Rocky Burnette

Iconoclassic is returning Rocky Burnette's 1979 solo debut to print in a new, expanded CD edition.  Memphis native Rocky was just eleven years old when his rockabilly pioneer father, Johnny Burnette, died.  The sound was in his DNA, and in 1979, he was signed to the EMI America label.  Produced by Jim Seiter and Bill House and recorded in both the U.S. and the U.K., The Son of Rock and Roll was dedicated to Johnny and late uncle Dorsey, among others.  The LP was primarily penned by Rocky with such collaborators as Jim Seiter and Everly Brothers bassist Ronald Coleman, and welcomed special guests including Rockpile's Dave Edmunds and Dorsey's son and future Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette. Iconoclassic's edition adds two bonus cuts: the non-LP B-side "Boogie Down in Mobile, Alabama" (the U.S./Canada flip of "Tired of Toein' the Line") and Rocky's previously unreleased cover of Sam Cooke's "Shake."  Note, too, that Iconoclassic's reissue has the full 12-song sequence; EMI America originally chopped off two songs for the North American release.  The audio has been newly remastered from the original tapes by Nick Robbins, while Bill Dahl has contributed a new essay based on an interview with Rocky.