About this Event
Loaded guns, space heaters, and big skies. Welcome to the lethal littered landscape of Jim Heath's imagination. True to his high evangelical calling, Jim is a Relevator, both revealing & reinterpreting the county-blues-rock roots of American music. He's a time-traveling space-cowboy on a endless interstellar musical your, and we are all the richer & "psychobillier" for getting to tag along.
Seeing REVEREND HORTON HEAT live is a transformative experience. FLames come off the guitars. Hear singes your skin. There's nothing like the primal tribal rock & roll transfiguration of a Reverned Horton Heat show. Jim becomes a slicked-back 1950's rock & roll shaman channeling Screamin' Jay Hawkins through Buddy Holly, while Jimbo incinerates the StandUp Bass. And there are the "Heatettes". Those foxy rockabilly chicks dressed in poodle-skirts and cowboy boots slamming the night away. It's like being magically transported into a Teen Exploitation picture from the 1950's that's currently taking place in the future.
Listening to REVEREND HORTON HEAT is tantamount to injecting pure musical nitrous into the hot-rod engine of your heart. The Reverend's commandants are simple.
ROCK HARD,
DRIVE FAST,
AND LIVE TRUE.
And no band on this, or any other, planet rocks harder, drives faster, or lives truer than the Reverend Horton Heat. These "itenerant preachers" actually practice what they preach. They live their lives by the Gospel of Rock & Roll.
From the High-Octane Spaghetti-Western Wall of Sounding "Big Sky" - to the dark driving frenetic paranoia of "400 Bucks" - to the brain-melting Psychedelic Garage purity of "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Rev's music is the perfect soundtrack ro the Drive-in Movie of your life.
Jim Heath & Jimbo Wallace have chewed up more road than the Google Maps drivers. For twenty-five Psychobilly years, they have blazed an indelible, unforgettable, and meteoric trail across the globe with their unique blend of musical virtuosity, legendary showmanship, and mythic imagery.
"Okay it's time for me to put this loaded gun down, jump in my Five-Oh Ford, and nurture my pig on the outskirts of Houston. I'll be bringing my love whip. See y'all later." - Carty Talkington Writer/Director.
Rev your engines and catch the sermon on the road as it's preached by everybody's favorite Reverend. Don't forget to keep an eye out for the 11th studio album from REVEREND HORTON HEAT, boldly titled Rev due out January 21st.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria, 200 East Jackson Ave, Knoxville, United States
USD 12.89
