This is the ever talented Dutch guy's second Cd release, and features and album of 14 great covers (as well as The Tri-Tone's 'Watergate Boogie') with two different bands (The Neva River Rockets and The Tri-Tones) and a gal singer, the wonderful (and cute) Karling Abbeygate. Now, let's be honest, you don't normally get that much for your money on one Cd, but is the quality of the whole thing as good as the ingredients? Well, yes, to be blunt. Thankfully RJ hasn't choosen tracks that are regularly covered (great version of Groovey Joe's 'Move Around', when did you last hear anyone attempt that one?), that's always a good start, and the sound and production are top notch. Let's be honest, making one cd with seven different musicians isn't necessarily going to produce anything like a consistent sound is it? and it could just end up sounding like a mish mash of tracks left over from sessions and already released Cds. However, the one constant throuhgout is RJ's great voice (although I'm sure he had a hand in the arrangements too) and that helps hold the whole thing together. Track wise RJ and The Tri-Tones version of Larry Dunn's Honey Bun is scorching, as is their take on the Big Bopper's 'Crazy Blues'. Stormy Gayle's 'Flipsville' is worthy of a mention too. In fact that's another thing I like about this Cd - the different styles they decided to turn their hands to (hence 'Mixed Up'!?). I mean when did you last hear 'Jezebel' tackled by a modern band? This great version will have Billy Fury fans twitching. They even manage to turn the old 50's Peggy Lee hit 'All right, Okay, You Win' into a stonking Rockabilly track, complete with slap bass and slick licks. There's a couple of versions of the great old Cavan stalwart 'Oh, Sugar'. You decide which one you like best!! On the opposite end of the spectrum we get a real hoedown Country version of the old Pee Wee King number 'Unbreakable Heart', complete with Steel Guitar and Ms Abbeygate's authentic sounding vocals; their version of Cash and Carter's 'Jackson', really stands out, Carling Abbeygate is brilliant here, and it really works well with the two of them going head to head (and the way she sings it does remind me of Reese Witherspoon in 'Walk the Line'.) What this Cd goes to show is that even when something probably shouldn't work, because everything about is so 'mixed up', with the right attention to detail and some hard work you can produce a great sounding Cd that folks will happily pay good money to listen to! Check him out at this year's Rockabilly Rave!!