Twistin Tarantulas

One listen to the fiery and dangerous rockabilly that the Twistin Tarantulas play and it's easy to understand leader/vocalist/upright bass player "Pistol" Pete Midtgard when he explains '50s rockabilly as "... the original punk rock." One of the most aggressive upright bass players and a stunningly charismatic frontman, Midtgard first felt rockabilly was his destiny while playing bass in an Ohio band. He later moved to upstate New York and fronted the Frantic Flattops but a move back to Detroit in the fall of 1993 found him in a neighborhood the residents affectionately called...