Jason Allen - Vocals, Guitar - Rob Zaporzan - Vocals, Bass - Dwayne Dueck - Vocals, Guitar - Ken McMahon - Drums - Rob Pachol - Guitar Tracks 1,4,5,9,10,11 Rollickin', Rockin', Roarin' and Recalcitrant, Winnipeg's Rowdymen generate enough heat to rush the spring thaw. It's hard to bring to mind a recent rockabilly act that's sprinkled so much fun and geeky tongue-in-cheekiness over their rhymes, and then served 'em up with such gusto. Sure, there's a dashin' dollop of heartache, but it's smoothed over by open-air harmonies that caress laugh-out-loud lyrics: "So I came around the corner,and I turned on my headlights/And I saw his head but I didn't see yours and I knew something wasn't right." Fun and fresh, Rubberneckin' is a perfect summer companion to rag-tops, rum and renegades. Mary Lynn McEwen - Fast Forward Weekly 4 out of 5 stars When we saw the title, we figured we were in for a cover of the Elvis tune from Change of Habit. No dice. But after we got an earful of what The Rowdymen are up to on their new studio effort Rubberneckin', it's impossible to be disappointed. Or any-thing but righteously rocked by their hepcat hillbilly jive. Rubbemeckin' offers 13 slices of authentic rockabilly, country, blues, bluegrass and Bakersfield twang packed into 38 minutes of toe-tappin', finger-poppin' perfection. The 12-bar beats are bouncier than the back end of an old pickup, the fretwork is tastier than downhome cooking, the melodies are a chip off the old Rockpile, the vocals come with all the hiccups, yelps and yodels of a night at the Opry, and tracks like Alley Cat, Skinny Little Town and I'll Apologize are the best songs BR5-49 never wrote. And When you've got raucous covers of Roy Orbison's Rock House and the Johnny Burnette chestnut All By Myself, who needs Elvis whathisname? Go, cats, go! Darryl Sterdan - Winnipeg Sun 4 out of 5 stars www.the ROWDYMEN.com