Neo-rockabilly band Restless have been on the scene, on and off, for forty years and with the passing of time have become a band with cult status. Their earliest singles have become collectors items, mainly because they sold woefully small quantities compared to what similar bands were selling at the time. If they'd have cut an album with Dave Edmunds in the early '80s like the Polecats and Stray Cats did I'm sure they could have made a bigger impression. The main man of the group is undoubtedly singer and guitarist Mark Harman. He's an exceptional guitar, rightly acclaimed as one of the best in the rockabilly world.
The band formed in Ipswich, UK in the late seventies when teenagers Mark and his brother Paul were joined by Ben Cooper who'd moved to the area from London. Whilst the brothers had been picking away at the classics, Cooper pointed them in the direction of the lessor known acts like Charlie Feathers and Sonny Fisher. Depending who's story you listen to, the name Restless came from either the Carl Perkins or Johnny Kidd and the Pirates song.
Neo-rockabilly band Restless have been on the scene, on and off, for forty years and with the passing of time have become a band with cult status. Their earliest singles have become collectors items, mainly because they sold woefully small quantities compared to what similar bands were selling at the time. If they'd have cut an album with Dave Edmunds in the early '80s like the Polecats and Stray Cats did I'm sure they could have made a bigger impression. The main man of the group is undoubtedly singer and guitarist Mark Harman. He's an exceptional guitar, rightly acclaimed as one of the best in the rockabilly world.
ReplyDeleteThe band formed in Ipswich, UK in the late seventies when teenagers Mark and his brother Paul were joined by Ben Cooper who'd moved to the area from London. Whilst the brothers had been picking away at the classics, Cooper pointed them in the direction of the lessor known acts like Charlie Feathers and Sonny Fisher. Depending who's story you listen to, the name Restless came from either the Carl Perkins or Johnny Kidd and the Pirates song.
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