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RECORDING AT JAXON RECORDS: Nova Scotia trio seeks to make new rockabilly history in Jackson
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A rockabilly trio made up of a father, mother and daughter from Nova Scotia — attracted by Jackson's...A rockabilly trio made up of a father, mother and daughter from Nova Scotia — attracted by Jackson's rockabilly roots and expertise — spent much of last week here to record an album with Larry Rogers and Rayburn Anthony of Jaxon Records.
The Shakedown Combo is a rockabilly group from Amherst, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Its members are guitarist Davey Lee Goode, singer and percussionist Gill Goode, and their daughter, bassist Kim Goode.
The Shakedown Combo has performed at National Association of Music Merchants shows in California and the "Viva Las Vegas" show in Las Vegas in April. The trio, which has already released an album called "Burnt Out Hot Rod Car" through Raucous Records, came to Jackson to record a new album at Jaxon Records.
"We're a family," Davey Lee Goode said. "We've been playing together for five years. We all love rockabilly music. We are all ticking from the same clock."
He said The Shakedown Combo is influenced by early rock and rockabilly performers such as Chuck Berry, Johnny Burnette and Carl Perkins.
Jackson, with the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame and an annual rockabilly festival, is known as the birthplace of the genre because it was the home of Perkins. Rockabilly music is a forerunner of rock 'n' roll that blends blues, gospel, rock and country.
Jaxon Records' opening this year revived a rockabilly and country music label that operated in Jackson in the 1950s. Anthony is a veteran of the music industry who played clubs in Jackson in the '50s. He met W.S. Holland, of Johnny Cash and Tennessee Three fame, who introduced him to Sam Phillips of Sun Studios in Memphis. Anthony signed with Sun after a solo audition, and he recorded some 16 tracks for Phillips. Some of the unreleased music has been included on many Sun Records' compilations.
"What we do is driven for our passion for what Rayburn has been doing for years," Davey said. "Rockabilly is a great form of music that allows you to have fun and dabble with it."
He said this is the first time The Shakedown Combo has come to Jackson.
"Rayburn has such a great feel for the music we do," Davey said. "It's a gift to come down here. We just recorded a song today with him called 'The Invisible Man.'"
"Gill does a part in it," Anthony said, laughing. "She's an invisible girl."
"I adore rockabilly," Gill Goode said. "I enjoy singing and playing the music my husband writes. The audience and people who dig our music are phenomenal."
Kim Goode plays a white-and-black polka-dotted upright bass.
"I enjoy entertaining the people," she said.
Davey said the group dresses in 1950s rockabilly style.
"It's very much a lifestyle," he said. "It surrounds you."
Performing requires training one's mind.
"It's great to play music, and it's great to entertain people. If you can express yourself and get the audience to interact with you — that's magic. There's nothing better than to have the whole room rocking along with you."
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The Shakedown Combo is Tennessee-Bound
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Big things are happening for the Amherst-based rockabilly band The Shakedown Combo. Next week, the g...Big things are happening for the Amherst-based rockabilly band The Shakedown Combo. Next week, the group —guitarist Davey Lee Goode, singer/percussionist Gil Goode and their daughter, upright bassist Kim Goode— will be headed to Jackson, Tennessee to record an album on the JAXON record label with Larry Rogers and extra help from Sun Records recording legend Rayburn Anthony. While in Jackson, the band will also be playing a show at the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame in front of a crowd that will include Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana, who used to play with Elvis. No big deal.
This burst of good fortune came about the old-fashioned way: a talent scout for the JAXON label picked them out at the Viva Las Vegas rockabilly festival earlier this year. Kim Goode says her family is psyched, to say the least. “We'll be meeting some true icons of the rockabilly genre and legends that have been completely influential to us all,” she says. “Davey is very excited to meet with Scotty Moore. In fact, he's jumping off the walls.” I cannot imagine how amazing it would be for a musician to receive this sort of opportunity in Tennessee; just visiting the place creates music-nerd chills that are difficult to shake. The band leaves for Jackson on Friday — follow updates on their Facebook page.
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Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend : Go Cat Go!
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Premier à fouler la scène, The Shakedown Combo a fourni le boost de sucre qu’il fallait au public po...Premier à fouler la scène, The Shakedown Combo a fourni le boost de sucre qu’il fallait au public pour se réveiller. Un peu comme le ferait une orangeade bien fraîche servie dans un shack à tacos, quelque part entre les frontières américaines et mexicaines. Le trio de la Nouvelle-Écosse produit un son près des rythmes gras et étranges que préconisent des cinéastes comme Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror) et Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof): très road trip en plein désert, entraînant et étourdissant à la fois; pensez à l’impression que ça vous fait lorsque vous regardez un point fixe sur un paysage se défilant à toute vitesse devant vos yeux. Le groupe a trouvé en Miss Kimmi plus qu’une contrebassiste. Au-delà de son style néo-gothique, la jeune femme impressionne par ses talents de percussionniste: elle n’hésite pas à renchérir le son bien gras de son instrument en le transformant en tambour; tape les cordes, tape le bois, tape les cordes, tape le bois, si bien que le rythme tend parfois vers le psychobilly.
