With their album "In dekay", hooyoosay have undertaken the adventurous task of presenting 22 new versions of songs that were also recorded by The Rolling Stones during the mid-sixties.

As The Rolling Stones actually were a coverband themselves in the early days, and then soon developed to be their own songwriters, a wide variety of composers and musical styles is on offer, ranging from Chicago blues, rhythm and blues, Chuck Berry rock 'n' roll, guitar pop, top 40 pop and classic rock to acoustic folk pop.

The idea of doing an album that brings a collection of fresh renderings of older songs, is certainly not new at all. Similar projects have been done by B.B. King, Jimmy Rogers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Susan Boyle and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings to name but a few.

One difference might be that hooyoosay is a studio project only, so no gigs nor tour dates are to be expected.

But what sets hooyoosay a little further apart, is the fact that hardly any credits are mentioned for the loose contributors for guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, vocals, bass, drums and percussion, which in a way explains the project's chosen bandname.

Of course the authors and composers are credited for their magnificent songwriting, and so is hooyoosay as a performing collective, but no further details for bandmembers nor technical staff can be found.

As for hooyoosay, who, when and where are of minor importance.

What matters most is the question: how do these new renderings stand up against their originals?

And this you can easily find out yourself by listening to hooyoosay's song uploads right here on SunsetIslandMusic.

Or search hooyoosay on Last.fm radio, where all 22 tracks of the album can be heard.

hooyoosay's album tracklist includes:

I can't be satisfied (Morganfield), Mercy mercy (Covay - Miller), Connection (Jagger - Richards), Down home girl (Leiber - Butler), Time is on my side (Meade), Not fade away (Hardin - Petty), Sittin' on a fence (Jagger - Richards), If you need me (Bateman - Pickett - Sanders), Hitch hike (Gaye - Paul - Stevenson), Grown up wrong Unplugged version (Jagger - Richards), The last time (Jagger - Richards), I want to be loved (Dixon), Talkin' 'bout you (Berry), Little by little (Phelge - Spector), Play with fire (Phelge), I'm movin' on (Snow), All sold out (Jagger - Richards), Congratulations (Jagger - Richards), Bye bye Johnny (Berry), Who's been sleeping here (Jagger - Richards), Heart of stone (Jagger - Richards), Grown up wrong Electric version (Jagger - Richards).