the United States for three competitions across California, Arizona and Nevada. The Chevron field will be finalized on April 7, following the competition of the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards in Las Vegas.

From April 17-21, Houston-area sports fans will have a front-row seat to watch the brightest stars in women’s golf shine on its biggest stage as the world’s best compete for the first major championship of the 2024 LPGA Tour season.

Last week, The Chevron Championship announced that Texas native  Angela Stanford  will receive  a sponsor exemption  into the 2024 major. Stanford, a member of the LPGA Tour since 2001, will compete in her 98th consecutive major championship, the longest active major streak in professional golf.

As part of its mission to provide amateurs with greater access and the opportunity to showcase their talent, The Chevron Championship also offers six spots for qualifying amateurs from key international amateur tournaments. Four of those spots have been locked down by  Chun-Wei  Wu  of Chinese Taipei, winner of the 2024 Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific; Germany’s  Chiara Horder , winner of the 2023 Women’s Amateur Championship; America’s  Megan Schofill , winner of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship; and Argentina’s  Ela Anacona , winner of the 2024 Women’s Latin America Amateur Championship.

“The Chevron Championship has a long tradition of welcoming the world’s best up-and-coming amateurs to compete alongside their future LPGA Tour counterparts,” said Josetta Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Chevron. “These exemptions are critically important to the team at Chevron and are aligned with our mission to elevate the women’s game and create competitive pathways for the next LPGA Tour stars."

The remaining amateur spots will be awarded in April to the winners of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the Chevron Silverado Showdown. 

Fans can purchase tickets or view details on ticket options for The Chevron Championship at  SeatGeek.com . Various daily and weekly ticket and hospitality packages are available so fans can enjoy every moment of the action at The Club at Carlton Woods. 

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  • St. Luke’s Health Pavilion   – Enjoy the taste of an upgraded hospitality experience at The Chevron Championship with the St. Luke’s Health Pavilion. Pavilion guests will receive an upgraded experience that features all-inclusive food and non-alcoholic beverages, premium views, access to upgraded restroom facilities and more. Alcoholic beverages are available for those over 21 through four redeemable coupons, included with ticket purchase. A portion of the proceeds from St. Luke’s Health Pavilion tickets will benefit a local charity.

Fans who want a closer and more rewarding experience at The Chevron Championship are invited to register as a volunteer. Volunteers can experience the tournament from a different perspective, including from inside the ropes. For volunteer information, visit  thechevronchampionship.com .

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