![]() ![]() The tour included a recording session at the famous Preston Studio in Melbourne. In 1999 The Go Getters toured the United States for the fourth time before landing in Australia on a ten-city string of barn burners that left the earth scorched in the land down under. A week after arriving home to Sweden, the trio swept out the ashes and hit the road for its triumphant return to England and the Hemsby Rock'n'Roll Weekender No. tour, with stops in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San José and ultimately, ''Sin City'' and the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender No.1, where their performance was said to have raised the candlepower of the Vegas skyline to that of a nuclear blast. Rock'n'Roll Is Everywhereġ998 saw the release of the third Go Getters album, Rock'n'Roll Is Everywhere!, and the band’s third U.S. tour, invading New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland and Boston, and in the Viking tradition, taking no prisoners. That summer they embarked on their second U.S. In May of that year they also made their long awaited appearance at the Hemsby Rock'n'Roll Weekender No.16 in the U.K. In 1996, the single MeXiGo! b/w Madman Blues was released on Goofin' Records, followed by their second, blistering LP Hotter Than A Pepper. In that same year they also released two singles, Gangwar b/w Hobo Baby and Sandberg’s self-penned "LOUD PIPES 'N' LEAD FEET", the latter a hit in the hot rod world where Sandberg, in addition to his full-time singing, drumming and songwriting, continues to build his own Hot Rods & Customs. The group embarked on their first tour of the United States in 1995, playing Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis before finally incinerating Fairmont, Indiana, where they rocked the Rebel Weekender to a frenzy, proving that a gang of Vikings could still conquer a continent. Since 1990 Dawson used them on almost all his tours in Scandinavia. "Rockin’ Bones" himself, the late Ronnie Dawson out of Dallas, Texas. In addition to their own shows, The Go Getters have backed many of the 50’s biggest rockabilly stars, including Sleepy La Beef, Ray Sharpe, Larry Donn, Johnny Powers and the greatest of them all, Mr. The success of these records fueled a demand for the group throughout Europe, where they toured without mercy for the better part of a decade. The platter soon topped the European roots music charts and led to the release of their debut LP, Real Gone!, considered a milestone in modern Euro rockabilly music for its heavy infusion of the blues. First steps - 1988-1992Īfter appearing on several compilation albums in the late 1980’s, The Go Getters released their first single, You Don’t Love Me, in 1992. Led by standup drummer and chief songwriter Peter Sandberg on lead vocals, The Go Getters have electrified audiences around the world with their own custom blend of ass-kickin’, blues-marinated, high-octane, mega-watt rockabilly boogie. Since then the ensuing inferno rages like an oil fire out of control. They would call themselves The Go Getters. Nina performs and conducts most of their businessly affairs under the moniker The Stoof.In January of 1988, amidst the frozen badlands of Västerås, Sweden, a gang of Vikings decided to heat things up by forming a rockabilly trio. Born in a small industrial town in Southern Ontario, Nina now lives in Vermont. Nina Szenasi is an upcycled clothing monger, hairdresser, and clown. Forever delighted by Jane Jacobs, who wrote about the city from various corner benches, this poetry offering bows to the joys of pedestrian level social “research”. These snippets are loving observations and inquiries of everyday people and animals. Questions for go-getters is a short series of notes written on an iphone. Sometimes it doesn’t work and you end up exploring the idea that mostly everyone is doing something, some activity that serves a need or desire, and that is truly wild. Now imagine every person who is bending down to pick up a penny. You could think about every person who is sweeping their floor. ![]() One good way to fall asleep is to try to visualize every person in the world who is doing any given thing at that moment–your choice. Poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from Bottlecap Features. ![]()
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