Dave Phillips

British rockabilly renaissance man Dave Phillips emerged in the '80s as a member of the fine Bluecats band, eventually becoming a bandleader in his own right with Dave Phillips & the Hot Rod Gang. In a genre founded on the predictable, Phillips often presents a surprising attitude. He entitled one of his albumsUnderstatements, a concept basically foreign to rockabilly, including a Lennon-McCartney cover to further throw listeners off. Basically, however, Phillips belongs to the same '80s era of rockabilly revival that resulted in bands such as Buzz & the Flyers, another group ...