1. 90 MPH
2. Mishnock Rock
3. Lonely for You
4. You Knock Me Out
5. Speed Rack
6. BY-YA
7. Lorenzo Leaps In
8. That Little Town Tocks
9. Tino’s Dream
10. Big Mouth
11. Bug Hunt
12. Twenty Dollar Gig
13. Crawling Home
Sax Gordon Beadle tenor sax, vocals
Doug James baritone sax
Duke Robillard guitar
Matt McCabe piano
Marty Ballou bass
Marty Richards drums

with
Tom West organ (1,6,9)
Scott Aruda trumpet (3)
Tino Barker tenor sax (2,3)
Gordon, Duke & Sugar Ray Norcia 
vocal on You Knock Me Out

Produced by Duke Robillard
"Gordon Beadle, better known as Sax Gordon, can honk with the best of the legendary, bellows-for-lungs tenor horn blowers.  He's a throwback to the days when saxophonists were the sex symbols of touring R&B bands...You Knock Me Out lives up to it's title"
- Blues Revue

"Sax Gordon brings that great, rollicking '50s studio sound back to life...this album hits all the right notes.  It lived up to it's title and really knocked me out."
- Offbeat

"Gordon's second enjoyable feature album has a gale wild rushing out of his metal horn's bell...Gordon has total command...His enthusiasm is boundless."
- Frank-John Hadley (writer, Amazon.com/Downbeat magazine)

"Gordon Beadle sexes up his saxophone all over this strong CD...he plays straight form the heart...Beadle emerges as the leading torchbearer of the sax-fired music that became rock and roll."
- the Boston Phoenix
    "You Knock Me Out" is an R&B fanatic's dream!  While his debut CD "Have Horn Will Travel" featured Sax Gordon in both Jazz and R&B settings, on this disc he digs even deeper into the great American Rhythm & Blues sax tradition.
    Covers of Noble Watts' "90 MPH" (originally titled "FLA", an updating of some lyrics necessitated the title change) and Alvin "Red" Tyler's "Lonely For You" pay tribute to these two great exponents of R&B sax that never really received the credit they should have for their contributions to American music.  The originals "Speed Rack" and "Crawling Home" explore the territory originally mapped out by Chicago Blues saxophone greats J.T. Brown and Eddie Shaw, unorthodox stylists that most often go unacknowledged by saxophonists in today's so-called Blues bands.  "Mishnock Rock" and "Bug Hunt" recall the rhythms and arrangements of classic New Orleans R&B and it's sax heroes Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, and Nat Perrilliat.  The title song features an arrangement and blasting sax that recall the great honker Joe Houston, while on the tour-de-force "Lorenzo Leaps In" Gordon borrows heavily from a whole roster of the rockinest, swinginest honkers that ever blew. A knowledgeable listener may hear the echoes of Arnett Cobb, Big Jay McNeely, Red Prysock, Earl Bostic, Illinois Jaquet, Willis Jackson, Candy Johnson, Jimmy "One Note" Wright, and even Lester Young.  The classic recordings of Amos Milburn with the great Maxwell Davis, one of the unsung giants of American music and R&B saxophone, are the inspiration for "That Little Town Rocks", while on "Tino's Dream" the sax soars in a lyrical manner more reminiscent of bluesy, gospel-influenced players like Hank Crawford and Bobby Forte'.  King Curtis' early 60s twist recordings (like "Soul Twist") are clearly the inspiration for "By-Ya", where Gordon digs in and puts his own stamp on this too often neglected facet of R&B sax.
    With the solid and consistent support of guitarist/producer Duke Robillard, Marty Ballou (bass), Marty Richards (drums), Matt McCabe (piano), and Tom West (organ), Gordon is able to combine all these elements into one fun, rocking disc that is sure to please fans of R&B sax and rockin' music everywhere.