The Paladins emerged in the early 1980s as one of the leading lights of the southern California "roots rock" movement, a movement which also spawned Los Lobos and The Blasters. Fusing rockabilly, blues, swing and R&B, the three members of The Paladins have created a totally distinctive sound derived from their own talent, exuberance and spirit. Dave Gonzales and Tom Yearsley banded together to form The Paladins back in their high school days in the late '70s. Beginning as a rockabilly band (long before the brief rockabilly fad), the San Diego-based unit's first incarnation was as a quartet. They played virtually every bar in the San Diego area and developed a fanatical local following. Slippin' In marks a return to the predominantly rockabilly sound of the Paladins' first two albums, strongly recalling the early years of Sun Records, when the line between rock & roll and country could be blurred to varying degrees at any time. There are bits of Western swing and surf music thrown in as well, adding to the group's freewheeling vibe; a fairly consistent set of songs, too, helps make this one of the Paladins' better albums.
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