ROCKABILLY MADNESS THIS FRIDAY

Don't forget to catch Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers live this Friday night the 3rd of September for the band's first show in Johannesburg in over a year.
It promises to be one hell of an evening!

MAD SIN LIVE

A band that we don't mention too often here is a band from Germany called Mad Sin. We have been meaning to review their latest album "Burn & Rise" for some time but for now all we can say is "Wow!" It has to be their best album to date and in terms of the psychobilly genre they have got to be one of the, if not the best bands in the field.

We have just discovered a gem of a video clip of Mad Sin performing the song "Nive Lives" from their new album at the Ramones Museum in Berlin. A sort of "unplugged/acoustic" set, which is quite different to their loud and fast set.
Check it out below:

MORE PHOTOS FROM CAFE BARCELONA

Thanks to another one of our great photographer friends, T.J. Lucas, we have some more photos from the Mystery Train Gamblers show at Cafe Barcelona last Friday night! Enjoy.

THE GAMBLERS ALIVE ONCE MORE

Well, the first Mystery Train Gamblers show since the Reverend Wright has been back from California has finally taken place and what a turn out it ended up being.

Cafe Barcelona was packed to the rafters with new and old friends and the atmosphere was electric.

A HUGE thanks must go out to everyone who came out and bought the new EP "Steppin' On The Gas" as well as all the hot rod guys, everyone from Johannesburg and of course, The Death Valley Blues Band. It could not have been a more exciting evening.

Check out some of the photos from the evening below (thanks Brad). Keep posted to this blog and the website for more photos from the evening.

START YOUR WEEKEND RIGHT

Another painful week of work behind us all...and to start you off on your rockabilly weekend watch Sweden's greatest rockabilly outfit The Go Getters.

See you guys tonight at Cafe Barcelona!

MYSTERY TRAIN GAMBLERS LIVE TONIGHT

Don't forget to catch Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers live TONIGHT at Cafe Barcelona in Pretoria. Death Valley Blues Band will be sharing the stage and it promises to be one hell of an evening with killer drinks, great food, rockabilly cats and great rockabilly music all night long.

MOTORBILLY - ONLINE ROCKABILLY RADIO

We all know that radio today is pretty bleak and even worse in South Africa, but there is some light at the end of this dark tunnel for all you rockabilly fans out there.

Point your mouse to Motorbilly.com and get listening to the best rockabilly radio station to date.

DJ Del Villarreal plays an always interesting set of rockabilly songs, introducing the listener to something new every time and he has some great interviews and stories too.

BE A PART OF HOT RODDIN' MUSIC HISTORY

Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers were fortunate enough to be approached by the owner of Gasoline Gallery in California and offered two spots on two of his latest compilation CD's entitled "The Sounds Of Gasoline".

The compilations consist of rockabilly, hillbilly, psychobilly and punk rock...all killer music to drive to!

Now is your chance to be apart of this hot roddin' music history and have your very own copy.

So bring some extra cash to this Friday night's show at Cafe Barcelona (R50 each to be exact) and get one or both compilation CD's. You won't be sorry.

BRAND NEW VIVA LAS VEGAS ROCKABILLY WEEKEND WEBSITE

Do yourself a favour and check out the newly designed website for the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at www.vivalasvegas.net.

GAMBLERS LIVE ON MIDRAND RADIO

We all know how boring radio has become these days and unless you listen to some of the great rockabilly stations online we're sure your radio dial has collected some dust.

But now you have a reason to turn on your radio and dial in...Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers will be interviewed on Midrand 93.8FM this Sunday night (15th Aug) at 8PM, so grab a whiskey and turn your radio up to find out what's been happening with The Gamblers, what will be happening and to hear some tracks off the "Steppin' On The Gas" EP.

WIN FREE TICKETS & CD’S

Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers are GIVING AWAY some awesome prizes over the next couple of weeks for those who will be attending the upcoming show at Cafe Barcelona on Friday the 20th of August in Pretoria.

Here is your chance to win one of two CD/Ticket combo prizes.

All you have to do is join the “Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gambler’s Facebook Group” by clicking HERE.

Once you have joined the group paste the following line of text in your STATUS bar on your personal Facebook page: “Rockabilly mayhem this Friday the 20th of August at Cafe Barcelona (Pta) with Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers...who’s going? (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135069096531379&index=1)”.

Make sure to include all text between “ and ”.

Once you have done the above send an email to info@mysterytraingamblers.com with your Facebook name and email address and we will let you know if you won one of the two prizes.

THE PRIZES:

Each prize consists of one free ticket to the Cafe Barcelona show and one “The Sounds Of Gasoline” compilation CD. Both which must be collected at the door on the 20th of August at Cafe Barcelona.

THE GAMBLERS LIVE IN JOHANNESBURG

If you live in Johannesburg and am not able to make it to the Mystery Train Gambler's shows in Pretoria then you are in luck. The Gamblers will be playing live with Ramblin' Bones on Friday the 3rd of September at The Bohemian.

The Bohemian has always been a favourite venue of The Gamblers so it promises to be a killer show.

See you there!