Press:

“......"Rayburn has such a great feel for the music we do," Davey said. "It's a gift to come down here. We just recorded a song today with him called 'The Invisible Man.'" "Gill does a part in it," Anthony said, laughing. "She's an invisible girl." "I adore rockabilly," Gill Goode said. "I enjoy singing and playing the music my husband writes. The audience and people who dig our music are phenomenal.".......”
Priya Narapareddy - The Jackson Sun

“Big things are happening for the Amherst-based rockabilly band The Shakedown Combo. Next week, the group —guitarist Davey Lee Goode, singer/percussionist Gil Goode and their daughter, upright bassist Kim Goode— will be headed to Jackson, Tennessee to record an album on the JAXON record label with Larry Rogers and extra help from Sun Records recording legend Rayburn Anthony. While in Jackson, the band will also be playing a show at the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame in front of a crowd that will include Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana, who used to play with Elvis. No big deal. This burst of good fortune came about the old-fashioned way: a talent scout for the JAXON label picked them out at the Viva Las Vegas rockabilly festival earlier this year. Kim Goode says her family is psyched, to say the least. “We'll be meeting some true icons of the rockabilly genre and legends that have been completely influential to us all,” she says...”
The Shakedown Combo is Tennessee-Bound - The Coast

“Night two of Red Hot and Blue started out with The Shakedown Combo, a great act based out of Nova Scotia. The double bassist especially stood out because the band had no drummer, so a majority of the percussion came from this talented woman’s popping and slapping on the bass. The lead singer sang her heart out and also whacked on a handheld drum from time to time, and the guitarist strummed and wailed on the guitar.”
SSG Music - Red Hot and Blue Rockabilly Weekend: Friday, Sept. 2nd

“The Shakedown Combo a fourni le boost de sucre qu’il fallait au public pour se réveiller. Un peu comme le ferait une orangeade bien fraîche servie dans un shack à tacos, quelque part entre les frontières américaines et mexicaines. Le trio de la Nouvelle-Écosse produit un son près des rythmes gras et étranges que préconisent des cinéastes comme Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror) et Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof): très road trip en plein désert, entraînant et étourdissant à la fois; pensez à l’impression que ça vous fait lorsque vous regardez un point fixe sur un paysage se défilant à toute vitesse devant vos yeux. Le groupe a trouvé en Miss Kimmi plus qu’une contrebassiste. Au-delà de son style néo-gothique, la jeune femme impressionne par ses talents de percussionniste: elle n’hésite pas à renchérir le son bien gras de son instrument en le transformant en tambour; tape les cordes, tape le bois, tape les cordes, tape le bois, si bien que le rythme tend pa”
Bang Bang - Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend : Go Cat Go!

“The show opened with the “rockabilly” family trio of “The Shakedown Combo”, originally from the UK and migrating to Western Canada, they now call Nova Scotia home. All I can say is this family can play, young Kimmi plays a full stand up bass like she was born with it in her hand, I was mesmerized watching her play. Guitar player, and ‘daddio’ of the group David Goode is a very good guitar player that fills the room with fantastic rockabilly riffs, while in center stage the matriarch of the group, Gill Goode belts out the vocals sometimes in a wail, sometimes in a purr that matches her leopard print outfit. A very fun group to listen too and to watch perform.”
Refrain Music - Rock & Roll Burlesque Show – The Manhattan

“The opening act were The Shakedown Combo, who were, if I understood correctly, from Amherst by way of England – in any case, they showcased some true, rockabilly inspired rock and roll. At first I was a little apprehensive about the lack of a drummer, but the pounding slap bass of Kim Goode and her tattooed upright quickly alleviated those fears. With a little extra percussion from singer Gill Goode, the band was swinging and bopping and no one could resist dancing to their catchy, old school rockabilly tunes.”
Noiseography - Show Overview: A Wink & A Smile “Classy Seduction to Classic Rock N Roll”

“Hay daddio! The Shakedown Combo proves that the family that plays rockabilly together, stays together. by Holly Gordon (more at link...)”
The Coast - Shakedown Combo's rockabilly genes

“Davey Lee Goode reveals a surprise over the phone. Asked how the members of his band, The Shakedown Combo, met, he chuckles. "That's kind of a closely guarded secret: We're a family." It's tough to figure that out from their website, but Gill Goode, vocalist (pictured), and Davey, guitarist, are married, and they moved to Calgary from Britain with their daughter Kimmi, the band's bassist, more than a decade ago. Davey thinks they've been a cohesive band for the past two years. "We always have [played together], because we're family," he says. "We spend so much time together it was a really tight unit, so that became the thing and that's what we've really honed in on." And that honing always turns to rockabilly. Davey's had a lifelong love for rockabilly twang, playing with bands in the UK and Calgary, and Gill and Kimmi have found themselves doing the same. (Davey admits that Kimmi is also into the punk scene, but quickly adds that it's usually punk derived from rockabilly.)....”
Holly Gordon - The Coast