Monkey Beat

Ronnie Dawson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 18, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Crystal Clear Sound
• ASIN: B00000187N
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,979 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wham Bam Jam

2. Wiggle Waddle Woman

3. Up Jumped the Devil

4. Rock the Blues Tonight

5. Little Mixed Up

6. Crazy Shoes

7. Mule Train

8. Sick & Tired

9. Snake Man

10. Monkey Beat City

11. Down in Mexico

12. This Is the Night

13. I Tried to Be Fair

14. Hillbilly Blues

15. Bad Case of a Broken Heart

16. Fool About You

17. Rockin' Dog

18. Come Back Uncle John

19. Running Wild

20. V Eight Ford Boogie

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RONNIE DAWSON IS KING, July 18, 2002

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brian marsland (melbourne beach, fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monkey Beat (Audio CD)

I've heard alot of Rockabilly, alot of RocknRoll, and alot of music in general- and I have to say that Ronnie Dawson is in my top 5 all-time favorites of any genre. This guy can rock like you would NOT BELIEVE.

BUY HIS CDS- they ALL rule.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Man, I miss Ronnie..., March 14, 2005

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Byron Crump "merc50" (Flower Mound, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monkey Beat (Audio CD)

This is a tough one for me to write. I have been listening to it recently and it took me a long time to listen to anything by Ronnie since he has passed on. This man was one of my hero's and he meant a ton to me and every other rockabilly fan who ever met him or saw him play. Hell, he played my wedding with the Lone Star Trio (another great Texas rockabilly band worth checking out), and I could never thank him enough for that. He was the kind of guy that would give you the shirt of his back and was beyond generous and giving.

I last time I saw him play was at the Lone Star Round Up (I think that was his last show he ever played) and even tired and run down the man never stopped rocking. He had more energy than twenty bands half his age and he loved what he was doing and loved his fans.

His music will live on, and he will never be forgotten.

Any CD you can get of him is great. None rate less than five starts. This one is a great deal because it more or less is two CD's on one.

If you love rockabilly and straight on real rock and roll grab this. His sound was a bit more 50's rock than billy sometimes, but he was the real thing and played with true honesty and heart.

Tracks 1 through 11 were the new ones at the time, the rest came from his first modern record and on that one he played with Boz of the Polecats. Several of the songs on this one were staples of Ronnie's live shows. "Rockin' Dog" will be familiar to Rev. Horton Heat fans, and if I remember right I think he and Jim wrote that one together (feel free to correct me if I am wrong).

Ronnie rocked, and his bones are still rocking...rock on!

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Rock And Roll Recording Of All Time, September 18, 2000

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John B. Ramberg (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monkey Beat (Audio CD)

Yes, it's true, this is the greatest rock and roll recording of all time.