JOHNNY AND THE HOOKERS

Rip It Up, Issue 21, 1 April 1979, Page 9

JOHNNY AND THE HOOKERS

Terence Hogan

And a little more about Johnny & the Hookers. If you haven't seen them yet then you haven't seen how it’s done and you owe that to yourself right away. Kinetic cut’n’thrust push slip and slide the night away with Johnny & the Hookers. You can tell these guys are good by the way they . walk on and plug in and by the time they plug out and walk off you won’t have a worry in the world. They dislodge fillings at twenty paces, toupees at fifty, I know it’s possible and you ought to see it. They are the right band to get legless by ’cause you’ll forget your. leglessness, you’ll forget lots of things.but you’ll remember how to dance the way you used to! Johnny & the Hookers play a lot of R&B, a lot of rock’n'roll, this that a bit of the other and they do it all just fine. They’ve got an answer to the question ’’what feels good?” and if you catch them you’ll get it too. The Hookers are: Paul Andrews (vocals), Dave McLean (guitar), Johnny Batchelor (guitar), Joey Gill (bass) and Jeff Warr (drums). Their ambitions for the remainder of the current year are to get tighter, break up and reform again three times or so, (the best part of breakin’ up is when ya makin’ up), and to be the best dance band in the land, which is right there in their pocket.