Happy Birthday, Marcus Edell!
Best wishes from everyone at SIDEBURNS Magazine!
On September 1st whilst wishing our friend George Sicker, singer and guitarist with the Peterborough band, the Rev-Tones, a happy birthday, I inadvertently linked the California band, the RevTones in George’s post. With good humour, drummer and manager of the RevTones, Marcus Edell, informed me of the error. He also mentioned that his birthday was coming up—September 3rd:
The RevTones uh wrong RevTones. My birthday is in two days however. lol
Carolyn MacArthur LOL What a difference a little hyphen makes! Correction has been made. Happy early birthday ♍ Cheers!
George Sicker (in reply to The RevTones ) We thought we were being so original with the name... Y’all are a long way away from us! Great tunes though! Keep Rockin’ bud!
Two Virgos thousands of miles apart and both in a band with almost identical names! What are the odds that they would come together in a post for SIDEBURNS: The Ultimate ETA Fan Magazine!
As the editor of an ETA fan magazine, I always like to find a connection to the Elvis Tribute Artist world in what I post for SB Mag followers; and in my research for today’s post, I discovered videos that connect birthday boy, Marcus Edell, to one of our favourite ETAs, Dean Z. Both Marcus and Dean do stellar drum solos of the 1960’s classic song “Wipeout”. For added enjoyment I have included videos of George Sicker (whom I first met at ETA Thane Dunn’s show—another ETA connection) and his band the Rev-Tones (with a hyphen :), as well as a video of the Venutres’ version of “Wipeout”, and a video of the band the Surfaris who recorded the original classic “Wipeout” in 1963. Cheers! C.M.
More about The RevTones
The RevTones, from the San Francisco Bay Area, are a rockabilly trio who play “red-hot original songs and great rockabilly songs from the 50's onward”. They have produced two CDs under their own label and are in the process of producing a third CD. On their Facebook page, they list The Chop Tops, Stray Cats, Reverend Horton Heat, The Clash,Rush, Alice Cooper , and Cheap Trick as groups they like.
The RevTones were formed in September 2006 when Marcus Edell placed an ad on Craigslist looking to jam or start a Rockabilly style band. The first person to respond to that ad was Randy Schmidt. They hit it off right away and quickly placed an ad for an upright bassist. Band members include:
Marcus Edell (Drums/Percussion/Hot Rodder)
Randall Schmidt (Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist)
Roxane Chicoine- (Bass) Current and previously (2006-2008)
Ex members- Rob Shaw (Bass/Sexiness) 2008-2010/2011-2017; Alan Parks (Bass) 2010-2011
The RevTones recorded their first tracks in March and September of 2007 and released “The RevTones” in May, 2008, and “19 Miles” in November, 2012. The band started performing live in May of 2007. The RevTones have risen as one of the top bands in the Rockabilly genre and perform all over the West Coast of the United States.
