"1/4 Mile Combo must have a direct hook-up to the part of my brain that stores all my favorite rockabilly tunes, because the band played them, one right after another. "Black Cadillac," "Big River," "Straight A's in Love," on and on, all of them well done, and all of them devoured by an audience gone wild; I've never seen so many people so into a band at this club.

"I caught the Combo again on February 17 at DeMarco's Club 23 in Brisbane, along with two other bands, and they sounded even better. In fact, better than I've ever heard them. Maybe it was the acoustics, or maybe they were feeling competitive, but man, they were golden. The set was stripped down to less than an hour, but that was time enough for lots of their standards: "You're My Baby," "Tear It Up," "Big River," "Riot in Cell Block Number 9," and more, right after the other. " --Black Jeans Chris