Rockabilly: You Dig It ?

[danielplainview]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FsTH4qJ7R8&list=PL14FojJvMZXggdpGUQvdqPtDBt70YFBkM&index=8

 

[fnord]

I've always enjoyed The Stray Cats - but I never thought they were trying to kill R&R.
However, in 1985, I thought Brian Setzer was trying to kill the Royals when he jumped out of a limo and got the VIP treatment entering Game Two of the World Series as I was entering the stadium.
Still like his music, though.
Fnord

 

[ssjones]

Wanda Jackson, nuff said. Ok, I'll add that I love this album with Jack White.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzDfYidKU5c

 

[huntertrw]

Although not known as a rockabilly artist, Mac Davis did a credible job channeling Carl Perkins in this song:
Hooked on Music

 

[huntertrw]

And here's Mr. Perkins...
Blue Suede Shoes

 

[gambit88]

Rockabilly and psychobilly have been my go to music in the last year or so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWbXCz9UZYo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-82RwFZA0Ck&index=1&list=PL67ACD6111DD52245
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7l7nDuj1o&list=RD3R7l7nDuj1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NvgWZfDRFE

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I like some of it, as with any genre, I have my favorites and some not so fav. I've always been a big Elvis fan, so it has to have a touch of the King in it for me to get my boot to tapping.

 

[tarak]

No sir, I don't.

 

[huntertrw]

Even Neil Young got into the rockabilly act with his album titled "Everybody's Rockin'" as evidenced here:
Bright Lights, Big City
Incidentally, Mr. Young was subsequently sued by Geffen Records for releasing a body of work that did not sound like a Neil Young album!

 

[huntertrw]

How about a classic from Mr. Johnny Burnette?
Rockabilly Boogie

 

[uncleblackie]

While the some of the music and musicians certainly have merit, the rockabilly scene has always come across to me as formulaic with very rigid fashion/style rules.

 

[gambit88]

@ Uncleblackie I don't believe that. I think its an attitude thing. I've been into punk as long as I can remember yet have no tattoos and never had a mohawk or funny colored hair. Still I fit in the scene. I hang out with rockabilly guys and fit in without the pomp or leather jackets.
Ymmv

 

[okiescout]

I find that for me personally I like some of about everything. Music has always been a mood amplifier for me and is much like the craving of food, drink, and smoke, in that mood frequently determines the genre I select for the moment. Having access to only one type would tend to be limiting to my multiple personalities :mrgreen:

 

[uncleblackie]

In response to gambit:
I'm not saying you have to dress a certain way to enjoy the music or be friends with rockabilly guys, and I don't want to create meaning to your words that you did not intend, but it seems you are acknowledging an awareness that there are hairstyles and fashion that indicate whether one is "rockabilly" or not.

 

[aldecaker]

@uncleblakcie- Well, you have to be at least a little bit formulaic in order to be identified with any genre. If you didn't fit at least part of the formula, you'd be part of a different genre. Now, how much you want to adhere to the stereotypical clothing, hairstyle, sound, etc. is a different thing entirely.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

In college, I used to have a sign on my dashboard that says, "If you define yourself by a genre of music, keep your hands off my stereo."

 

[uncleblackie]

To aldekacer: Agreed.
To Cosmic: Awesome!
Sorry Dave, wasn't trying to derail your thread.
I realize rockabilly, the music, long predates the modern fashion/image heavy sub-culture.

 

[kcghost]

Yeah, I liked it quite a bit.

 

[darthcider]

Love any music that sounds like they mean it.

Rockabilly/Psychobilly are often on in our house.

Give Jim Jones Revue a listen, they have 3 albums available.

Also J D McPherson is good, he had a 2nd album out recently.

 

[johnnyreb]

Rebel Son.