Lee RockerShepherds Bush Empire, 10 September 2008
As an 11-year-old, my record collection was small but proud. It was funded largely by my pound-a-week pocket money, and deciding what to buy - mainly from Woolworth's in Aldershot - was a serious business. One of the singles that found its way into my record box was The Race Is On by Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats (as it was billed on the exciting picture sleeve). I had no idea who this Edmunds fella was but I knew that the Stray Cats rocked, as I'd bought their debut album with some holiday money after the hits Runaway Boys and Rock This Town had captured my ear.
Fast-forward 27 years, to 2008, and I'm standing in Brixton Academy awaiting the on-stage arrival of Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom - the three cool Cats who'd stared out at me from those early record sleeves. After two decades of Stray Cats abstinence, I caught the bug again in 2004, when the band reformed for a European tour. …
As an 11-year-old, my record collection was small but proud. It was funded largely by my pound-a-week pocket money, and deciding what to buy - mainly from Woolworth's in Aldershot - was a serious business. One of the singles that found its way into my record box was The Race Is On by Dave Edmunds with the Stray Cats (as it was billed on the exciting picture sleeve). I had no idea who this Edmunds fella was but I knew that the Stray Cats rocked, as I'd bought their debut album with some holiday money after the hits Runaway Boys and Rock This Town had captured my ear.
Fast-forward 27 years, to 2008, and I'm standing in Brixton Academy awaiting the on-stage arrival of Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom - the three cool Cats who'd stared out at me from those early record sleeves. After two decades of Stray Cats abstinence, I caught the bug again in 2004, when the band reformed for a European tour. …
