Reverend Horton Heat - "Longest Gonest Man" (2014)

Fans of The Reverend Horton Heat‘s live shows might recognize the song “Longest Gonest Man,” and fans will finally have a chance to own a recording of the 30-year-old track.  The song will be featured on the psychobilly trio’s upcoming album, REV, which will be released on January 21st via Yep Roc Records. According to a recent interview, the “reverend” Jim Heath said that the demo of “Longest Gonest Man” was given to the Sex Pistols‘ Johnny Rotten by a dj in Dallas thirty years ago. "Several years ago we opened up for The Sex Pistols, and I guess this guy named George Gimarc is a famous DJ who lives in Dallas, and he also had a really influential early punk rock/New Wave show [The Rock & Roll Alternative on the University of North Texas’ KNTU and later commercial station KZEW-FM] back in the early ‘80s. I think he was friends with Johnny Rotten and he sent him our first demo tape that we ever did. I had no idea. Johnny Rotten told me about that and was talking about “Longest Gonest Man.” That’s kind of wild, because that song was the first song on the first demo we ever did. It‘s kind of crazy it’s just now making an album". (dyingscene)