Miss Mary Ann & The Ragtime Wranglers - Rock It Down To My House Sonic Rendezvous Records SRR33 Rock It On Down To My House - Easy Does It - I Got Stung - Don't Wait Up - Tell Me Who - Forget About The Past - Ooh La Baby - I'll Be Your Slave - Watch Dog - That's The Way I feel - Don't Lie To Me - I Can't Quit - Sweet Sugar Booger - What Am I Doing Here - Don't Stop The Music. This is the second solo album from Miss Mary Ann also known as one half of the famous Ranch Girls from Netherland. And like the Ranch Girls she's backed by the Ragtime Wranglers. But the comparison with her other outfit stops here. If the Ranch Girls' repertory is made upon harmonies, duets and western swing/hillbilly, Miss Mary Ann goes for a more rockin' sound. And the opening track leaves no doubt about that. You're going to rock and bop 'til the end of night and guest Carl Sonny Leyland on piano will help you to loose some weight on the dance floor. "I Got Stung" and "I'll be your slave" (man, what a program) are in the same vein while "Tell Me Who" brings a little swing. To slow down the pace and let us take our breath there's some honky tonk and country tunes to the mix : Faron Young's "Forget About The Past" features the steel-guitar wizard himself, none other than Jeremy Wakefield and so does George Jones's Dont Stop The Music. Her interpretation of Marty Robbins' "I Cant Quit" where she seems both desperate and resigned is simply superb. I've always thought nobody could top Robbins on that, but right now I have serious doubts. And the smooth instrumentation of the Ragtime Wranglers reinforces that feeling. This cd is not only a pleasure for your ears, it has been beautifully designed by Mighty Sam and comes in a superb digipack. Fred "Virgil" Turgis         The Ragtime Wranglers - Groove A Tune Sonic Rendez vous Records SRR 22 Low Man On A Totempole- Groovesville- Homebrew Hooch-. Groover's Bop- I Can't Stand It- Blue Smoke- Town Hall Shuffle-The Manhunt- Guydid- Get My Bread- Hop Scotch- Black Mountain Rag- Bronco Boogie-West Indies Groove Do we still need to present the Ragtime Wranglers, this Dutch band who foams the world stages since the beginning of the Nineties with the Ranch Girls and Miss Mary Ann but also backing some of the genuine rockabilly stars (Curtis Gordon, Hardrock Gunter, Sid and Billy King, the Collins Kids, Larry Donn, Marvin Rainwater, Frankie Miller and Jack Earls) and more recent artists (like Sage Guyton and Jeremy Wakefield of Lucky Stars). However this “Groove a Tune” is their first album as a “real” band if one does not take account of two instrumentals “The Rocking Gypsy” and " Road Stop " published on a Ranch Girls’ EP in 1995. That 14 instumentals album (in LP or Cd) is an additional demonstration of the combo skills lead by the always phlegmatic Jelle Van Atten - more known under the nickname of Joe Sixpack - (guitar, steel-guitar) with Sietse on drums and percussions and Huey Moor on the double bass. I can hear you thinking for yourselves: “a whole album of only instrumental ones! what a wound!” But you’re wrong, that doesn’t have anything unpleasing when it is played with as much talent and sincerity. The three rogues helped of some guests take you along for a musical journey through their tastes -comparable with those which Biller and Wakefield organize-with some covers but also a majority of self-penned ones, moreover Jeremy W. is invited on two tracks! Flavors and colours are multiple but always of good quality. There will be of course some country and western with references to Joe’s great inspirers as Jimmy Bryant (“Low Man One A Totempole” which opens the album) Merle Travis (his “Blue Smoke”) and Joe Maphis (“Town Hall Shuffle”). There‘s bluegrass (“Homebrew Hooch” with the mandoline of Joroen Jongsma who belongs to several folk formations like “Valleys Dish” “The Watchman”, “The Very Girls”) and stroll as “Groovesville” in an “exotica” style with the atmospheric steel of JW and “Get My Bread”. The rockabilly sounds are also part of the album (“Groover' S Bop”) and even surfing music (“I Can’t Stand It” with organ) and some powerful rock 'n' rollers as “The Manhunt” which walks on the Link Wray side and “Guydid” reminds me of the Cochran’s “Scratchin'”). It wouldn’t be complete without some sun of the Caribbean with the swaying “West Indies Groove”. But there are some more for you to discover…believe me, the trip is worth paying!!! Long Tall