Entertainment Jun 14, 2009
Los Straitjackets headline Friday in what promises to be a wild weekend of beachfront music and more. 11 June 2009. (The Palm Beach Post)
12 ALBUMS OF CHRISTMAS Dec 18, 2007
If you like - or have even heard of - the Apples in Stereo, Los Straitjackets, the Legendary Shack Shakers or Minus 5, this CD is for you and makes a great gift for your friends. - Mary Huhn. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
AP: Top albums of '07 Dec 11, 2007
- "Oh Santa! New and Used Holiday Classics." This compilation CD features Christmas tunes with titles like "Your Christmas Whiskey" and "Holiday Twist," done by such artists as Los Straitjackets and The Apples in Stereo. - Bootsy Collins, "Christmas is 4Ever." The funk-meister's album actually came out last year, and it features Collins' inimitable takes on such songs as "Silent Night," as well as his retooled holiday tunes, including "Winterfunkyland," a revamped "Winter Wonderland.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
San Diego Music Awards: How one critic voted Sep 13, 2007
Retro punkabilly that takes the Los Straitjackets costume theme out of the Mexican wrestling ring and to Dia de los Muertos death mask costumes. Cheeky but good fun. (North County Times)
Rhythm & Roots will rock you round the clock Aug 31, 2007
Then the whole mood shifts, as Los Straitjackets perform with guest artist Big Sandy (usually fronting the Fly-Rite Boys). This Nashville-based quartet rocks hard, wearing their signature Mexican wrestling masks and black stage outfits. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Haven't you heard these before? Aug 16, 2007
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Haven't you heard these cover songs before? Aug 15, 2007
Los Straitjackets, Rock En Espaol, Vol. 1( * * *). Cover story: Nashville's Latino surf/garage instrumental collective, known for sporting Mexican wrestling garb, recruits guest vocalists to radically retool rock hits. (USA Today -- Life)
They Play Rock Calient00004000e Jun 1, 2007
hook up with Western swingster Big Sandy of the Fly-Rite Boys to bring a good time guaranteed for all to the Bowery Ballroom (6. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was the only rock album at Aunt Babe's Westhampton Beach house, where young Playlist would vacation with her family. Aunt Babe didn't allow Playlist or her brothers to play the disc with the candy-colored album cover because, she said, it was too hypnotic and she'd sing the psychedelic pop songs for days. This only enticed Playlist to... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
» Concert listings May 31, 2007
Aug. 30 - Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy, Paul Cebar ilwaukeeans. $19. (CTNow.com)
Cabaret fun at Birchmere May 24, 2007
With troupes such as the World Famous Pontani Sisters slipping into town frequently (often on the bill with Los Straitjackets) and bars such as the Showbar Palace of Wonders providing new outlets for sideshow-style performers, the cabaret/burlesque revival that has been bubbling in New York City's night life since the early '90s finally is trickling into Washington. It's starting to find an audience. (Washington Times, DC)
Comprehensive event listings May 20, 2007
Performers include Susan Tedeschi, Natalie MacMaster, Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy, James McMurtry, more. Snapple Sunset Music Festival Newport Yachting Center, waterfront tent, Newport. (Boston Globe)
