Formerly known as The Boston Rockabilly Music Conspiracy (B.R.M.C.), the band featuring singer guitarist Ray Gillette, singer-pianist-guitarist Vic Layne, singer-bassist Jim Boisclair and drummer Mike Young have returned to the fold with a stripped down name and a brand new album called It's About Time. And what a good album it is!

Flashing back to an early period in music history when rock & roll had great lyrics, three part vocal harmonies and hook filled songs, Boston Rockabilly puts a new millennium twist on this seminal form of jump and jive rock & roll. Most of the nineteen songs represented on this album are cover songs by great songwriters like Carl Perkins, Bill Haley, Arthur Crudup, and others, but it is Boston Rockabilly's genuine love for the music and enthusiastic reproductions that make these songs buzz with the same energy and vitality that they generated when they were originally recorded over 50 years ago.

Younger listeners may not pick up on B.R.s tight arrangements and clever attention to detail and may dismiss them as just another oldies band, but they should really keep in mind that this is where rock and roll all started. After all, a young Elvis Presley would never have become the King of Rock & Roll if he hadn't listened to the music and songcrafters that came before him.

Stellar cuts on It's About Time include the album's twangy opener "What A Wonderful Life," the cool chic of "Mohair Sam," the doo-wop brilliance of "Don't Leave Me Now," "Such A Night," and the band original "Guardian Angel," the Carl Perkin's gem "Gone Gone Gone," the Jerry Lee Lewis rave up "Great Balls of Fire," and the uptempo closer "Someday."
With superb musicianship, excellent vocals and a great production, It's About Time is a sure fire kick start to Boston Rockabilly's long standing career. Good stuff!

Doug Sloan
Metronome Magazine
August, 2005

Reprinted by permission of Metronome Magazine
Special thanks to Doug Sloan and Brian Owens