Play a guitar? With a towel?! Danny Gatton could do that and so much more, and his talent remains underrated today.
In the world of music, few artists beyond their mid-thirties have a chance on the pop charts. It’s particularly remarkable, then, that pioneering rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson ended up entering one ...
TUPELO – With his reconstructed 1940s Vega guitar in his hands, Dale Rushing's eyes gleam as he talks about rockabilly music and the many Mississippi artists who play or were influenced by it. A ...
The Asian Rockabilly Festival is back for its second year, bringing together bands and DJs representing Korea, Japan, the U.S. and the Netherlands. Japanese bands the Biscats and the Stompin' ...
Perkins, who died in 1998, wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," the hit song sung by Elvis Presley, which became the first Sun label record to sell over a million copies. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1996. This is ...
Graham Fenton, who fronted such British rockabilly bands as the Houseshakers and Matchbox, has died. He was 76. Fenton died on Aug. 10, according to Vintage Rock. A cause of death was not provided.
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The first thing to know about the AZ Rockabilly Bash? It’s more than just music. Yes, high-octane, reverb-drenched tunes with twangy flair are a big part of the annual two-day event at Lake Pleasant ...
Rockabilly electric guitar legend Brian Setzer has announced he has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and is currently unable to play guitar. The Stray Cats guitarist first noticed the effects ...
There are times when the Southwestern twang at the heart of the Joeys’ new release, “Sonoran Dreams,” invites you to imagine an aspiring rockabilly trio of the 1950s. Other highlights sound like they ...
In the 1956 song “Dixie Fried,” Carl Perkins sings about a razor-toting rebel rouser named Dan who storms a honky-tonk on the edge of town. Flashing a quart of moonshine and slashing through the crowd ...
Bill Beach played music for more than 75 years, performing as a teen alongside Hank Williams Sr., Minnie Pearl and others. In the later seasons of his life, Beach was well-known in Southwest Florida ...