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Title: Preserved In Amber - When Music Could Be "Fun"
Review: Freddie was never Elvis, Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry, nor do I think he so intended. What he did was to make a series of radio-friendly fun records, a bit offbeat, over a very long period. Some try to dismiss him as a "novelty" record guy, but that's not true. This CD would be fun even if you were born in the 80's and have no idea who "Boom-Boom" even is. And if anybody questions his chops, play "Tallahassee Lassie" for them. Kenny Paulsen's guitar playing here is on the same edge of heavy metal as that in The Guess Who's version of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over", but Kenny's a better player. He sounds a bit like Cliff Gallup, Gene Vincent's original guitar player, and that's high praise. His intro riff is a killer, and the cut just flashes brilliance! The whole CD just illustrates the fact that "fun records" could exist then but don't now - and there's nobody like the intense Freddy Cannon to do them, either!
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