SHAKIN' ALL OVER

Despite their rather tasteless and directionless music Busker reputedly had a cult fan following during their 70's heydays across Canada and the northern part of USA.Entering the 80's the duo of Steve McCann and Randy Dawdy produced their third and maybe rarest of their early LP's, entitled ''Shakin' all over''.

With such a very Rock'n'Roll title the music comes for the first time as fully representative of Busker's sound.Any attempt on crossing by the Prog borders has been quit, but even so the chosen style is pretty dated and played without inspiration.Awful vocals, cheesy lyrics and a totally amateur level of musicianship hold no particular interest for music fans.Busker played a Boggie Rock'n'Roll in ''Shakin' all over'', which comes closer to PAUL ANKA than any serious rock band actually, and fails to catch the listener's attention as being completely commercial, forgettable and dull.And all these come despite the good instrumental armour full of guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers and vintage keyboards.Some of the tracks contain limited instrumental parts with dominant keyboard exercises akin to their early E.L.P. influences, but as their masters Busker have taken a wrong direction around the timr, trying to combine Country, Blues, Rock'n'Roll and Art Rock with the result being a total mess of dreadful tunes.

Record companies turned their backs on Busker and with works such as ''Shakin' all over'' it is not hard to imagine why.A total failure with lack of serious material and only a slight chance to be praised by music fans stuck in the music of 50's and 60's.