Category Archives: Rockabilly Pioneers

Early rockabilly musicians, promoters, record label execs, studio owners, etc.

Mike Page, Long Black Shiny Car

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Buster Fayte

Here’s another great one from an unknown (to me anyway) rockabilly hero, Mike Page. “Long Black Shiny Car” is a great tune. It’s become a favorite rockabilly cover for many bands and has shown up here and there are compilation … Continue reading →

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Roy Hall, Three Alley Cats

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Buster Fayte

Roy Hall had already been recording for five years or so when this rocker was released in 1956. “Three Alley Cats” is a great example of rockabilly in its heyday after Elvis had really hit the big time and lots … Continue reading →

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Shorty The Barber

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Buster Fayte

I just heard this one for the first time the other day and I think it’s about perfect! Lou Millet’s “Shorty The Barber” is a brilliant example of hillbilly boogie crossing over to rockabilly. The heavy slap of pure rockabilly … Continue reading →

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RIP Possum

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Buster Fayte

Most of you already know it, but now that I’m back, I should give a nod to country legend George “The Possum” Jones upon his passing. The Possum had a long and exceptionally successful career. Unfortunately, his personal life was … Continue reading →

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Rock Old Sputnik With Some Real Rockabilly

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Buster Fayte

The smartest thing I ever did may have been to ask the community over at Rockabilly Worldwide to list out their five favorite rockabilly songs. As impossible a task as that may actually be for pretty much all of us, … Continue reading →

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Tommy Lam, Speed Limit

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Buster Fayte

Here’s a cool rocker from 1959 by Tommy Lam with Bob Pauley And The Plantation Playboys. There’s not much information on Tommy out there–this record, which was originally released on NABOR Records never went anywhere back in the day and his only … Continue reading →

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Rockabilly Loses Another Legend

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Buster Fayte

We recently lost another rockabilly hero from the early days. Eddie Bond died last month. Not only was Eddie a Hall of Fame rockabilly legend, but he was a devoted father whose children say that he often held his own … Continue reading →

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Wayne Walker, Bo Bo Ska Diddle Daddle

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Buster Fayte

As I wrote a few weeks back in Jimmy Lee and Wayne Walker, Love Me, Walker has a story of his own. The two performed and recorded together very briefly and just about as quickly as they started, they went … Continue reading →

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A Rockabilly Hello From Susan Cochran

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Buster Fayte

Nothing makes my day like hearing from one of the original rockabilly artists or someone who knew them. The other day I got a very nice note from Susan “Suzi” Cochran thanking me for keeping the memory of her husband … Continue reading →

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Bob Doss, Don’t Be Gone Long

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Buster Fayte

Reader Ray and I love to argue back and forth over this and that, but one thing we always agree on is great rockabilly! In response to one of my forum posts over at the Rockabilly Worldwide Website, Ray turned … Continue reading →

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