Johnny & The Hurricanes - Stormsville (1960)

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Johnny & The Hurricanes - Stormsville (1960)
[Restored & Remastered, Including 14 Bonus Tracks]

It's difficult to understand the evolution of rock n' roll. Was it born out of the Delta blues or the Memphis sound? What about Motown’s influence? How about a Catholic high school in Toledo?

    With the bawdy sax of John "Johnny Paris" Pocisk and several of his classmates, Johnny and the Hurricanes arranged 50s style music with fat horns, twangy guitars and amazing organ. They just couldn't find anyone to sing for them.

    So they soldiered on without a lead singer, and in 1959 (five years before The Ventures) recorded "Red River Rock," which landed in the Top 5 on both the American and British charts. The band released Stormsville just eight months later.

    Stormsville opens with "Reveille Rock," a funky track with a huge saxophone and the Hammond organ intertwined over an even pace and tempo. “Milk Shake” follows and sounds like something you heard at sock hops, while "Travelin'" features the soft key strokes of the classic organ. "Rockin' T" be-bops its way around the mid-50s, and "The Hungry Eye" goes into the blues a little more. "Time Bomb" and "Corn Bread" are also remnants of the American Graffiti era, and the record closes with the delightful "The 'Hep' Canary." I don't know how instrumentals get named, but this record captured a whole genre of music without being too pretentious about titles or images.

    The Hurricanes went on tour in the early 60s and were opened by a little-known English band called The Beatles. They toured for a few years until the British Invasion made their sound obscure, finally breaking up in 1965. Johnny Paris moved to Germany and reformed the Hurricanes around 1970. The group had over 200 members through November of 2005. Paris passed away at the age of 65 in 2006.
    

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