Get your hairspray, tight pants, and T-top Camaro ready, because the Motor Inns are trying their hand at some hard rock! You can listen to the song here.
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I Hit the Brakes (She Hit the Beer)
Every songwriter should be entitled to at least one tell-off song. "I Hit the Brakes (She Hit the Beer)" is mine--a fanciful piece of comeuppance set to a rowdy, roadhouse shuffle. Stylistically, it's a blend of Texas blues and honky-tonk country that resides somewhere on the metaphorical, musical highway between Lightnin' Hopkins and Lefty Frizzell. (With apologies to both, of course!). Listen to the song here, and read about the equipment used in creating it!
The Night Wrecker – NPR Tiny Desk Entry
Well, here goes nothing! I have entered a live version of The Night Wrecker into the 2026 NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Here's hoping the folks at National Public Radio are really jazzed up about a tow-truck themed rockabilly song.
The Night Wrecker
Why release a holiday song over the winter when you can drop a macabre rockabilly tune about a tow truck driver in Vermont? What better way to observe the longest nights of the year than with a peppy, minor tune about driving through the eerie darkness? Are there better ways? Almost certainly. But the Motor … Continue reading The Night Wrecker
Zombie Blues – Halloween Bonus Song
Happy Halloween, everybody! In the spirit of the holiday, here's a bonus track to listen to while you're carving Jack-o'-Lanterns. It's a little ghost story about someone who ignores the old maxim that you can't go home again. He decides that he can . . . from the grave . . . and scares the … Continue reading Zombie Blues – Halloween Bonus Song
Lonesome Valentine
In this post, you can hear an original blues rock song by Pete Berris & the Motor Inns. This one features a 1966 Fender Coronado II and a Collings I-35 LC with p90 pickups.
Eight Miles Down the Road
A DIY 1940s-style R&B/Boogie Woogie/Jump Blues project by Pete Berris & the Motor Inns with backing vocals by the famous Kay-Lettes.
Coronado – Pete Berris & the Motor Inns
In this post you can listen to "Coronado," an original surf rock song by Pete Berris & the Motor Inns. The recording features the song's namesake--a 1966 Fender Coronado II.