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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - Popular rockabilly punks The Skinnys are holding a farewell concert for the backbone of their rowdy rockabilly beat, Johnny Bingo.

The drummer is splitting town to study for an electrical apprenticeship at Aurora College in Fort Smith.

He won't be back until next spring.

The band will play its last show for a while at the Top Knight on Friday evening following an opening set by Haste; Inhale.

"This is it," announced lead singer Johnny Volume. "For the winter anyway."

The band will remain active producing a full-length album for a spring release. They've already recorded a couple of acoustic tracks that aired on Radio Taiga earlier this summer.

"We'll be working pretty hard over the winter," Volume said.

"We're going to be re-launching ourselves with a pretty big bang."

The Skinnys' last big gig was at this summer's Folk on the Rocks.

They debuted last winter at the Snow Castle.

"We've really broadened our set list and we've really worked our asses off writing new material," Volume said.

On Friday the band will introduce its latest original song, Brethren of the Coast.

It's about pirates.

They'll also play the rest of their original set along with a few well-selected covers, including a rendition of Dolly Parton's working girl anthem, 9 to 5.

The music begins at 9:30 p.m. Friday night.