Biography
Gustavo Antonio Falco, Arkansas, USA. Guitarist/vocalist Tav Falco and his band Panther Burns came to prominence in 1981 with Behind The Magnolia Curtain, a rockabilly set fused with garage band sloppiness and Elvis Presley -influenced whoops and hollers. Suitably ragged instrumental support from Alex Chilton (ex-Box Tops; Big Star) ensured the album quickly became a cult classic. Blow Your Top and Sugar Ditch Revisited, two similarly-styled EPs followed, the second of which was recorded at the fabled Sun Studios. It was here Falco became acquainted with pianist Jim Dickinson, formerly of the Dixie Flyers, who guested on several subsequent Panther Burns recordings. Now!, issued only on cassette, was released on Falco’s own label and features seven songs culled from a 1984 concert in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. In 1986 the band found a sympathetic label in New Rose Records, based in Paris, France. The Chilton-produced 1988 set The World We...
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