2011 album from the Oakland-based Indie band. Sleep Talk features 12 new songs that Kim Fowley and Lou Christie would have clawed each other's eyes out to get a hold of in the early '60s.
To put the performance on Johnny Cash at San Quentin in a bit of perspective: Johnny Cash's key partner in the Tennessee Two, guitarist Luther Perkins, died in August 1968, just seven months before this set was recorded in February 1969.
Drawing on crazed rockabilly ancestors, James Heath and his long-time bassist Jimbo Wallace have helped bring rockabilly kicking and screaming into the modern age, marrying punk with rockabilly to create the psychobilly genre.
Pressed on 140g black vinyl, this 17-track LP comprises some of her best singles from 1954-62. An entertaining showcase for a highly distinctive talent, dubbed the sweet lady with the nasty voice.