The Head Cat - Rock 'n' Roll Riot on the Sunset Strip (May 2016)

Rock 'n' Roll Riot on the Sunset Strip - The Head Cat

Released 11th May 2016

Get It Here!

Apologies for any bad language that can be heard in the following video!

Rockin' The Cat Club

Live on the Sunset Strip

The Head Cat

Setlist

01. Good Rockin' Tonight
02. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
03. Talkin' 'Bout You
04. Something Else
05. Reelin' And Rockin'
06. Fool's Paradise
07. Bye Bye Johnny
08. Sick And Tired
09. Bad Boy
10. Matchbox
11. Back In The USA
12. Baby What You Want Me Do?
13. Blue Suede Shoes

I had said in the previous post that I was going to be looking at something that I think shows Lemmy Kilmister in a better light than the new Live Album Clean Your Clock by Motörhead and this is it.

It was filmed and recorded originally back in 2004 but did not get released until 2006. The Audio of the show got issued back in May of this year (though I only recently stumbled upon it) though it had been released as a Limited Edition Vinyl along with the DVD of the show.

It's such a great set loaded with songs by Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino and Eddie Cochran - probably the soundtrack to a young Lemmy's life.

 
Lemmy, Slim Jim Phantom and Danny B. Harvey are The Head Cat. When their debut album, Fools Paradise, was released back in 2006 very little notice of it seems to have been taken (you can listen to at the link near the bottom of this piece).

The second album contained a couple of original songs as well as some rock and roll classics. It's one of my favourite albums.

Walk The Walk...Talk The Talk - The Head Cat

Released 2011

Fools Paradise - The Head Cat (2006).

Lemmy reckoned that The Head Cat were not actually that much different from Motörhead and said in an interview with Classic Rock that he wanted to go out and tour properly with the band - "There's no reason why we can't aim to do an album a year. It's not as if we are short of songs to cover. There must be a 1,000 of them at least. And because hardly any are more than two minutes long there's no time for people to get bored. That's Rock 'n'Roll."

The Soundtrack4Life Concert Series: Motörhead & The Head Cat

The S4L Concert Series continutes today with a Lemmy Double Bill

A wee word of warning that there is some strong language at various points in the shows.

Motörhead at The Rock amRing 2010

The Head Cat

Live at The Cat Club

The Head Cat

I have to say that I am well impressed with this project that Lemmy, Slim Jim Phantom and Danny B. Harvey have put together. When their debut album was released back in 2006 very little notice of it seems to have been taken. According to Lemmy the sales were pretty woeful. I will admit that I never even heard the album myself up until a week ago and was blown away by just how good it is.

Lemmy actually seems pretty suited to churning out these rock and roll classics and of course he is better known for a more heavier breed of rock and roll with Motorhead. But hearing him belt out Buddy Holly tunes you would think it wouldn't work so well, but it does.

The Head Cat have just released their 2nd album - 'Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk'. Once again it is brimming over with great Rock and Roll standards like 'Say Mama', 'Shakin All Over', 'Something Else', 'Let It Rock' and even a spot of The Beatles' 'You Can't Do That'. What stands out though on this album is the inclusion of a couple of originals, 'American Beat' and a brilliant little Blues number called 'The Eagle Flies on Friday'

Lemmy reckons that The Head Cat are not actually that much different from Motorhead and said in a recent interview with Classic Rock that he wants to go out and tour properly with the band. It seems that The Head Cat will be an ongoing concern - "There's no reason why we can't aim to do an album a year. It's not as if we are short of songs to cover. There must be a 1,000 of them at least. And because hardly any are more than two minutes long there's no time for people to get bored. That's Rock 'n'Roll."


Something Else



Shakin' All Over



Let It Rock



The American Beat (Audio Only)



The Eagle Flies On Friday