Rockabilly thread

Edge of Town⸻Darry Weaver


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❨Crest label – 45-1957/8❩

Capehart label CA 5OO1

 

I have always considered The Cramps to be a sort of Rockabilly-Punk hybrid.
But then, Rockabilly itself is actually thee original Punk music, so my term may be a bit of a misnomer. Perhaps a better label would be Asylumbilly (!!?)

 

probably my favorite Carl tune... what a great lyric!

 

His Crazy Legs album and Les Paul tribute CD and DVD are all simply amazing...

 

1958, United Artists label UA 1O8
My Sweet Verlene⸻Ronnie Brent

 

Jeff Beck putting that old rockabilly warhorse, Train Kept A-Rollin' through its paces like nobody else can...

 

for me - if push comes to shove - the absolute perfect example of rock n roll is Eddie Cochran's Something Else...

 

We had Eddie Cochran yet, top tier rockabilly cat.

 

G'dang!

 

I like a lot of the people already mentioned, and Cliff Gallup is probably my favourite rockabilly guitar player.

 

I long ago bought what was then the complete run of THAT'LL FLAT GET IT here in the classifieds. Now I see that Bear Family has added at least seven volumes to my original run since then. Must . . . resist . . . completist . . . urges

That's about how I like my rockabilly, though, on a various artists comp.

 

Mack Stevens has put out some decent Rockabilly releases through the years.

 

there might be songs that are more, uh, sophisticated, more innovative, more this, more that, but nothing epitomizes the absolute essence of rock n roll more than that song methinks... it's perfect in every respect...

 

I have a soft spot for Conway Twitty's I Vibrate

 

Unlike some 50s stuff Cochran still sound really punchy.

 

Joe Clay - "Duck Tail"

They're usually classified as psychobilly, a subgenre which they are largely responsible for.

 

About 10 or 12 grand MIGHT get you an original copy of this on Chess - though I understand it's also (not surprisingly) been "booted" on a repro:

 

no idea how many times I saw the Flat Duo Jets back in the '80s and '90s, but Dex could almost always bring it... and even when he didn't, it was a colossal train wreck worth seeing! He was also much "realer" than any of the neo-rockabilly and psychobilly guys because he never really cared if he had the look, the right amp, the right guitar (though he favored a Silvertone, I've also seen him thrash a cheap Mexican Strat onstage)... he just breathed rock n roll, especially on that debut LP

 

Right around the same time as Stray Cats US debut, this record came out, which is a KILLER rockabilly record and sounds great too!!

 

Definitely check out some of Buddy Holly's rockabily material. He has some great ones.

 

Another +1 for Wanda Jackson's 50s/60s material. Her raspy vocals are amazing in this genre.

 

Wanda does the only Riot in Cell Block #9 that I BELIEVE!

 

I really have enjoyed the releases by Pike Cavalero.

 

I'm pretty picky about neo-rockabilly. One band that managed to capture all the elements of the classic sound was Go Cat Go. They were able to replicate the classic sound without seeming imitative.

 

Here's an all female rockabilly group from my current home town...Sacramento CA: The Mystery Trio "Willie Joe" from 1959.