Tonight
the Radio Dial, after bouncing all across the broadcast band, finally
locks into a frequency hailing from southern Texas to bring to you, The
Reverend Horton Heat’s “Galaxy 500”. An amusingly sarcastic rockabilly
song about divorce, and how, despite the wife getting most things of
value out of the marriage, the singer will be fine as he retains the
beloved “Galaxy 500” (I imagine the spelling was altered to avoid
trademark issues with the Ford Galaxie 500)
Culled
from the 2002 “Lucky 7” LP and featuring Jim Heath on vocals and lead
guitar, Jimbo Wallace on bass, and Scott Churilla on drums, The Reverend
Horton Heat (Heath’s stage name, and also the name of the band itself)
serves up a rockin’ blend of 50’s country & western, 60’s surf
guitar, and 70’s punk and hard rock. Not too surprising, then, that this
25 + year veteran band has been known to cover Cash and Motorhead in
the same set.
“You
take the fish, I’ll take the bowl… you take the dishes, while you’re at
it take my soul… But things ain’t so bad… cuz I got a Galaxy 500!”
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