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Good friend of Rockabilly Romp, Cindy Meitle, keeps me honest and always seems to have her finger just a little more firmly on the pulse of the scene than I do. Lucky for us. Cindy writes to tell me about a … Continue reading
Just when you think you know your rockabilly history…I hadn’t heard of Levi and the Rockats before, but here’s a great video of them performing at the infamous CBGB in New York in 1979. The band was fresh in the states from … Continue reading
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It looks like I’ve got a couple more new CDs on their way to me for review. The Moonlight Howlers are another rockabilly act out of Arizona which seems to be turning into a hotbed for great rockabilly these days. … Continue reading
The quality on this video is pretty lousy, but it’s still fun to watch. The ending clips of this piece were obviously from MTV, so I assume that the whole thing was one of their shorts back when MTV was … Continue reading
I used to think that I knew an awful lot about rockabilly music. After all, I’d played in a rockabilly band for years back when it wasn’t all that cool to play rockabilly (at least here in the US). But … Continue reading
The place to be on Saturday, May 28 is Austin,Texas for Revival Festival 2011presented by Gretsch. They’ve got a smokin’ hot lineup including The Reverend Horton Heat, Hank Williams III, Stray Cat bassist Lee Rocker, The Chop Tops from Santa … Continue reading
Slim Jim Phantom: Check. That’s to be expected from the Stray Cats drummer extraordinaire. Danny B. Harvey: Sure. He earned his rockabilly cred playing guitar with the Rockats and their new wave/rockabilly hybrid back in the 80s. So far it … Continue reading
Stray Cat Brian Setzer’s new all instrumentals record is now released and available. “Setzer goes Instra-MENTAL” is the first all-instrumental release by the wizard of rockabilly and big-band guitar. There’s plenty of rockabilly influence evident along with the jazz and … Continue reading
Stray Cats bassist Lee Rocker has released a new EP, The Cover Sessions. It features Lee covering songs he loved as a kid, including “Come Together” and I haven’t heard it yet, but I’m looking forward to it!
Stray Cats’ drummer Slim Jim Phantom was born on this date in 1961. Happy 50th Slim Jim!
