Formed early in 1979 The Crackajacks were a live-wire Melbourne rockabilly band with spunk featuring Warren Rough on lead guitar, Rick Newton (vocals and acoustic rhythm guitar), Peter Patter (double bass) and Mick Lyon on drums. Here's a couple of great photos of the band in their hey-day (courtesy of Billy Martin) with a link to an interesting article - and sample songs off their CD 'Rockabilly Ricochet!' - found at MMusic (Independent Australian Music Online). ('Long Blond Hair' is a ripper - click on the article link above to listen)Warren Rough (in the fancy shirt) went on to form Paramount Trio with Dave Hogan and Ken Farmer and is currently (yes, 2010) the guitarist in old-timey duo Woodward and Rough who play every Sunday night (10pm onward) at The Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick. Go and see them!
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