Formed in the summer of 1990, Toronto’s Royal Crowns have been blending rockabilly, jazz, rock and roll, country and surf into a musical genre all their own. Their latest CD “After Dark” is a remarkable example of the Royal Crowns’ rootsy sound. Available November 4 th from Maplemusic.com with a record release party at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern it’s a welcome follow up to their critically acclaimed “32 Miles from Memphis”; which made the National Post’s Top Canadian Albums of All Time; and landed them in the Disney channel movie “Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire” where they performed 3 songs.

Over the years they’ve been joined on stage by the likes of Angus and Malcom Young of AC-DC; Robert Gordon, Ron Sexsmith, Memphis guitar great Steve Cropper, Russell Decarle & Keith Grass of Prairie Oyster, Greg Keelor and James Gray of Blue Rodeo, New York Saxaphone great “Blue” Lou Marini – to name a few.

The Royal Crowns are led by guitarist-singer Danny Bartley, a former member of Shotgun Shack and the Razor Backs. Danny is probably the leading rockabilly guitarist in the country. In his spare time Danny enjoys country life, camping and good home style cooking.

Bob Taillefer , one of the finest rockabilly and jazz pedal steel guitarists in the business, is a star attraction with the Royal Crowns. Away from the band stand Bob likes to read history books, drink red wine and eat European cheese.

Tall, dark and handsome (and talented too) best describes upright bassist and singer Scott Gibson. When not gigging with the Crowns, Scott enjoys song writing, attending auctions, and spending quality time with his family.

On drums, vocals and wisecracks is Teddy Fury, a former member of the seminal rockabilly outfit the Bopcats, he puts the swing in the thing. Teddy’s time off the skins is consumed by long drives in his ’59 Desoto, late night scrabble games and Indian cuisine.

For further information contact Publicist Yvette Ray (416) 535-9123 / mintyvette@aol.com, or

Teddy Fury (416) 463 4879 / lilyokel@hotmail.com, or