“Elvis Presley is long gone, but the ramblin' rock he helped popularize is alive and kicking. Alistair Christl is the latest guitar slinger to tackle old-school, Chet Atkins-approved rockabilly, and for the most part he succeeds in channelling the fast-fingered songwriters of old. There are plenty of standouts here – the disc opener and title track is a blazing, distortion-filled rock song, while Love Don't Add Up is sweet, lush and Randy Travis-like. His originals could one day be Canadian staples, but by covering Chuck Berry's Maybelline and Hank Williams's Ramblin Man, he shows he's not afraid to pay homage to the past.”

“Toronto rockabilly guitarist Alistair Christl refers to dancing performed by his wife as "clever and sexy." But while Christl's shows include a little burlesque, it's the music that drives Christl to work hard at contributing to a genre not exactly well-represented on the weekly charts. Smart or not, it's a passion that Christl adores because it's a meld of genres that he's always had an affinity for. "I'm really into old roots music, American folk music," says Christl, 36, whose mother was a Scottish folk singer. "Basically, I'm taking that and putting some guitar lines over it and that's what you call rockabilly." He knows that his shows might not attract Nickelback-like crowds, but he believes there are enough fans of rockabilly in most cities to make all of this worthwhile. He's in the middle of his third tour after releasing his first CD -- and he recently recorded his first music video.”