Search - Johnny Hunkins :: Talladega Pile-Up

Talladega Pile-Up , the debut rocker from guitarist Johnny Hunkins launches off the line hard - like a big-block Chevelle packing a hard nitrous oxide punch. Fans of late- 70s southern hard rock take note: if you dig Pat Travers, Johnny Winter, Skynyrd, Rick Derringer, or Frank Marino, Hunkins Talladega Pile-Up will scratch that itch, and then some. The high-octane house party comes out swinging with the title track, metaphorically and literally putting listeners behind the wheel of a 195-mph stock car. And it only gets wilder from there, tackling such topics as running moonshine whiskey ( Floyd County Bootleg ), robbing banks ( Over The Edge ), and fending off the apocalypse ( Shine In ). Hunkins wields his arsenal of overdriven axes while belting out whiskey-laden lyrics that hearken back to classic Molley Hatchet, Skynyrd, Johnny Winter and other similar 70's Guitar Rockers. Taladega Pile-Up is no one-man show either. Hunkins calls upon well-known gunslingers in the form of Chris Duarte guesting on these cuts ( Let It Eat! and Memphis ), Wes Jeans ( Henry Jackson ), and Ryan McGarvey ( Shine In ) who lend their six string skills. The tracks get a rock-solid backbeat from drummer Ryan Hoyle (of Collective Soul and Paul Rodgers fame). Talladega Pile-Up delivers big block rock solid. Fans of muscle cars and hot rods may know Hunkins as the current editor of Popular Hot Rodding magazine, but make no mistake about it, Pile-Up is no sophomore effort; Johnny Hunkins has been honing his playing and writing skills for decades, and it shows on this well-conceived power pack of hard-hitting songs that land straight out of the gate on Grooveyard Records, a label dedicated to serious, world-class Guitar Rock.