RONNIE HAIG  /  "STILL KICKIN`BUTT"

(West Hills Productions/RadioActivE Gold Records  )

Release: June 2002

The guy who was banned in Boston, condemned in Cleveland and banished

from Baltimore is back and like the title of his new album says is “Still Kickin’ Butt”.

Ronnie Haig’s 1958 hit “Don’t You Hear Me Calling Baby” supposedly contained

the nastiest of all nasty words in the last 18 seconds of the song (it absolutely did not!), which

brought him notoriety in the Rock N Roll world years before the Kingsmen were accused of putting supposedly dirty lyrics in a song which actually had none.

Ronnie gives us the answer to that legendary hit on his new album with the

very first song “Didn’t You Hear Me Calling Baby” even reprising those infamous last 18 seconds though this time there is no doubt that the answer, just like the original, contains no obscenity whatsoever.

That song and the rest of the album also showcases Haig’s incredible guitar work, and he’s still playing that same Gibson ES295 that he bought in 1957 and, according to Rock N Roll legend, traded licks with Chuck Berry one late night at Chess Studios.

Ronnie also handles most of the other instrumental work on the album as well, and those female backing vocals are done by Ronnie’s wife, Susie. Even more amazing is the fact that

the entire album was recorded, produced and engineered by Ronnie in his own home studio.

Cuts like “I Don’t Drive No Cadillac”, The Phantom Band” and “The Wrong Side of Town” prove that Ronnie Haig can still rock the socks off any young rocker, while other songs like “You Made A Promise To Me” show off his country side and “When Doo Wop Was Young” pays homage to those street corner groups of years gone by. “All My Friends Are There” and “Tattooed Head To Toe” pay homage to the legends of Rock N Roll, while “Haig’s Boogie” is a rocking instrumental.

All in all the album just goes to prove one thing and ultimately one thing only,that after all these years Rockabilly Hall of Famer, Ronnie Haig is “Still Kickin’ Butt.”

For a  copy of this new album from an old legend contact:

Albert Hatfield

West Hills Productions/RadioActivE Gold Records

1088 Beers School Road, Second Floor

Moon Twp. PA 15108

Phone: (412) 264-7660

Fax: (412) 264-7599

E-Mail: westhills@stargate.net

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