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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Rev Up: The Best Of...
What dancing shoes were made for
A peerless garage group with an innate understanding of roughedged R&B, fronted by a manic blue-eyed soul screamer of the highest order, it remains a mystery why Ryder and his Wheels weren’t a much bigger deal in their mid- 60s heyday. Providing a link between the sass of Motown or Stax and the swamp of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the group were a mighty distillation of joyous, celebratory American music.
The dirty strut of I Had It Made, complete with honking horn breaks and Chuck Berry-esque lyrical wit, almost single-handedly gave birth to Dr Feelgood, while their first US hit, Little Latin Lupe Lu, is a frat house anthem which nods to Little Richard. Front and centre throughout is Ryder himself, an electrifying performer with an everyman appeal; the boy next door with a bitchin’ band.
It’s dumb (in a nice way), uncomplicated, raucous, foottapping, fancy-free, goodtime rock that’s rarely been bettered in its field. Shake your tail feather to nothing less.
EMI/Zonophone | 3788572
Reviewed by Terry Staunton
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