My Sunday Song – “Shake” by Saints & Sinners

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For My Sunday Song #371, we are starting a new 10 song set and this time the songs were chosen by good pal Deke over at The Distortion Den and SuperDekes. You must check them both out as you’ll get great reviews and a great show he does called The Retro Showdown on Youtube. Deke wanted to challenge me on these songs as he picked All Songs by Canadian Artists (thus the artwork above). Most of these bands I hadn’t heard of so he definitely is making me work for it.

First up is “Shake” by Saints & Sinners. A band formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by Sword lead singer Rick Hughes along with Stephane Dufur on guitar, Jesse Bradman on keyboards, Martin Buldoc on bass and Jeff Salem on drums. They only had one album, which was self-titled, and there biggest problem was that they had the 80’s Glam rock sound and this was 1992 which was the death rattle of that genre thanks to grunge.

The album was produced by one of my favorite singers, a Mr. Aldo Nova and Aldo captures the band’s sound perfectly as this an album I would’ve loved back in the day. “Shake” was not released as a single, but it is the lead off song on the album and packs quite a punch. It has that Sleaze rock sound with electrifying guitars, heavy drums and the singer has a grit to him as he screams out those lyrics with a burning intensity. The chorus is huge, almost anthemic in style and a really strong opener as it lights a fire under you and really draws you in. It is a simple song in that it is about going to their show and letting them rock you and make you shake. Love it! I think this is an album that is right up my alley and I think I need to hear the whole thing.

Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. I think it kicks some major ass and will definitely wake you up this morning. Thanks so much for hanging around and come back next week to see what Deke has for us. This one will be hard to top. I hope you all have a great and fantastic weekend.

And no lyrics, as I couldn’t find any online…

21 thoughts on “My Sunday Song – “Shake” by Saints & Sinners”

  2. Awesome! Great writeup John and thanks for letting me pick 10 songs not by the usual Canadian suspects! Saints N Sinners your right is all about timing yet I bought it. lol Bradman if my memory serves me correct played in Night Ranger after there original keyboardist split…I could be wrong though.
    Never got into Sword but I thought Hughes slammed one out of the park on this album.

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  5. That is a really good song and yeah, totally released several years too late. This one was totally new to me, never had heard of these guys before. This should be a good set of picks from Deke, looking forward to the rest.

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    1. Well, this works you as you getting in line. I have another 10 planned already after Deke and then I already planned on reaching out to one other person after that, so maybe you can have the next slot which at this point is a little less than 30 weeks out (but I’ll reach out before than to get the songs).

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