Lost Highway: A Rockabilly Music Blog

The Bop Hounds - The Bop Hounds 

Ipojuke Records

I had a chance to catch The Bop Hounds when they played the car show at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. Awesome band, awesome guys, but to be completely honest; if they were to play next year, they need to play a smaller venue (such as The Bienville Room) where people can really appreciate these guys from Brazil!  Dastaev on lead vocals, Tijolo on the electric guitar, Cão on the acoustic guitar, Augusto on the upright bass and Andola on drums came together in 2013, and play straight up/stripped down Rockabilly, which is what we get from their EP, released last year.

The first song off their self-titled EP, “Get Your Cat Gone” is a perfect Rockabilly song to get in your car and hit the road. The next song “On Fire” should get the legs moving, pure Rockabilly with the energy of the Johnny Burnette Trio. The energy doesn’t stop there, with the song “All Over the Towns” is a Rockabilly anthem. “Lonely On The Road” is a twangy number for the broken hearted Rockabilly kid who hitchhikes his way back home. “Make It Snow, Santa” is an upbeat Christmas bopper which feels like a mix of Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Stray Cats. The next song (and my personal favorite) “Crossroads Of Her Heart” is a Rock ’n’ Roll love song in the vein of Richie Valens and Buddy Holly, while not sounding like either one, but something they both would’ve played in their heyday. The EP closes out with the song “Don’t Mess With The Cat” that comes right out of a Quentin Tarantino film, it’s a Wild West ballad, and a nice contrast from the opening song. If fact, this entire EP is the soundtrack to any road trip down the long desert road. Too bad it’s only seven songs, but it’s a taste of what’s to come from these guys!

This is where I usually tell you to go pick this one up, but you can actually download the entire EP for FREE at their website. So you don’t have any excuses!