The group embarked on their first tour of the United States in 1995, playing Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis before finally incinerating Fairmont, Indiana, where they rocked the Rebel Weekender to a frenzy, proving that a gang of Vikings could still conquer a continent. He was a great person, friend and mentor to Sandberg. He is sorely missed by the whole Rock & Roll scene worldwide. Since 1990 Dawson used them on almost all his tours in Scandinavia. 'Rockin’ Bones' himself, the late Ronnie Dawson (R.I.P) out of Dallas, Texas. In addition to their own shows, the Go Getters have backed many of the 50’s biggest rockabilly stars, including Sleepy La Beef, Ray Sharp, Larry Donn, Johnny Powers and the greatest of them all, Mr. The success of these records fueled a demand for the group throughout Europe, where they toured without mercy for the better part of a decade. The platter soon topped the European roots music charts and led to the release of their debut LP, Real Gone! considered a milestone in modern Euro rockabilly music for its heavy infusion of the blues. After appearing on several compilation albums in the late 1980’s, the Go Getters released their first single, You Don’t Love Me, in 1992. Led by standup drummer and chief songwriter Peter Sandberg on lead vocals, the Go Getters have electrified audiences around the world with their own custom blend of ass-kickin’, blues-marinated, high-octane, mega-watt rockabilly boogie. Fourteen years later, the ensuing inferno rages like an oil fire out of control. They would call themselves the Go Getters. Even the substantial charms of Pucci and Deschanel can't make The Go-Getter feel unique or significantly different from the other independent films it resembles.In January of 1988, amidst the frozen badlands of Västerås, Sweden, a gang of Vikings decided to heat things up by forming a rockabilly trio.

The Go-Getter feels, regrettably, more generic than inspired - as if it was made out of parts from other, better, independent films that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. If you don't watch enough TV, you make people nervous.') At the same time, those moments don't add up to much of a whole. (Mercer, who's living with one of his teachers after his mother's death, explains to Kate how that's going: 'I make them nervous. Pucci's Mercer seems curiously passive - he's a reactive character, even as he actively seeks out his half-brother - and Deschanel's Kate is another indie-film cliche, a plucky life-affirming sprite who puts up with the male lead's bad behavior solely because doing otherwise would end the film.ĭirected and written by Martin Hynes, The Go-Getter is certainly well-made, with some nicely inventive and expressive shots and a few good lines.

And while it's well-made enough, it doesn't really distinguish itself from the crowd, either. Road trips, minor crimes, major tragedies, big actors in small parts, sex and drugs and love set to an ace soundtrack - THE GO-GETTER incorporates a lot of indie-film cliches.

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