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First to tread the stage, The Shakedown Combo provided the boost of sugar need to wake up to the public. A much like an orange-cold served in a taco shack somewhere between U.S. and Mexican borders. The trio of Nova Scotia produces fat and odd rhythms that call for filmmakers like Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror) and Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof) great road trip in the desert, resulting in stunning and at a time, think the impression that it makes you when you look at a fixed point on a landscape is moving at full speed before your eyes. The group found in Miss Kimmi more than a bassist. Beyond the neo-Gothic style, the young woman impressed by her talents as a percussionist: she does not hesitate to outdo the sound of her instrument very fat by converting it into drum taps the strings, wood tape, the tape string, tape the wood, so the pace sometimes tends to psychobilly.
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Red Hot and Blue Rockabilly Weekend: Friday, Sept. 2nd
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Night two of Red Hot and Blue started out with The Shakedown Combo, a great act based out of Nova Sc...Night two of Red Hot and Blue started out with The Shakedown Combo, a great act based out of Nova Scotia. The double bassist especially stood out because the band had no drummer, so a majority of the percussion came from this talented woman’s popping and slapping on the bass. The lead singer sang her heart out and also whacked on a handheld drum from time to time, and the guitarist strummed and wailed on the guitar.
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Rock & Roll Burlesque Show – The Manhattan
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The show opened with the “rockabilly” family trio of “The Shakedown Combo”, originally from the UK a...The show opened with the “rockabilly” family trio of “The Shakedown Combo”, originally from the UK and migrating to Western Canada, they now call Nova Scotia home. All I can say is this family can play, young Kimmi plays a full stand up bass like she was born with it in her hand, I was mesmerized watching her play. Guitar player, and ‘daddio’ of the group David Goode is a very good guitar player that fills the room with fantastic rockabilly riffs, while in center stage the matriarch of the group, Gill Goode belts out the vocals sometimes in a wail, sometimes in a purr that matches her leopard print outfit. A very fun group to listen too and to watch perform.
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Show Overview: A Wink & A Smile “Classy Seduction to Classic Rock N Roll”
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The opening act were The Shakedown Combo, who were, if I understood correctly, from Amherst by way o...The opening act were The Shakedown Combo, who were, if I understood correctly, from Amherst by way of England – in any case, they showcased some true, rockabilly inspired rock and roll. At first I was a little apprehensive about the lack of a drummer, but the pounding slap bass of Kim Goode and her tattooed upright quickly alleviated those fears. With a little extra percussion from singer Gill Goode, the band was swinging and bopping and no one could resist dancing to their catchy, old school rockabilly tunes.
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Shakedown Combo's rockabilly genes
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Hay daddio! The Shakedown Combo proves that the family that plays rockabilly together, stays togethe...Hay daddio! The Shakedown Combo proves that the family that plays rockabilly together, stays together.
by Holly Gordon
Davey Lee Goode reveals a surprise over the phone. Asked how the members of his band, The Shakedown Combo, met, he chuckles. "That's kind of a closely guarded secret: We're a family." It's tough to figure that out from their website, but Gill Goode, vocalist (pictured), and Davey, guitarist, are married, and they moved to Calgary from Britain with their daughter Kimmi, the band's bassist, more than a decade ago. Davey thinks they've been a cohesive band for the past two years. "We always have [played together], because we're family," he says. "We spend so much time together it was a really tight unit, so that became the thing and that's what we've really honed in on."
And that honing always turns to rockabilly. Davey's had a lifelong love for rockabilly twang, playing with bands in the UK and Calgary, and Gill and Kimmi have found themselves doing the same. (Davey admits that Kimmi is also into the punk scene, but quickly adds that it's usually punk derived from rockabilly.)
The Combo recorded a CD last year, Burnt Out Hot Rod, and while it's yet to be released Davey says he hopes to have some samples of it for Saturday's Reflections show.
Putting time into their own work is something members of the Goode family have been doing more of lately, since making a move to Amherst last year to expand their guitar part company, The Greasy Groove Inc. (A second secret revealed, explaining Davey's 902 area code. ) The Combo just returned from a gig in LA, and travels frequently for business and band.
"Wherever the scene is we go to it," says Davey, adding that the Combo's starting to uncover the rockabilly scene in Atlantic Canada while travelling wherever invited. "We're pretty much a 'yes' band."
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Shakedown Combo - Shakin' Down 2012
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For the past couple of years now The Shakedown Combo has been quietly making a name for themselves. ...For the past couple of years now The Shakedown Combo has been quietly making a name for themselves. This Halifax based band is known to be a hard workin' fun loving band that follows it's own vibe.Oh yeah this is also a family affair.Anyway "Shakin'Down"(the bands 2nd album) is a solid follow up to "Brunt Out Hot Rod Car" and it's more fun .This is pretty catchy rockabilly that doesn't take itself too serious.To top things off the band injects little bits of the blues and country into the works.Highlights include: "The Beast"," Let This Saucer Fly" and "Rockin' Love". With 15 tracks here ,this is music for your dinning,drinking and dancing pleasure and that's okay by me
