Reverend Horton Heat

Reverend Horton Heat

Loaded guns, space heaters, and big skies. Welcome to the lethal littered landscape of Jim Heath’simagination. True to his high evan- gelical calling, Jim is a Revelator,both revealing & reinterpreting thecountry-blues-rock roots of Ameri- can music. He’s a time-travellingspace-cowboy on a endless inter- stellar musical tour, and we are allthe richer & “psychobillier” for get- ting to tag along.Seeing REVEREND HORTONHEAT live is a transformative ex- perience. Flames come off the gui- tars. Heat singes your skin. There’snothing like the primal tribal rock& roll transfiguration of a Rever- end Horton Heat show. Jim be- comes a slicked-back 1950′s rock &roll shaman channeling Screamin’ Jay Hawkins through Buddy Holly,while Jimbo incinerates the Stand- Up Bass. And then there are the“Heatettes”. Those foxy rockabilly chicks dressed in poodle-skirts and cowboy boots slamming thenight away. It’s like being magicallytransported into a Teen Exploita- tion picture from the 1950′s that’scurrently taking place in the future.Listening to the REVEREND HOR- TON HEAT is tantamount to injectingpure musical nitrous into the hot-rod engine of your heart. The Reverend’s commandants are simple.And no band on this, or any other, planet rocks harder, drives faster, or lives truer than the Reverend Horton Heat. These “itinerant preachers” actually practice what they preach. They live their lives by the Gospel of Rock & Roll.From the High-Octane Spaghet- ti-Western Wall of Sound in “BigSky” — to the dark driving frenetic paranoia of “400 Bucks” – to thebrain-melting Western Psyche- delic Garage purity of “PsychobillyFreakout” — The Rev’s music is the perfect soundtrack to the Drive-In Movie of your life. Jim Heath & Jimbo Wallace have chewed up more road than theGoogle Maps drivers. For twenty- five Psychobilly years, they haveblazed an indelible, unforgettable, and meteoric trail across the globe with their unique blend of musicalvirtuosity, legendary showman- ship, and mythic imagery.“Okay it’s time for me to put thisloaded gun down, jump in my Five- Oh Ford, and nurture my pig on theoutskirts of Houston. I’ll be bring- ing my love whip. See y’all later.” -Carty Talkington Writer/DirectorRev your engines and catch the ser- mon on the road as it’s preachedby everybody’s favorite Reverend. Don’t forget to keep an eye out forthe 11th studio album from REV- EREND HORTON HEAT, boldly ti- tled Rev, due out January 21st.