Please out the latest release from The Fabulous Wailers

Internationally popular Northwest '60's rock n roll Northwest band the fabulous Wailers still going strong released latest album "Cadillac To Mexico" in 2002 on their RocknRecords label featuring traditional instrumental and vocals mix of Rhythm and Blues roots and their classic guitar, piano sound. Three original members with vocals and keys by Kent Morrill, Rich Dangel, guitar, and Buck Ormsby, bass, with Kim Eggers, sax; Steve Peterson and Michael Kinder, drums. Great listening and party record.
Several CD compilations of their '60's original recordings including their first album on Golden Crest "The Fabulous Wailers", "Wailers At The Castle" originally on the Etiquette Records label are currently being released worldwide in 2003 on the UK. based Ace Records label.

Check out Kent and Buck's interview

The Fabulous Wailers were recently interviewed
by the Washington State Public Affairs Network
about the history of the Wailers.
Please check it out

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One of the most dominating forces in the 60s Northwest music scene. The Wailers are an American rock band from Tacoma, Washington. Formed around 1958, they are often considered the first garage rock group. They perform a hybrid of saxophone-driven R&B and good old Chuck Berry rock and roll.

Five 45s (four released in 1959, including "Tall Cool One", and one in 1960) and an LP release, The Fabulous Wailers (released December 1959 on Golden Crest Records), put the Wailers on the national scene. Their 1961 cover of "Louie Louie", which they recorded as a backing band for singer Rockin' Roberts, was the first to use the trademark 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2-3 riff.

Their version inspired other groups from the Seattle area, most notably the Kingsmen of Portland, Oregon, to record the same song. The Wailers' influence established the Pacific Northwest area as a center for musical innovation and the home of a long string of regional favorites playing a kind of raunchy, amateur, yet passionate, form of rock and roll.