Underground Rockapsychabilly

Unless you read about him in Robert Gordon's It Came From Memphis or heard him on the companion soundtrack knocking out the immortal "Wet Bar", then the name Ross Johnson means nothing to you, unless you're a Rock fan who lives in Memphis. Or an Alex Chilton fanatic. Johnson played with him, but in the course of the 30 years that Make It Stop (Goner) covers, he would've played with anyone who passed through Memphis. To describe Johnson's records would be a disservice to him. It's unlike anything you'll ever hear. But where someone said a psychotic Jerry Lee Lewis, I'm thinking Big Bopper on acid. He's Memphis and he loves Elvis and Sun records, and the best of these do early Rockabilly/Psychabilly justice. The instrumental covers are superfluous. There are people like Johnson in every big city. Loving early Rock 'n' Roll and recording one-off records to show to their friends. Few get them released. You may never want to hear this University of Memphis librarian's stuff again after one listen. But you'll never forget it.