North Bay rockabilly outfit Quarter Mile Combo spent a good piece of  2008-2009 fretting about the slow progress of Motels, Gas and Beer, their first CD with Nettie Hammar (Mighty Slim Pickins) on vocals.  Gary Daly (drums) and Justin Barr (guitar) played in the late Hopped Up! and QMC 1.0 while Todd Troublemaker (upright bass) joined from Revival Revue.  Collectively these musicians have rocked Sonoma County, the Bay Area and Viva las Vegas for a decade or two.

The CD opens with a few mid-tempo chords that power into a pedal down rocker called “Kitten” — a take no prisoners tribute to the long clawed, human variety.   Nettie loves her some cat songs, including “Cougar.”  “She’s older than your mother and all of her friends.”

And, to make sure that she’s not just a one cat lady, (more…)