Beautiful Rough : The Best Of Rock-Ola CD

Rock-Ola
Beautiful Rough - Best Of Rock-Ola CD

This 27 track Best Of Rock-Ola collection covers the whole his career.
Rock-Ola is rockabilly royalty in the book of his many admirers.
As with many others, Rock-Ola's first idol was Rock 'n' Roll King of Kings, Elvis Presley - and it Is impossible not to notice his influence on Rock-Ola's singing.
Starting his musical career as a drummer, obtained a nationwide reputation in the lineup of Johnny and The New Dodgers, but when he was invited to join The Lonestars, he started to gain attention also as a vocalist.
The Lonestars was Finland's own rockabilly super group with three equal vocalists - Teddy Guitar, Buck Jones and Rock-Ola.
The solo career of Rock-Ola soon gained international momentum.
He played with various Swedish backup bands, and then in 1981 he recorded his first solo single with The Blue Cats, a solidly popular British rockabilly band.
In 1990 RockOla claimed new territory by joining The Charades – which had been an instrumental group until then – as a vocalist.
When Ola managed to bring together his current band Rock-Ola & The Freewheelers, it promptly joined the frontline of Finnish rock 'n' roll.
Recordings and live shows of the band are powerful proof of the strong gig credentials of the band.