Rocky Burnette

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风格: #成人时代　#摇滚　#轻摇滚
地区: United States of America 美国

艺人介绍

by Steve Huey

The son of legendary rock & roll pioneer Johnny Burnette, Rocky Burnette followed in his fathers musical footsteps, playing rowdy, high-energy rockabilly that dovetailed nicely with the early-80s revival of the style. Born in Memphis in 1953, Burnette debuted in 1979 with the EMI America album Son of RocknRoll (around the same time his cousin Billy began recording straight country for Columbia). The following summer, his single Tired of Toein the Line became a Top Ten smash, predating success stories by the likes of the Stray Cats and the Cramps; the song was also quite popular internationally, establishing an overseas fan base for Burnette that would endure for quite some time. However, EMI Americas financial difficulties scuttled promotion efforts for the follow-up singles (several of which became hits in other countries), and Burnettes second album, Heart Stopper, got lost in the shuffle. In 1981, Burnette toured Europe with the final version of his late fathers Rock & Roll Trio; Burnette also used the band on his next album, Get Hot or Go Home!, which was issued on Enigma. Unfortunately, it met with little commercial response and Enigma chose to drop Burnette and the Trio rather than release their more country flavored follow-up. Burnette began to resurface in the mid-90s, working with Rosie Flores and Dwight Twilley, and also contributing vocals and the original Trouble Is Im in Love With You to ex-Trio guitarist Paul Burlisons 1997 solo album Train Kept A-Rollin. In 1996, Burnette finally issued another album, Tear It Up; unfortunately, the label, Core, went bankrupt almost immediately after its release. Undaunted, Burnette kept up his international tours, and supplied soulster Percy Sledge with a European hit with You Got Away With Love in 1997.