Showing posts with label Rockabilly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rockabilly. Show all posts
Friday, April 16, 2021

Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive?

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Los Lobos were an unlikely and underrated success story in the 1980s.  The group's roots date back to 1973, and they were originally nam...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Chris Isaak - Don't Make Me Dream About You

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Although Chris Isaak has only landed one top 40 single ("Wicked Game"), he has built a solid career on an updated Roy Orbison-infl...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff

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While the Fabulous Thunderbirds 1986 album Tuff Enough was a commercial success, many fans and critics were disappointed by the record.  It...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away

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Dave Edmunds was a key part of the late 1970s and early 1980s British rockabilly scene, and his work (with Nick Lowe) in Rockpile particular...
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

X - Hungry Wolf

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Although they were not the first LA punk band, X quickly became the standard-bearer for the California punk scene.  The band's literate,...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Billy Burnette - In Just a Heartbeat

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The son and nephew of rock and roll performers (Dorsey and Johnny Burnette of the Rock and Roll Trio), Billy has spent his entire life as a ...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Rocky Burnette - Tired of Toein' the Line

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Rocky Burnette (given name: Jonathan), was the son of early rocker Johnny Burnette.  Johnny wrote "You're Sixteen," later made...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Dwight Twilley - Girls

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Mixing rockabilly, country and British Invasion pop, Tulsa-born Dwight Twilley does not fit neatly into one music segment.  Combine this wit...