JOHNNY ON A SWING CATS: A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO ELVIS ALBUM
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Swing Cats: Special Tribute to Elvis album was released in 2000 and it contain Johnny Ramone on two tracks. This was a surprise for many people, because Johnny had been out of the music business and very quiet for years. Johnny plays on 2 songs; Good Rockin' Tonight and Viva Las Vegas. These songs are also known as the 'Johnny Ramone final sessions.'
Johnny was a big Elvis Presley fan. He had a great collection of Elvis related items.

Next I write here comments by Danny B. Harvey who plays bass on Swing Cats: Special Tribute to Elvis album.
- The day Johnny Ramone came into the studio to record the backing tracks for these two Elvis songs, he showed up in the studio with a prototype of a Japanese "Johnny Ramone signature guitar." He told me he no longer owned any guitars, or amps, because he had sold them all when he retired. The only reason he had this one was because the guitar company had sent it over for his approval prior to production. I asked him why he didn't own any musical equipment and didn't he still play and practise around the house? His reply was: "Do baseball players go to battling practise when they retire? Of course not, so why I do need to practise, has told Danny B. Harvey.

These two songs (Good Rockin' Tonight and Viva Las Vegas) got published also in Lemmy Kilmister & Johnny Ramone 7' picture disc by Italian label Radiation Records.
And Cleopatra Records has published three pressings of Johnny Ramone: The Final Sessions 12'.

SWING CATS LINE-UP:
- Danny B. Harvey (guitar).
- Lee Rocker (acoustic bass) of The Stray Cats.
- Slim Jim (drums) of The Stray Cats.

Guest musicians include Johnny Ramone, Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Kathy Valentine (Go-Go's) and Michael Des Barres (Detective, Chequered Past).

TRACK LISTING:
1.Good Rockin' Tonight
2.Trying To Get To You
3.Viva Las Vegas
4.Stuck On You
5.Can't Help Falling In Love
6.Crawfish
7.I Need Someone To Lean On
8.T-R-O-U-B-L-E
9.Little Sister
10.Burning Love
11.Steamroller Blues
12.That's All Right
13.Tigerman
14.Young And Beautiful