Jackslacks
Band Details
About the Band
American rockabilly musician Jackslacks (name adapted from the Sparkeltones 1957 hit song "Black Slacks") is originally from Valley Stream, Long Island, New York and resides in San Diego, California.
After graduating from college, Jackslacks honed his chops as a founding member in both Forbidden Pigs and Hot Rod Lincoln, popular groups in the early San Diego roots-rock scene, which also included Beat Farmers, The Paladins and Mojo Nixon. At about the same time, childhood elementary school chum, Tommy Byrnes joined neo rockabilly band Stray Cats on second guitar and backing vocals for a European and US tour concluding at the New Orleans World's Fair, giving Jackslacks the inside track to both the exploding local and increasingly popular national rockabilly revival scenes. Jackslacks CD "Rock and Roll Dinosaur" was produced by Stray Cats bassist Lee Rocker and includes Byrnes on guitar. A huge fan of Sam Phillips Sun Records, Jackslacks co-wrote the Sun inspired original song "Bank Account's Too Small" on the Hot Rod Lincoln CD "Blue Cafe" which won best local recording at the San Diego Music Awards and whose title track was written for the band by Topcat Brian Setzer.
Jackslacks has performed and recorded with many popular players of the genre, as well as opening shows for a variety of original and neo revival acts all across the United States, including hero's Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, The Blasters, Robert Gordon, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Reverend Horton Heat, NRBQ, X, Junior Brown, Morrissey and others.
Recent solo work, released on Bungalo Records/Shield of Love and distributed through Universal Music Group has received excellent press and gained substantial airplay in the US, Europe and Australia. Jackslacks is a member of the Blackcat Rockabilly Europe Hall of Fame.
Discography
Songs on the Album
| Track # | Song Title | Style | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inside out | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 2 | Long Midcity Nights | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 3 | My Lady Angel | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 4 | Ode to an Empress | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 5 | Riff Raff | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 6 | The Gift | Rockabilly | Rock |
Songs on the Album
| Track # | Song Title | Style | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hog Heaven | Rock & Roll | Rock |
| 2 | The Way | Roots Rock | Rock |
| 3 | Just for Me - | Rockabilly | Rock |
Songs on the Album
| Track # | Song Title | Style | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Invisible | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 1 | The 92107 | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 2 | Your Time Has Come | Rock | Rock |
| 3 | Lucky Man | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 4 | Generations Hypnotized | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 5 | Back in the Mix | Pop Rock | Rock |
| 6 | Best Friend Gone Away | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 7 | Other Side | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 8 | Don't Mind Me | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 9 | Invisible | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 10 | Come Home with Me | Alternative Rock | Rock |
| 11 | Never Go Back | Rockabilly | Rock |
Songs on the Album
| Track # | Song Title | Style | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Generations Hypnotized | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 2 | Don't Mind Me | Rockabilly | Rock |
Songs on the Album
| Track # | Song Title | Style | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat Lightning | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 2 | Bank Acount's Too Small | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 3 | Baja Baby | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 4 | What a Dame | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 5 | (Ain't) Nothin' Shakin' | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 6 | Too Much Fun | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 7 | When She Was Mine | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 8 | Petester | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 9 | Something else | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 10 | Federales | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 11 | Lotta Lovin' | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 12 | Let's Work Together | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 13 | Rock Around with Ollie Vee | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 14 | Stop | Rockabilly | Rock |
| 15 | Do the Right Thing | Rockabilly | Rock |
