posted on Aug.06, 2009, under Brisbane, Music, Review
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Corn Liquor
are four hard drinking, hard playing, good ol’ boys. If only they had
chicken wire up I’d think I was in the deep south with the good old
blues brother boys.
This was the busiest I had ever seen the Joynt with wall to wall
people, moving, grooving and shaking their ass off to some fine rock a
billy style. The first half consisted of all original tracks, followed
by a very cool version of AC/DC’s Jailbreak.
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Played with a double bass, not sure what Bon Scott would have
thought of that, he would have probably had another drink and kept
partying.
Corn Liquor are a very charismatic band especially Toby on bass who manages to
knock over the lead singer Pete’s beer twice, almost hit him in the
head with the bass and almost disconnect his guitar. Now that’s a way
to get yourself noticed! Though it might evoke some band rivalry.
Johnny Cash
was an American singer/songwriter his music is mainly known as country
though Cash manages to cross genres, making him one of few artists
recognised by both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock n Roll
Hall of Fame. He is as hip now as ever, partially due to due to
re-inventing his career in the mid nineties (in his sixties) by working
with Rick Rueben, better known for rap and hard rock and by recording
songs such as Trent Reznors - Hurt which achieved critical and popular
acclaim for Cash’s passionate delivery. As well as the interest gained
by the movie “Walk the Line” and the many, many cover versions of
Cash’s songs. Of which
Corn Liquor perform twenty.
The real life adventures of
Johnny Cash are almost as legendary as his music and
Corn Liquor
deliver quite an extensive and various selection including Don’t Take
Your Guns to Town and Ghost Riders in the Sky, as well as the classics
Ring of Fire, Walk the Line and Boy Named Sue, plus many more. They
even had one of the bar staff Holly jump up to sing duet on Jackson,
which was one of the highlights of the show.
Corn Liquor
are such an energetic band on stage who clearly love what they do, and
have many fans who do as well. Early in the evening they stated they
would sing your favourite
Johnny Cash song plus a few you may not know were
Johnny Cash, but may also like as well, and they did. This was a superb night of entertainment from some very talented musicians.