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Reverend Horton Heat

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Reverend Horton Heat

The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician James C. Heath (born 1959) as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio. Heath is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. A Prick magazine reviewer called Heath the "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly".

The group formed in 1986, playing its first gigs in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood. The core members are Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath on guitars and lead vocals, and Jimbo Wallace on the upright bass. The band signed to Victory Records in 2012, and released its 12th studio album, Whole New Life, on November 30, 2018.

The band plays rock and roll with influences from 1950s country, surf, punk, big band, swing, and rockabilly standards.

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Peel first started playing the Reverend's music in February 1991 via the Sub Pop label on his radio programmes. He would play further material from the artist until the mid-90's, where by that time, he had lost interest in their music.

Live[]

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Reverend Horton Heat - Live at Reading 1994

Recorded live at the Reading Festival. First Broadcast: 27 August 1994

  1. Big Sky
  2. Baddest Of The Bad
  3. One Time For Me
  4. Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
  5. Marijuana
  6. Wigglestick
  7. 400 Bucks
  8. I Can't Surf
  9. Psychobilly Freakout

Other Shows Played[]

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Psychobilly Freakout

1991
  • 02 February 1991: Psychobilly Freakout (7" - Psychobilly Freakout / Baby You Know Who) Sub Pop
  • 09 February 1991: Psychobilly Freakout (7" - Psychobilly Freakout / Baby You Know Who) Sub Pop
  • 16 February 1991 (BFBS): Psychobilly Freakout (7" - Psychobilly Freakout / Baby You Know Who) Sub Pop
  • 03 March 1991: Psychobilly Freakout (7" - Psychobilly Freakout / Baby You Know Who) Sub Pop
  • 16 November 1991: Psychobilly Freakout (album - Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em) Sub Pop
1993
  • 03 April 1993: Living On the Edge Of Houston (album - The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds Of) Sub Pop
  • 10 April 1993: Beer:30 (album - The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds Of) Sub Pop
  • 07 May 1993: ‘You Can’t Get Away From Me (LP – The Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of)’ (Sub Pop Records)
  • 13 May 1993 (Radio Mafia): You Can't Get Away From Me (LP - The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds Of) Sub Pop
  • 15 May 1993: 'Wiggle Stick (CD – The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds Of)' (Sub Pop) (JP: 'I keep my wiggle stick in a lead lined canister at the bottom of a disused mine shaft somewhere in the Home Counties. Over to you, Lynn.')
  • 22 May 1993 (BFBS): Wiggle Stick (album - The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds Of ) Sub Pop
  • 04 June 1993: ‘Big Little Baby (LP – The Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of)’ (Sub Pop Records)
  • 11 June 1993: ‘You Can’t Get Away From Me (CD – The Full Custom Gospel Sounds Of)’ (Sub Pop Records)
1994

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