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BIO:

The Wailin' Elroys are a juke joint hillbilly-rockabilly trio playing out of Athens, Ohio USA. Formed in 2002 by Bram Riddlebarger, vocals and flat top guitar, and Justin Rayner, doghouse bass fiddle, the Elroys also feature the amazing talents of "Preacher" Zeb Dewar on take-off lead guitar, lap steel player extraordinaire Rockne Riddlebarger and/or steel guitar whiz Johnny Borchard.

"Cheap Motel" was recorded live to two track reel-to-reel on ¼ inch tape in Bram's living room and independently released in Aug. 2003. It was re-released on Rhythm Bomb Records (Hamburg, Germany) in June 2004.

REVIEWS:

"Every musician should listen to this and ask themselves: "If three guys from Athens, Ohio, can sound this good on an album recorded live in a living room to two-track ¼ inch reel-to-reel, why can't I? Fans of straightahead 50's style rockabilly, on the other hand, can simply enjoy the old school sound of Bram Riddlebarger, vocals and flat top box, who sounds rather like Wayne Hancock (no bad thing), Justin Rayner on 'upright doghouse bull fiddle' and Preacher Zeb Dewar on Luther Perkins style takeoff guitar. Despite a fine slap bass intro, I question the wisdom of opening with Eddie Cochran's Twenty Flight Rock, and the Ramones' Havana Affair is an awkward fit, but Riddlebarger's ten originals, which include a couple of hillbilly ballads and the Jimmie Rodgers-ish Broke Down Pick-Up Truck Blues, are object lessons in the difficult art of innovating within the tradition."
-- John Conquest
3rd Coast Music

"These guys play top notch rockabilly, early fifties style. Who needs a big label and an expensive recording studio?"
-- Marijn Raaijmakers
BlackCat Rockabilly Europe

"'Cheap Motel' is a fabulous debut album"
-- Raucous Records

"The slightly crude but charming and very real rockin' hillbilly blend and traditional trio sound of the Wailin' Elroys (2 guitars, slap bass) should find plenty of takers in the Rockabilly and alt.Country scene."
-- Gaby Maag-Bristol
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