Big John Bates plays scorching show

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Henotic rocked out on April 14 with a packed house who came to see Vancouver psychobilly/rockabilly/ blues rock bandBrandi Batter and Big John Bates. Photo by Richard Amery  Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz. Big John Bates was playing to the crowd with scorching rockabilly influenced riffs. His burlesque dancers had a couple new outfits including Victorian dresses as well as a variety of familiar moves.
Brandy Battery has joined the band the band on stand up bass and does a solid job.

 Bates knows how to put on a show to go with some really fun, loud and raucous music. He wandered through the jumping crowd while soloing, picked up a handful of shots and brought them back to the stage for the band, then took  massive solos while his dances changed costumes and returned to  drag an audience member on stage and feed him Jaagermeister during “Take Your Medicine”, one of them pulled out a chainsaw so it looked like there might be a bloodletting, but she didn’t actually fire it up.

 There was a huge drum solo which included some impressive drumming, the fireman’s pole and Bates adding an extra pair of drumsticks.

 

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat editor
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