Walter Lure
& The Waldos - Wacka Lacka Loom Bop A Loom Bam Boo (Cleopatra
Records)
On his first new album in over twenty years, ex-Heartbreaker
Walter Lure sounds like he’s having a lot of fun – obviously there’s a clue in
the title. Which isn’t to say Wacka Lacka Loom Bop A Loom Bam Boo doesn’t rock
hard and tough. It does. Relentlessly. But equally there’s a smile on
everyone’s faces; the band’s, the listener’s and definitely the record exec’s
when they handed this one over.
They’re straight out the blocks with ‘Crazy Kids’ – soon to
feature in the film ‘Thunders: Room 37’, a dramatization of Lure’s ex-bandmate
Johnny Thunders’ final days – a rip-roaring roller-coaster ride of a song,
chock full of Pistols riffs and a chorus that demands fist / air action. They
calm things down, getting slinky and sly on ‘Little Black Book’, harmonica and
sax adding some bluesy details, and incredibly exciting is the version of
‘London Boys’, a Thunders co-write that dates back to L.A.M.F., and a wonderful
slab of late ‘70s New York style punk rock ‘n’ roll. Why it didn’t make it onto
the Heartbreakers album, who knows…
You’ve gotta hope that Lure and his band get over to the UK for
some dates, because these songs are tailor-made for club stages. Good time rock
‘n’ roll played with real urgency and attitude is Lure’s stock-in-trade and it
deserves as wide an audience as possible.
Jonesy
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