British Press Reviews of America 2001

A legend of Rock, multi million seller MGM Star, Marvin Rainwater, whose career was launched in 1955, has not lost his touch, singing rock and soulful ballads. His work capitalises on his Cherokee ancestry, which he showed with some real Indian songs. Marvin was ably backed by the members of our Welsh group The Rimshots, who also did a few sixties numbers.

Topping the bill was a 76-year-old veteran of country and rockabilly music, Marvin Rainwater; and his energy levels and his continuing enthusiasm were a lesson for everybody. Marvin just seems to enjoy life itself and never had a negative word to say about anything throughout the weekend. He was superbly backed by the Rimshots, whose regular line-up now includes Mandy Davidson, their fairly new bass player; and for this show they were augmented by guest sax player, Mark Watson. Marvin played a mainly rockabilly set, opening with Love Me Baby and Rock Me Daddy. His voice is as good as ever and the set was only slightly marred by some discordant feedback which the sound men were never able to remedy. Interspersed with his classic MGM recordings like 'Mr. Blues', 'Whole Lotta Woman' and 'Lonesome Blues', Marvin mixed in John Fogerty's 'Proud Mary' along with a trio of newly-written songs of which 'Rocking Down The Walls' scored best. He did briefly slow the pace for his 1957 ballad, 'Gonna Find Me A Bluebird', before revving it up to demonstrate what the song would have sounded like if he'd cut it as a rockabilly number. The crowd watching Marvin was the biggest of the Festival as everybody seemed to have deserted the other stages. One girl at the front had her finger on the pulse as she repeatedly called for her favourite song, and a roar of expectation erupted as he finally tore into the ever-popular 'Boo Hoo'. Marvin Rainwater is a performer who understands precisely what his audience wants and, as he closed out his show with 'Roving Gambler', 'Hot And Cold' and 'Hey Good Lookin', he received recompense from the crowd for a fine, entertaining display.

Afterwards the Rimshots set the mood with some good rockin' country and western swing before it was time for the granddaddy of country rockabilly , Marvin Rainwater. He may have a few years on the clock but he came on to a tremendous welcome and many fans had come especially to pay homage to a living legend! You would not believe the energy of this man in his 70s and he included all his biggies like "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird", "Baby Don't Go" and his UK No. One and world-wide hit "Whole Lotta Woman". After an encore it was the end of a perfect day!


	AMERICANA 2001 In JULY of 2001, Marvin Rainwater was the feature attraction at Americana 2001..... Britain's Premiere Music Festival !! Many thousands of Music Fans attended to see and hear great entertainers from the USA , Britain, and all over Europe. On Saturday July 7...Marvin stole the show! Here is what the British press had to say! A legend of Rock, multi million seller MGM Star, Marvin Rainwater, whose career was launched in 1955, has not lost his touch, singing rock and soulful ballads. His work capitalises on his Cherokee ancestry, which he showed with some real Indian songs. Marvin was ably backed by the members of our Welsh group The Rimshots, who also did a few sixties numbers. *************************************************************************** from 'Country Music People" Topping the bill was a 76-year-old veteran of country and rockabilly music, Marvin Rainwater; and his energy levels and his continuing enthusiasm were a lesson for everybody. Marvin just seems to enjoy life itself and never had a negative word to say about anything throughout the weekend. He was superbly backed by the Rimshots, whose regular line-up now includes Mandy Davidson, their fairly new bass player; and for this show they were augmented by guest sax player, Mark Watson. Marvin played a mainly rockabilly set, opening with Love Me Baby and Rock Me Daddy. His voice is as good as ever and the set was only slightly marred by some discordant feedback which the sound men were never able to remedy. Interspersed with his classic MGM recordings like 'Mr. Blues', 'Whole Lotta Woman' and 'Lonesome Blues', Marvin mixed in John Fogerty's 'Proud Mary' along with a trio of newly-written songs of which 'Rocking Down The Walls' scored best. He did briefly slow the pace for his 1957 ballad, 'Gonna Find Me A Bluebird', before revving it up to demonstrate what the song would have sounded like if he'd cut it as a rockabilly number. The crowd watching Marvin was the biggest of the Festival as everybody seemed to have deserted the other stages. One girl at the front had her finger on the pulse as she repeatedly called for her favourite song, and a roar of expectation erupted as he finally tore into the ever-popular 'Boo Hoo'. Marvin Rainwater is a performer who understands precisely what his audience wants and, as he closed out his show with 'Roving Gambler', 'Hot And Cold' and 'Hey Good Lookin', he received recompense from the crowd for a fine, entertaining display. ************************************************************************** Afterwards the Rimshots set the mood with some good rockin' country and western swing before it was time for the granddaddy of country rockabilly , Marvin Rainwater. He may have a few years on the clock but he came on to a tremendous welcome and many fans had come especially to pay homage to a living legend! You would not believe the energy of this man in his 70s and he included all his biggies like "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird", "Baby Don't Go" and his UK No. One and world-wide hit "Whole Lotta Woman". After an encore it was the end of a perfect day! back to Marvin Rainwater......Country Music Legend**