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Re: Rockabilly and Surf Music

Jeff (bigtikidude) - 20 Feb 2005 17:48:01

Whooops sorry my last post got gobbled up somehow.
There are all kinds of surf crossover styles.
Hawiian/exotica/lounge/spanish-spaghetti western/middleeastern/
Psychedellic/Rockabilly/Metal/New Wave/Punk
it's all good in my book,
but some are a bit more hard core and don't dig that kind of stuff.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , "Jeff" <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In , "Eric Hutchinson"
> <surfinseattle@h...> wrote:
> >
> > For the past two nights I went and saw two Rockabilly shows
(Dusty
> > 45's/S.c.o.t.s. & Seattle Psychobilly Brawl). Both nights the
> bands
> > played a surf song or two, whether their own creation or covers.
> I'm
> > surprised at how much of a connection there is between them and I
> was
> > curious why that is. I see that several people on this list also
> > have mentioned interests in it. correct me if i'm wrong but I
don't
> > recall a lot of rockabilly "roots" bands, like chuck berry doing
a
> > whole lot of reverb drenched tremolo picking. So why not the
surf,
> > new wave connection or the surf/metallica collaboration? Thoughts?

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