The Groovenaires Wop-A-Billy Vol.1 (LP)

(Self Published) 8 tracks - 45rpm

The Groovenaires are a pure studio project, born out of the Lockdown situation.

Frank Buttgereit (ex-bass singer of the Crystalairs, now BrillianTears) was not only always a big doo-wop fan, but also always had a soft spot for rockabilly songs with doo-wop chords (e.g. Laurie-Ann by Glen Glenn), preferably with slap bass, acc guitar, tic-tac e-bass., picked e-guitar and drums. But since the child also had to have a name, he called it Wop-A-Billy.

Crippled by the lockdown, he used his contacts and hired like-minded people who who also wanted to go in that direction:

Adrian McKenna from Leeds, UK: electric guitar genius and Tic Tac - electric bass artist and background.

Darren Page from Norwich, UK: slap bass and Orbison-like lead singer on the song "Wop-A-Billy" & background

Christer Sosa, Sweden: Drums

Jimmie Pettersson, Sweden: slapbass

Frank Buttgereit is responsible for the arrangement, the acoustic guitar, the deep lead vocals and the background lead vocals and the background