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Sinner's Song (Electric)
Rodeo Drive by the New York punk/power-pop outfit The Revelons (spearheaded by Gregory Lee Pickard) is a 22-track "Americana Punk" collaborative project that merges early CBGB-era raw punk rock with traditional roots music.The album centers on revitalized archival home recordings and demo tapes overlaid with new performances by original band members and iconic punk-era cameos.
Rodeo Drive actively bends and breaks the rules of traditional folk music. Instead of treating acoustic americana with polite reverence, The Revelons inject it with an irreverent, fast-paced garage energy. They force two vastly different worlds—the rural acoustic tradition and the metropolitan concrete roar of CBGB—to live inside the same melodies.
The production purposefully highlights a contrast between clean and chaotic elements. Listeners are treated to "hillbilly guitars" drenched in heavy reverb and frantic B-movie style vocal moans. It creates a soundscape reminiscent of a surfing soundtrack written for a state collapse, giving the tracks a distinctly unhinged, psychobilly, and counter-culture edge.
Because the tracks originate from older, unreleased demo tapes, the album functions like a musical time capsule. Instead of leaving the past frozen, the band uses modern over-dubs to build a bridge across generations of alternative rock. This approach preserves their signature hook-laden pop instincts while making the final delivery feel volatile, spontaneous, and freshly alive.
-The Players-
Anthony Feyer (Cardboard) Guitar TRKS: 8, 12, 20
Mary Spencer Knapp (Toot Sweet) Accordion TRKS: 11, 16
Mark Lerner (They Might be Giants/Life in a Blender) Mandolin TRK: 6
Gregory Lee Pickard (Revelons) Vocals/Rhythm Guitar: TRKS: 1-22
Tommy Mandel (Bryan Adams/Dire Straits) Keyboards: TRKS: 5, 22
Joel Martin (Dream Syndicate) Pedal Steel Guitar: TRKS: 2, 8, 22
Charly (CP) Roth: (Regina Richards/Liza Colby) Keyboards: TRKS: 9, 18
Zach Runquist: (Sons of Tennessee) Fiddle: TRK: 22
Mark Suall (Alda Reserve/Revelons/Valentine 6) Guitars: TRKS: 15, 19
Richie Worrell (Lynchburg TN) Guitars: TRKS: 1, 2, 3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 22
James (Jimmy) Wynbrandt (The Miamis/Revelons) TRKS: 4, 10
Chief Engineer/Mixologist: Fred Smith
Mastered at Magnetic North Studios by Tod Levine
© 2014-2026 Gregory Lee Pickard, Modern Farmer Music, BMI All Rights Reserved