A sunscreen has yet to be invented that can block out the dizzy euphoria one feels after too many years in the Land of the Midnight Sun. Deep in the Frozen North, sequestered in the wild 27,000 square mile expanse that is the Great Yukon, one lone hillbilly is the rock & roll master of his snowy domain. Clubbed over the head by the Spell of the Yukon at an early age, Al Oster has spent his entire life singing about the majestic charms of the frozen wasteland to anyone who would listen. Oster's first 45 on his own Tundra record label is his best. He's still out there, decades later, warbling his chilly verses to the indifferent North Wind. The next time you have an opportunity to swing an Eskimo, raise a Popsicle to the Mr. Freeze of Rockabilly.
Midnight Sun Rock (mp3)
Next Boat (mp3)
Al Oster is still around living in Salmon Arm bc. I have an lp by him "songs of the 49th state" anyway there's another song by him called "way up there Alaska way" that has some nice surfy guitar.
check the song out on my blog page- http://mredmusicroundup.blogspot.com/
Posted by: mred | October 28, 2008 at 09:09 AM
There were other groups playing up in whitehorse. the Devilles from vancouver canada played there alot.
here's a cool pic
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc276/nadorozny2001/devilles-1.jpg
Posted by: mred | October 28, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Posted by: mred | October 28, 2008 at 09:17 AM
welll you get part of the devilles pic
Posted by: mred | October 28, 2008 at 09:18 AM