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Rockabilly Bands

The Leaders and the Followers

 

Rockabilly bands of the 1950’s created a genre of music that formed the basis for much of what rock and roll has become today.  With notable rhythms taken from blues, slapping string bass and twanging lead guitar borrowed from country, and an acoustic guitar and upright bass keeping the beat, rockabilly bands were elemental.  The sound, though, was distinct.

Singers were yelping, gulping, stuttering individuals who brought rockabilly bands their fame and fortune.  They sang about cars, about girls, about aliens, or about anything else that came to mind.  There were no rules, and it was no holds barred for rockabilly bands in the 1950’s.  They were experimental, and people like Elvis Presley (credited with the first rockabilly recordings ever) and Buddy Holly became legends for their creations.
  

One of the great Rockabilly Bands  Rockabilly Bands rule the stage

 

Sam Phillips of Sun Records recorded the “foolishness” of Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black on July 5, 1954, when they were “taking a break” from their recording sessions.  This began a short era where rockabilly bands were idolized, and no music was more sought after.  The era ended fairly abruptly with the untimely death of Buddy Holly.

Rockabilly bands re-emerged in the 1980’s, with The Stray Cats.  In their revival of the rockabilly musical style, they brought back not only the sound but also the look of a rockabilly band, wearing the slacks and pastel shirts with collars over the collar of a baggy coat that had been the rockabilly style of the 1950’s.  They also fashioned their hair to resemble their rockabilly predecessors. 

Rockabilly bands aren’t as common as they used to be, but flip through the radio dial and you are sure to hear something from The Cramps, The Meteors, or High Noon, all considered to be modern rockabilly bands.  Or, put in a CD with some classics, like Elvis, Buddy Holly, and Johnny Cash, and let the good times roll!

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