MARCO DA SILVA AND THE MIDNIGHTERS / "THE MIDNIGHT BOP"
(Ninap Records)
Release: April 2003
review by mr. earbeer earbeer@rockabilly.ch
CD / Songs:
1. Tear It Up 2. Fabulous 3. All I Have To Do Is Dream 4. You´re Sixteen 5. Rip It Up 6. The Fool 7. Can´t Help Falling In Love 8. Just Lookin´ 9. Boppin´ Bonnie 10. If I Had Me A Woman 11. Wondrous Place 12. Rockabilly Boogie 13. Donna 14. Blue Suede Shoes 15. Summertime Blues
This Rockabilly/Rock´n´Roll quartet from Rome, Italy, offers here 15 real classic songs. According to Marco DaSilva, they sure know about that these tracks are very well known and try to do more obscure titles on their next album.
Marco Da Silva & the Midnighters are really good musicians, everything sounds perfect, also the recording sounds very polished. Sometimes for me everythings sounds a bit too perfect and modern. But that´s just my taste. I saw a very good review about this record on Blackcat Rockabilly (http://www.rockabilly.nl/reviews/midnightbop.htm). Check it out.
My favourite songs on the album are for example "If I had me a Woman"+ "Tear It Up", this is where the band really rocks.
But I was also very impressed, when I heard "Fabulous" + "The Fool", they handle also this slower songs really well, and Marco´s great voice fits very well to these tracks.
All songs are played perfect and you should take a listen to the tracks on Marco´s Website: www.dasilvabilly.it
Here are some details from the band and the recordings:
recorded at NINAP studios - Rome by Giovanni Cera - 2002/2003 with assistance by Angelo Poggi Marco Da Silva : vocal, guitar Lorenzo Salvatori : lead guitar Alessandro Benedetti : double bass Ettore Rocchi : drums Plus : Fabio Penna : electric bass Giovanni Cera : guitars, keyboards, percussion Emilio Merone : piano Backing vocals : Alessandro Benedetti, Giovanni Cera, Marco Da Silva, Lorenzo Salvatori
If you want to listen to the tracks or if you want to know more about the band or want to buy the record, visit:
or contact Marco: dasilvabilly@mclink.it