Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers (aka Crazy Cavan And The Rhythm Rockers, Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers, Crazy Cavan "N" The Rhythm Rockers, Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers) are a Teddy Boy

Teddy Boy

The British Teddy Boy subculture is typified by young men wearing clothes that were partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, styles which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain after World War II...

 band from South Wales

South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...

. They were formed in 1970, and are still actively touring and recording to this day.

Biography

The first incarnation of the band was formed in 1964 by Cavan Grogan (vocals), Lyndon Needs

Lyndon Needs

Lyndon Needs is a guitarist from South Wales, UK. He is best known as lead guitarist of a Teddy Boy band Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers. Needs is a founding member of Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers and known as wildly extrovert showman guitarist...

 (lead guitar) and Terry Walley (rhythm guitar) under the name "Count Dracula and the Vampires". In 1968, joined by Brian Thomas (piano) and Don Kinsella (bass), they took the name "The Sundogs". Then in 1970, with the addition of Mike Coffey (drums), they took the name "Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers", which has stuck to this day. In 1973, the band formed its own record label

Record label

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, Crazy Rhythm Records (named after their own description of their music) and released their debut single

Single (music)

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, "Teddy Boy Boogie" (backed with "Bop Little Baby"). In 1976, they signed with Charly Records

Charly Records

Charly Records is a British record label which specialises in reissued material.-History:Among the labels whose original releases are reissued by Charly are Vee-Jay, Sun, Immediate, BYG, Tomato, and Fania. Charly Records was founded in France in 1974 by Jean-Luc Young, who had been a promoter of...

 in the UK, and released their first album

Album

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, Rockability.

LPs

• 1976 Rockability (Charly)
• 1977 Our Own Way of Rockin (Charly)
• 1978 Crazy Rhythm (Charly)
• 1978 Live at the Rainbow (Charly)
• 1979 Red Hot 'N' Rockabilly (Charly)
• 1979 Still Crazy (Crazy Rhythm, Re-released in 1981 as Mr. Cool by Charly)
• 1981 Teddy Jive (Charly)
• 1982 Hey Teenager! (Big Beat)
• 1983 Live at Pickett's Lock (Charly, Reissued on CD in 2003 by Teddy Boy Power)
• 1984 Rollin' Through The Night (Big Beat/Virgin, Reissued on CD in 1999 by Crazy Rhythm)
• 1989 Rough Tough 'N' Ready (Crazy Rhythm, also on CD)
• 1990 Crazy Times (Instant, also on CD)
• 1996 It's Wild, It's Weird, It's Crazy (Crazy Rhythm, also on CD)

CDs

• 2001 Rhythm Rockin' Blues (with Linda Gail Lewis) (Crazy Rhythm)
• 2008 C'mon, Let's F***in' Rock (Crazy Rhythm)

Contemporary influences

• Zombie Ghost Train
  Zombie Ghost Train
  Zombie Ghost Train was an Australian psychobilly and gothabilly band located in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The band formed with Stu Arkoff , Azzy T , and Captain Reckless . In 2007, Azzy T left to pursue other musical ventures and was replaced by JM...
  
   did a cover
  Cover version
  In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
  
   of "Teddy Boy Boogie", on their Dealing The Death Card album.
• Singer Spark from Demented Are Go
  Demented Are Go
  Demented Are Go are a Welsh psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 in Cardiff. They were one of the earliest in the initial wave of bands to mix punk rock with rockabilly, and as a result, are considered to be highly influential to the psychobilly scene....
  
   has stated that he was hugely influenced by Crazy Cavan in his early days.
• Klingonz
  Klingonz
  Klingonz are a psychobilly band formed in 1988. Their original line-up had Titch doing lead vocals, Doyley on guitar, Strangy playing double bass and Mocker on drums. Strangy was replaced by Eddie after their second album, Blurb. Strangy joined Karloff, known then as Numbskulls, a band fronted by...
  
   covered "Trouble Trouble" on their Still Stompin album.

External links

• Crazycavan.com
• Crazy Cavan Fan Club
• Rockabilly Hall of Fame: Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers
• Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers at Discogs
  Discogs
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