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Imagine that you, a 14-year-old junior high student in small town Missouri, USA, had started getting interested in music in 1955. Then, imagine you’d seen a young new singing sensation with the crazy name of Elvis on The Ed Sullivan … Continue reading
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I received a nice package from Lee Dresser of the Krazy Kats today. It includes his book, Was There a Band Here Tonight?, DVD, 50 Years of Rock and Roll, one of the band’s albums, 40 Years…and Still Rockin’ 1957-1997, … Continue reading
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Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall is a curious little book. It’s a small four-month slice of life in a no-particular-reason-most-people-would-know-about-it bar in blue-collar Milwaukee, the Middle of Nowhere, Wisconsin. So who cares? It’s easy to see how one might feel like … Continue reading
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Hopefully this isn’t some indication of my intelligence level, but I’m sort of a sucker for a good picture book. I already told you about the book Rockin’: The Rockabilly Scene and Rockabilly: The Twang Heard ‘Round the World, both of … Continue reading
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I just received Phillip Kassner’s photo essay Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall: The Return of Rockabilly and the CDs Set the World on Fire and Make Your Move from The Reckless Ones and Party at Sam’s Place by the Hot Rod Hucksters … Continue reading
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OK; I’m not ashamed to admit it. In addition to my love for rockabilly music, I have a huge soft spot in my heart for polkas too! And it’s not just because I’m an old man or something. I’ve been … Continue reading
I just received the new book by Christopher Kennedy, 1950s Radio in Color: The Lost Photographs of Deejay Tommy Edwards published by Kent State University Press. I’ve been really looking forward to cracking this one open (I haven’t even broken the … Continue reading
