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Both rockabilly and surf origins from loosely the same time period.
Also the two scenes have common interests in for example hotrods and
tiki stuff. In Stockholm rockabillys and surf fans often hang out at
the same places. Metalheads do not.
Klas / The Surfites
--- 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?
