Arch Hall, JR.
The WILD GUITAR! of Arch Hall, Jr.
Listen to Arch Hall, Jr. on Dune Buggy and Wild Guitar and on the promo for The Sadist
Arch Hall Jr, Interview on WFMU
To fans of celluloid, hot rods and twangin' rock 'n' roll, the name Arch Hall, Jr. is that of a mysterious lost icon. "The Newest Rage In Teenage Music—The Jungle Beat" promised the press book of Arch's 1961 teen exploitation flick, The Choppers in trumpeting an entire album of the teen actor/ guitar kingpin's rock 'n' roll creations. With classic B-movie hustle, the album—if it was ever actually meant to be released in the first place—never got past the mock-up stages. Its' sleeve was displayed in a record store scene in one of Arch's later movies, The Wild Guitar, but that was the end of it. The tragedy of all this is that our man Arch—a first class rock 'n' roller who burned up stages and screens with his band the Archers—was only ever known for his musical talent via a series of movies produced by his dad, Arch Hall, Sr. Which is exactly why the February 22nd 2005 release date of Norton Records' Arch Hall, Jr. anthology, Wild Guitar, is a day that will live in infamy for every rock 'n' roll fan whose been waitin' over forty years for Arch's musical genius to become available in the aural format.
The disc in question features all the well-loved songs from his films—"Konga Joe," "Monkey In My Hatband," "Yes I Will" and "Vickie" just to name a few—six of which were originally issued on three rare 45 singles, as well as recently discovered tapes of Arch and the Archers performing live in '62 at a drive-in Theater in Pensacola, Florida and a similarly scintillating set from two years later at a Pasadena, California nightclub. Among the many original numbers on the disc, Arch pounds through favorites like Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Further On Up The Road" and Dale Hawkins' "Suzie Q." This pair of songs is telling as Arch was not only obsessed with the blues, but his guitar idol was James Burton, who framed the lowdown swamp groove on the aforementioned Dale Hawkins hit. Wild Guitars will most certainly be the order of the day when Arch takes the stage, at his first appearance at the Stomp, with two of the original Archers--Alan O'Day and Joel Christie, along with Gene Oliveri. Yeah!
RCH HALL JR. & THE ARCHERS - WILD GUITAR (CD 307) Norton Records.
TRACK LIST:
THE SADIST
DUNE BUGGY
Buzzola
KONGA JOE
THEME FROM WILD GUITAR
Termites
STEAK'S THEME
MONKEY IN MY HATBAND
Back In Business
RUN VICKIE RUN
Mike Calls
The Shots
GUITAR TWIST
A Date With Eegah/THEME FROM EEGAH
I'M GROWIN' TALLER
WILD GUITAR TRAILER
STAIRFALL
TWIST FEVER
Publicity
MONEY AND RECORDS
STEAK
Eegah Crashes The Party
BROWNSVILLE ROAD
VICKIE
Girl Bait
DAISY DANCE
THE KIDNAPPERS
JUDY POODY
ORGAN TWIST
Bud Smells A Rat
BUD AND STEAK SQUARE OFF
Pep Talk
ARCHERS THEME*
IF A MAN ANSWERS *
FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD *
STOP SNEAKINb'
ROUND *
NANCY CZAR INTERVIEW *
TEENAGE IDOL *
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY *
WILD GUITAR *
HELLO MARY LOU*
SUSIE Q *
YES I WILL *
ARCHERS THEME OUTRO *
You Little Punk
WATCH YOUR STEP**
BIG BOY PETE **
THE CHOPPERS
(* Live 1962 Pensacola Florida//** Live 1964 Pasadena, California)
Listen to Arch Hall, Jr. on Dune Buggy and Wild Guitar and on the promo for The Sadist
Arch Hall Jr, Interview on WFMU
To fans of celluloid, hot rods and twangin' rock 'n' roll, the name Arch Hall, Jr. is that of a mysterious lost icon. "The Newest Rage In Teenage Music—The Jungle Beat" promised the press book of Arch's 1961 teen exploitation flick, The Choppers in trumpeting an entire album of the teen actor/ guitar kingpin's rock 'n' roll creations. With classic B-movie hustle, the album—if it was ever actually meant to be released in the first place—never got past the mock-up stages. Its' sleeve was displayed in a record store scene in one of Arch's later movies, The Wild Guitar, but that was the end of it. The tragedy of all this is that our man Arch—a first class rock 'n' roller who burned up stages and screens with his band the Archers—was only ever known for his musical talent via a series of movies produced by his dad, Arch Hall, Sr. Which is exactly why the February 22nd 2005 release date of Norton Records' Arch Hall, Jr. anthology, Wild Guitar, is a day that will live in infamy for every rock 'n' roll fan whose been waitin' over forty years for Arch's musical genius to become available in the aural format.The disc in question features all the well-loved songs from his films—"Konga Joe," "Monkey In My Hatband," "Yes I Will" and "Vickie" just to name a few—six of which were originally issued on three rare 45 singles, as well as recently discovered tapes of Arch and the Archers performing live in '62 at a drive-in Theater in Pensacola, Florida and a similarly scintillating set from two years later at a Pasadena, California nightclub. Among the many original numbers on the disc, Arch pounds through favorites like Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Further On Up The Road" and Dale Hawkins' "Suzie Q." This pair of songs is telling as Arch was not only obsessed with the blues, but his guitar idol was James Burton, who framed the lowdown swamp groove on the aforementioned Dale Hawkins hit. Wild Guitars will most certainly be the order of the day when Arch takes the stage, at his first appearance at the Stomp, with two of the original Archers--Alan O'Day and Joel Christie, along with Gene Oliveri. Yeah!
RCH HALL JR. & THE ARCHERS - WILD GUITAR (CD 307) Norton Records.
TRACK LIST:
THE SADIST
DUNE BUGGY
Buzzola
KONGA JOE
THEME FROM WILD GUITAR
Termites
STEAK'S THEME
MONKEY IN MY HATBAND
Back In Business
RUN VICKIE RUN
Mike Calls
The Shots
GUITAR TWIST
A Date With Eegah/THEME FROM EEGAH
I'M GROWIN' TALLER
WILD GUITAR TRAILER
STAIRFALL
TWIST FEVER
Publicity
MONEY AND RECORDS
STEAK
Eegah Crashes The Party
BROWNSVILLE ROAD
VICKIE
Girl Bait
DAISY DANCE
THE KIDNAPPERS
JUDY POODY
ORGAN TWIST
Bud Smells A Rat
BUD AND STEAK SQUARE OFF
Pep Talk
ARCHERS THEME*
IF A MAN ANSWERS *
FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD *
STOP SNEAKINb'
ROUND *
NANCY CZAR INTERVIEW *
TEENAGE IDOL *
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY *
WILD GUITAR *
HELLO MARY LOU*
SUSIE Q *
YES I WILL *
ARCHERS THEME OUTRO *
You Little Punk
WATCH YOUR STEP**
BIG BOY PETE **
THE CHOPPERS
(* Live 1962 Pensacola Florida//** Live 1964 Pasadena, California)