A high energy retro rocker featuring Hank Rusch on lead guitar cutting loose playing fast and hitting the whammy bar while singer Bob Dannewitz lays down the fast paced lyrics with precision. The horn section adds that extra push over the cliff. 6:33 of transcendent bliss.

Desiree

Get Up And Rock

Get Up And Rock!

A blue collar worker sees the girl of his dreams and sets about to find her. With a heavy beat and great use of drums and power chords singer Bob Dannewitz delivers the goods with a big vocal sound. Guitarist Hank Rusch not to be outdone, knocks out a scorching guitar solo with sensual tremolo bar bends which moan and scream.

Oh Yeah!

A big bawdy beat sets off this tale of modern courtship between this reluctant man and this all-in female. The song is a tour de force from the heavy bass/harmonica riff, gigantic vocal stacks  of lead singer Bob Dannewitz to the haunting slide guitar work of guitarist Hank Rusch. It's that great song you want to hear over and over.

She's Got My Number

A high powered rocker about singer Bob Dannewitz's weekend in the Pinal county jail. Big drums, a steady driving bass, great chorus, and guitarist Hank Rusch's searing solo resembles the sound of a prison yard siren warning of a break in progress.

Waitin To See The Judge

The signature song from our album of the same name Desiree. A barn burning rocker that gets you going from start to finish. The stage is set when a beautiful mystery woman beguiles this small town with her looks and style creating speculation and wonder.

Smokin Rock delivers a get on your feet throwback rocker undisputedly anthemic with mesmerizing vocals of Bob Dannewitz, accompanied by the soul-stirring slide guitar solos of lead guitarist Hank Rusch. Together, they lay down a solid foundation that evokes the spirit of rock musicians both past and present. But remember, we are all Rock Stars in our own right. So, don't hesitate to join in the refrain and sing along with Smokin Rock

Party Like Rock Stars

A song about an exotic dancer in the off off avenues of Las Vegas. The catchy Motown beat is much like a dancer's walk on music syncopated and strutty, The song is a kind of rock suite with the story and clever hook up front followed by some mesmeric phrase repetitions by singer Bob Dannewitz, finished with wild soloing by guitarist Hank Rusch. Rusch, the master of the outro finishes the song on an addictive fadeout leaving you wanting another shot.

Backstreet Betty

Last but not least, Smokin Rock bares its soul for the world to see. Dannewitz belts out his story of hardship with unflinching honesty as Hank Rusch machine guns the universe with his Stratocaster. This song was written in 2018. It was a sort of autobiographical song  pertaining to singer Bob Dannewitz during a rough patch in his life.  At the that time lockdowns, riots, crime, war were non existent. We thought the song was not relatable so we shelved it.  What a difference a couple of years make!! Now all the mad prophet rantings are par for the course in this year 2024.  This the last of Smokin Rock's releases in the album Desiree, we present it for your listening.

Rainy Day Blues

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Hank Rusch goes for the throat with this stripped down raucous rocker about a fugitive from injustice called The Innocent.  Hank creates a raw precision with his spare but loud use of only drums, bass, guitar. Sweet but grinding like frosting on a cake with a file inside Hank give us just desserts with his slide guitar work. Hank's voice brings an authentic dimension to the song as he recounts the first person story of a man wrongly convicted, escaped, on the run.  Hank's screaming falsetto in tandem with his high slide guitar ends the song like a war cry... as if to say, Today is a good day to die, but I will fight for one more.

