THE NUMBER 9 BLACKTOPS

Cody Beckman: Drums/ Jim Rotramel: Vocals & Guitar / Kasey Lee Rogers: Upright Bass & Vocals. Photo by Robbie Edwards

Jim started the hot-rod rockabilly and motorcycle rock 'n' roll band in 2005, Cody joined the band, then Kasey joined the band. They have a pretty fun time playing music together. They've played in ten different countries and put a lot of miles on a Ford van. They're professionally endorsed by Gretsch Guitars. They're based out of West Frankfort, Illinois by way of Berlin, Germany. They dig tattoos, small displacement scooters, Harley Davidson motorcycles, Bigsby vibratos, the smell of old pre-amp tubes.

Playing what has been dubbed "Hot-Rod Rockabilly," this Illinois trio takes the traditional rockabilly sound and soups it up with a high-octane edge. The Blacktops play more towards the raw rock influences of bands like The Black Crowes, throw in a little throttle, and combine the groove of Chuck Berry and Eddie Cochran to create danceable music without the thinness of pure rockabilly. "Its basically rock-n-roll, with a punk feel to it," says guitarist/vocalist Jim Rotramel.

Crediting Dallas Alice's frontman Sean Hopkins with the nickname "Skinny" (its from an Eddie Cochran song), the Number 9 Blacktops take their name from an old country road outside of Hill and Rotramel's hometown of West Frankfort, Illinois. "We'd drag race CR 250s until our knuckles bled," says Rotramel.

01 - [2005] Hickory-Smoked Rockabilly

01 - Rip It Up
02 - Race With The Devil
03 - Twenty Flight Rock
04 - Hot Rod Girl
05 - Say Mama
06 - Cannonball Rag
07 - Jailhouse Rock
08 - Rebel Train
09 - Prophet Stomp (An Attempt...)
10 - Rock The Joint
11 - Blue Jean Bop
12 - Sleepwalk
13 - Instrumental

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02 - [2007] Horsepower! Horsepower!

01 - Carburetor
02 - Chop Shop
03 - Firecracker Cadillac
04 - Dive Bar Debbie
05 - 66 Newport Blues
06 - Hotwire
07 - Lost Cross Girls
08 - Circle The Wagons
09 - Chick's Place
10 - Rome X Scooter Club
11 - Five-Star Rockabilly Band

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03 - [2010] Daredevil Action

01 - 57 Dragstrip
02 - Bubba Blackwell
03 - Hop On Baby
04 - Runnin' Strong
05 - Silver Bullet
06 - Ready To Go
07 - Bo The Steer
08 - Injector
09 - Tour Tight
10 - Walkin' Bill Blues
11 - Long Time Comin'

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04 - [2013] Cool On My Right

01 - Steel Belted Radials
02 - Kentucky
03 - Berlin
04 - Big Rig
05 - Monster Truck Takeover
06 - Frankfort Avenue
07 - Queen Of Hearts
08 - Rock 'n' Roll Band
09 - Come On Already
10 - Out Of Sin
11 - Boomland

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05 - [2014] The County Circle Track

01 - Hot Rod Racer
02 - Interstate Rocker
03 - Check Check
04 - Holy Holy Hell
05 - Tijuana, Mexico
06 - She's A Heartache
07 - Ain't Gonna Amount
08 - Drink And Holler
09 - You Never Can Tell
10 - JBOTS
11 - King Of The Demolition Derby
12 - Good Ol' Boys

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06 - [2019] Acoustic! Acoustic!

01 - Rock 'n' Roll Band
02 - Kentucky
03 - 57 Dragstrip
04 - Bubba Blackwell
05 - Poker Run
06 - Boomland
07 - Stereotypical Mid-Tempo Rockabilly Song
08 - Peterbilt
09 - Firecracker Cadillac

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