Band: Reverend Elvis and the Undead Syncopators
Release: 3/2010
Label: Suzy Q Records

1. “I’m A Blues Punk” – B-
2. “Trouble” – B+
3. “The Angel of Death” – B
4. “Kill! Kill! Kill!” – B+
5. “Never Let You Go” – B+
6. “666” – B
7. “Tainted Love” – A-
8. “I Still Believe” – B
9. “Dead Before You Died” – B+
10. “Boppin’ The Blues” – B
11. “Country Heroes” – B-
12. “Rockabilly Riot” – B
13. “Honky Tonkin” – B
14. “Killer Wolf” – B+

Comments: A cross between Bob Dylan and Bloodshot Bill, Reverend Elvis is a great story teller and his back-up crew, the Undead Syncopators, play some sweet licks behind him. “I’m drinking all night long and getting high/I’m drinking all night long not afraid to die” sings Rev. Elvis on “Kill” with a drunken delivery. The band channels fellow rockers King Khan and BBQ Show on “Never Let You Go” if only because of the line: “Oh, little girl I love you/ I love you so and never let you go.” Side note: singing about little girls never gets old does it? How old is little? 20? Hopefully?  Ever wanted to hear a rockabilly cover of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” ??? I was actually expecting a GG Allin cover based on the first few chords, but no go. Rev. Elvis really does the chorus great. Ever bopped the blues? BBT has bopped the blues. Unveiled for the first time: a new KLYAM designation. See below.

Grade: B (85)