Rockabilly Bastard: Best of Johnny Legend

Rockabilly Bastard: Best of Johnny Legend Artist: Johnny Legend
Label: Hmg Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 012928660525
EAN: 0012928660525
ASIN: B000003OJS


Release Date: 1997-09-23

Rockabilly Bastard: Best of Johnny Legend


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Tracks:

  1. Soakin' The Bone
  2. The Holy Beat
  3. Rockabilly Bastard
  4. The South Is Gonna Rise Again
  5. Nightbird
  6. Stalin Kicked The Bucket
  7. Rockabilly Bughouse
  8. Let's Get Goin'
  9. The Naked Die Young
  10. No Escape
  11. Guess Who Ain't Gettin' Laid Tonite?
  12. Rockabilly Rumble
  13. Long Long Lonely Hours
  14. Wild Wild Women
  15. Midnite Blues
  16. Ramblin' Man
  17. Are You Hep To It?
  18. Justine
  19. Crackin' Up

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Legend He Is........2007-04-26

Take it from me, this guy is a insane hillbilly and his music is just the same. He would be one of those guys you fear going into a the darkest inbred places in the South. This guy, believe it or not, is a lady's man. I saw him at the Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender. On stage he was wild, rolling all over the ground and he actually played harmonica on one red hot Rockabilly dame's crotch. He ended up with her at the end of the show. I shook his hand. "Man you were great". He replied "Thanks, I've been working on this for a while". He squeezed the chick's behind! This cat is off the hook! This CD has it all. Red hot Rockabilly that will set you on fire. Frankie Lymon from the Doowop band "The Teenagers" sings back up on some tracks. Billy Zoom from the punk band "X" plays guitar on some and Ray Campi plays guitar on others. There is some original songs and some covers of his past career which is phonemenal. B movies and skin flicks and wrestling manager! Hell, he even met Ed Wood when he was a kid and his next door neighbor in his younger days was Tor! Alot of this stuff is from previous albums and B movie soundtracks he's done. For a modern Rockabilly he is good. I don't like most modern Rockabilly. Get this comp, it is the best and comprhensive of his career.

5 out of 5 stars How Does He Know The Truth???.......2005-04-20

He's Johnny Legend, and he sings like a bird! When I first laid eyes on him, I could swear I saw him telling King Arthur to "Remember the Future" before he rode away on Puff the Magic Dragon! How does he know these things?

I have heard them all, from Francois Sinatra to The MC5 to Tommy Sands, but this Johnny Legend ---who once accompanied The Good Doctor at ringside--- soars above them all! He can channel me through my various lifetimes with the efficiency of Lord Krishna, and he spends none of his money on phony bible camps in San Bernardino!

The essence of many of these Legend songs originates in ancient Mescalero-Apache lore. "Soaking The Bone" is prime example, delivering the war cry of the erratic warrior! "The Naked Die Young!" is purely mythological, since the naked thrive for eternity! I stood naked on the roof of The Imperial Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles on the starriest of evenings back in 1982, piercing the night with my war cries, swatting at the LAPD helicopters above me, cursing the phony president who thought "Star Wars" was for real! I'm telling you the truth!

But how does Johnny Legend know these things? He knows the truth, I'm telling you! He swims the English channel on his birthday, and catches fish with his beard. How he finds the time to write and record such eloquent verse is beyond the reach of my imagination! Buy this CD, it is Food of The Gods!

5 out of 5 stars Essential For Any Music Collection.......2004-01-11

If you have never heard of Johnny Legend, this CD is an appropriate place to start. Johnny spins some of the most offbeat Rockabilly music you will ever hear; it's as if you take a Rockabilly legend like Billy Lee Riley, add a massive dose of modern day pop-culture, and haul it out of the South and into the bright lights of the most gloriously congested city night!

Two songs are worth the CD alone: "The Naked Die Young," a melodic ballad hyping the fast-lane lifestyle, and "The South Shall Rise Again," which fans of the cult classic film "2000 Maniacs" will recognize. Johnny's take on this song blows the original version out of the water and into oblivion!

Much of Johnny Legend's work is still obscure, from his "Incredibly Strange Rock & Roll Wrestling" feuds with El Físico Nuclear, to his managerial role with the late Dr. Jerry Graham, to his interviews on Jonathan Ross' "Incredibly Strange Film Show." Until these works surface on DVD, his musical legacy will have to suffice for now.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Blues from Hellah ~ Lucifer Was
  2. The Best Of Eric Burdon & The Animals, 1966-1968 ~ Eric Burdon & the Animals
  3. Naked Soul ~ James Macdonald
  4. Bizarro ~ The Wedding Present
  5. Psychedelic Microdots, Vol. 1: Orange, Sugar & Chocolate ~ Various Artists
  6. 1984 (for the Love of Big Brother)
  7. Guitar Tribute to the Beatles: Abbey Road ~ Various Artists
  8. Anthology ~ Alan Price
  9. Re-ac-tor ~ Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  10. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? ~ Jon Poole

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Jumpin' Off ~ Richard Elliot

Cotton Candy/Sugar Lips ~ Al Hirt

A Joyful Noise ~ Chester Thompson

I Hear Music ~ Stephane Grappelli

Christmas With Daniel O'Donnell ~ Daniel O'Donnell

Spirits in the Wind ~ Burning Sky

Black Coffee ~ Big Allanbik

Ookina Mizutamari ~ Snowkel

Natsumelo Zenkyokushiuu ~ Takuya Joh

Kikoemasuka ~ Theresia