The Innocent
I went down to the River
I saw somethin' no one ever should see
The law did somethin' bad
They pinned it all on me

On my way to Leavenworth
the train it left the tracks
Everybody broke their backs
But I walked out without a scratch

So they put me in Joliet
on a back to back 30 stretch
But me and a road dog found a way
to put a hole in the fence

We ran and ran in our prison stripes
til' we found a old garage
We put on mechanics uniforms
and hot wired the owner's Dodge

We put some miles between Joliet
We drove without the lights
I wished the darkness would never end
It started gettin' light

They caught my partner and they made the Dodge
he went down in a blaze of bullets
I watched it all from the café
as I stuffed my hungry gullet

I slipped out of town on a mail truck
your letters might be a little late
'cause they shot it full of lead
I crawled into a sewer grate

I met a woman in St. Paul
She liked me and she took me in
She believed I was innocent
as long as I gave her good lovin'

But I saw her sittin' in a G man's car
I could tell from the government plates
They had the goods on her for somethin' else
She gave me up and turned states

I've been runnin' for five year now
I've used every alias
What I saw the law do that night
they'd hang if I was to witness

Listen to my story
I got to tell it before I'm gone
I swear to you I'm the innocent
There's more where I came from

I'm The Innocent, I'm The Innocent
Lord have mercy on my soul
I'm The Innocent, I'm The innocent
Don't try to give me your back door parole
I'm The Innocent, I'm The Innocent,
If I stop runnin' I'll never get old
I'm The Innocent, I'm The Innocent
Lord have mercy on my soul

The Innocent

A timeless rocker cleverly written intertwining the hazards of driving with the ups and downs of love. Hank uses all 4 lanes of the interstate and them some with his steady classic rock n roll rhythm, chiming chorus guitar, and an out of nowhere guitar lead solo using open scales and his stock tremolo bar. Almost two songs in one, the climactic second half finale brings Hank's heartfelt pledge of love sung over a beautiful chord progression filled with lush string arrangement which seems to be echoing that steady clicking, humming sound of the lonesome interstate, Warning, this song stirs up emotions just below the surface of those who know love all too well.

The Long Haul

Well, He's got the highway to your heart
I got to come up the rocky way
He jumped ahead from the start
I'm right in second baby that's OK
Because, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby

He's layin' rubber in the top end
but it ain't all about RPMs
My eighteen are gonna keep on chuggin'
I'll get to you baby no matter what I'm luggin'
cause, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby, 

When you're in love you better not speed
You might pass by somethin' that you really need
You need somethin' baby built to last
to carry love's heavy load
Because a lot of things can happen baby
when you're out on that open road

You get your hopes up high but love comes down crashin'
You try it again but the same thing happens
Sooner or later you're gonna' get tired of bein' bumped around
That's when I'm gonna' be ready baby, just pullin' into your town
 
I know you're lookin' for Mr. Right
not those one-night romeos
Someday you'll see me in a different light
and that's the day I'll pull this rig off the road
Because, I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby
Long haul, baby
Ohhh yeah, I'm in it for the long haul now baby

I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul 
I'm in it for the long haul now baby Ow

When the bridge is out, 
ohhh! there ain't no doubt
I'll find a different route
I'll be there by the mornin' yeah

Through the pourin' rain
No matter how steep the grade
I'm gonna' keep makin' my way to you baby

I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul
I'm in it for the long haul now baby
Baby, baby baby baby
Baby, baby baby baby
Long haul
Baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Hold on, It won't be long
Ohhh! I'm in it for the long long haul

The Long Haul

I'm Hank Rusch.  I am a musician who writes, sings, plays lead guitar.  this is my Soundcloud site where I feature my solo releases featured at www.hankrusch.bandcamp.com  I also act as producer, lead guitarist, co  writer, back up vocalist, for the powerhouse band Smokin Rock that can be heard here or at smokinrock.bandcamp.com 

Smokin' Rock, a powerhouse rock group that delivers high-octane, unfiltered rock music right to your eardrums. Join them at www.smokinrock.bandcamp.com to hear all their music. Formed by the brilliant minds of Hank Rusch and Bob Dannewitz, these visionary musicians craft electrifying anthems fueled by their passion for cars, epic concerts, and, believe it or not, the captivating allure of a certain mysterious "C". Prepare to be captivated as Smokin' Rock takes you on a sonic journey through the fast-paced world they know and love.

Hank

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