The Paladins from San Diego California are the preeminent blues/rockabilly band in
America. Founded in 1980 by guitarist Dave Gonzalez and bass player Thomas
Yearsley, they have recorded five singles, nine full Length studio records, and three live
albums. Along the way they built a solid reputation as one of America’s hardest
working and best live bands.
The Paladins helped pave the way for the Rockabilly craze of the early 1980s. Their
tagline at the time was “Western & Bop”, as they played a combination of rockabilly
and vintage country together with a blues groove. Their first LP, The Paladins, was
released in 1987 and was produced by Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. They
followed that up with Years Since Yesterday, released on Alligator Records in 1989 and
produced by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin and Mark Linnet. When Let’s Buzz came out in
1990 the band was firmly planted as a headliners in showcase music clubs across the
country and in Europe. The band also established themselves at numerous festivals,
sharing bills with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The
Blasters, and Los Lobos. Let’s Buzz, “an invigorating blend of rockabilly, blues,
rhythm-and-blues, and country,” was recorded in the Los Angeles studio of 1970s soul
star Leon Haywood, and is their largest selling record to date. Since that time six more
critically acclaimed albums have come out. Most notably, their 1996 live album Million
Mile Club, which fittingly marked the band’s millionth mile traveled on the roads of the
USA.

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