Any Rockabilly Rebels in the house?

[Fnaar]

I love a bit of rockabilly, me. Currently listening to Imelda May... anyone else like a bit of 'billy?

 

[PaulB]

Mark Lamarr. He goes on record-buying trips to Amrika with a mate of mine and that's the 1950s throwback's scene. Daddyo.

 

[TVC]

Oh Yes!

Gonna see Imelda here: http://splendourfestival.com/line-up.html

 

[Fnaar]

That looks like a great gig, Mr Curtain! Imelda is great looking too... might see her in the Toon on 7th June if me and the missus can blag an evening out together...

 

[Fnaar]

Mark Lamarr. He goes on record-buying trips to Amrika with a mate of mine and that's the 1950s throwback's scene. Daddyo.

Mark Lamarr is a hero

 

[Dayvo]

A mate got tickets to see a rock n' blues band in Stockholm many years ago.
When we got there, I discovered to my horror that it was a rockabilly gig!

It was the best concert I've been to.

So if you could recommend some rockabilly bands I'll be grateful.

 

[Fnaar]

A mate got tickets to see a rock n' blues band in Stockholm many years ago.
When we got there, I discovered to my horror that it was a rockabilly gig!

It was the best concert I've been to.

So if you could recommend some rockabilly bands I'll be grateful.

tbh, I'm not up on current 'billy bands; I used to mix with a rockabilly crowd when i was much much younger (there were a couple of pubs that catered for it where I lived then... this was the early 80s, I guess)... have you got 'spotify' on your 'puter? If you have, just search for rockabilly, and there's a great selection. I'm 'specially keen on Mac Curtis, Link Wray, Robert Gordon, and all sorts of American bands... like a bit of doo wop too...

 

[Dayvo]

The only band I remember was the Stray Cats! Listening to it now on youtube!

And so can you:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rowbf-0tCcA

 

[Fnaar]

The only band I remember was the Stray Cats! Listening to it now on youtube!

And so can you:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rowbf-0tCcA

Ah, I love the Stray Cats... me and my then girlfriend (1980-1982) had matching Cats T-shirts (with massive fluorescent Cats cartoon on the front), and each others names embroidered on the arms...

 

[Renard]

Used to like the Meteors and King Kurt when I was younger.

 

[just jim]

I liked The Cramps. They scared me, but I liked them.

 

[PaulB]

I liked The Cramps. They scared me, but I liked them.

Weirdo. Take Vitamin B and drink more watter and you should stay clear of them.

 

[Fnaar]

Used to like the Meteors and King Kurt when I was younger.

I once saw the Meteors in a tiny club in Spain...just happened to be passing by, and noticed they were on... dragged my chums in... the Spaniards I was with took a little convincing, but by the end, they were moshing in the pit with the best of 'em...
Not my fave 'billy band, but I'd not heard any in a while, and was missing anything British...

 

[oxbob]

King Kurt? was their hit destination zululand?

 

[Tim Bennet.]

It's for threads like this that god invented Spotify.

Cut and paste a name and bish bosh - you can listen to someone new. How good is that?