Rock 'N Roll Society of Scandinavia, Oslo, Norway

Where He Left Off/June 1999

A good while back I was handed this platter by the man himself. And as it was produced back in '97, and I hadn't heard of it before, seemed to me it hadn't been given too much publicity so far.

That does not mean Mr. Crimmen has any reason what so ever to be ashamed of the results. There's only 10 songs, but most of 'em are really great.

The kick-off comes with a tuff rocker called Take Me Baby, a great driving tune with a strong vocal and piano. Next up is She Can't Stop Dancin'. It may not be a new The Girl Can't Dance, but a nice rocker, even tho' the rhythm stutters some… The ballads A Little Bit of Love and It Was Love are sorta discreet, but ones for the lovers just the same. With the instrumental Rockabilly Rave it's back to more rockin' rhythms again. The song owes some cred to Al Casey's guitarlicks in The Fool, but apart from that, it's a nice little thing with great bass, drums and guitar. The party moves along with Go, Cat, Go. Somewhat screaming in both vocals and stringwork perhaps, but still workin' fine by me. Liked the swingin' sax here. Let It Rock follows in fine shape. Another bonehard rocker. Great stuff!

A more quiet, very catchy, Beautiful Women follows. Must be the one track on this CD that best suits it's title. Noticed the Elvis link, did ya? With A Girl Like You (naughty one!) and Move On Down The Line we're back in a driving R&R mood.

To put it short. Great R&R.

The piano played by Harry "the Skull" Mello is rather up front on most of the tracks. That, and a mean guitar played by Dave himself.

For those of us who digs both Rock and Roll…… It's party time!

P.S. Two of the songs here, Rockabilly Rave and Let It Rock, has also been released on vinyl.

-Tor Arne Petzold