LIVE MUSIC: Mississippi Queen (CROA) Hot Rockabilly

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The story of Mississippi Queen began in the fall of 1989, in Zagreb,  capitol of Croatia. The band was formed by Jurica Štelma (upright bass),  Karlo Starcevic (rhythm guitar, vocal), Renato Zgrablic-Pit (second rhythm  
guitar, harp, vocals) and Vedran Žanko (lead guitar, vocals). They played  together for over a year, and recorded a few sessions from which tree  songs were published on the compilation tape « Rock this town ».

These were  first official recordings of Mississippi Queen. 1990 was a very successful  year for Mississippi Queen, because no other band ever had that line-up with a slapping bass in Croatia.

They had hundreds of concerts and several  appearances on national TV! By the end of 1990 Vedran left the band, and   from that period on, Pit took  the lead guitar. The next couple of years,  the band performs as a trio, but just one session was recorded in that  period.

Those tree songs came out as bonus tracks on the first album,  « Golden years » in 1993. At that time, two new musicians joined the band:  Gorana Cehic (fiddle, vocal), and Igor Balent (drums).

This album features  the first self-penned song of Mississippi Queen, but no record company  showed any interest in it at that moment, so the boys produced it on their  own. After a year, the drummer left the band, so they decided to proceed  as a trio again. 

The next album, « Ten Years After » was recorded in 1999, with all cover  songs, similar to what they usually played on concerts.

But after a few  years, the band got fed up with doing covers. They wanted to perform their  own songs, and find an audience that would appreciate them.

So the band  started to write and the album « Did You Say Love » is now a fact. The CD  was entirely recorded at the Lightning Recording Studio in Berlin,  2004.for Rhythm Bomb Records,with Ivan Semes-Sammy on the lead guitar.

The  things started to steam up for the band ’cause the critics were great,and  the band took part of the festivals,and clubs around Europe.2008.Sammy left the band,and Axel Praefcke took on the lead guitar.

With  him, MQueen recorded new album, « Rock-a-Billy Heaven Bound » (Rhythm Bomb  Records).