sjordan2 Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 I love "First Comes the Night," the new album by Chris Isaak, the reigning king of 21st century rockabilly and a genre splitter. Elvis lives, plus other guys like Marty Robbins and maybe Orbison without the highest octaves. Very 50s, plus western and rock. Hard to describe if you're not familiar with his music.
Harry P. Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 I like Chris Isaak. Not a huge fan, but I think he's good. I guess it all depends on how wide a net you cast with the term "rockabilly." Fer instance... would Rockpile/Dave Edmunds fit into your definition? Stray Cats? I like both.
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) The music I can enjoy if I'm in the right frame of mind...but I REALLY like the girls who get into the look... Edited November 16, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
Harry P. Posted November 16, 2015 Posted November 16, 2015 Would Buddy Holly be considered rockabilly? I would think so. And I like him, too! Especially Rave On and That'll Be the Day. For some reason, when I think "rockabilly" I see a standup bass in the mix.
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Pretty sure Buddy Holly fits in there.
Harry P. Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 My favorite Chris Issak song (yeah, I know it was written by Neil Diamond)... but I really like the "special guest" on this one..,
Harry Joy Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Why, yes - I do like rockabilly. Quite a lot. It's part of the total package where I'm from. And I like Chris Isaak and Buddy Holly a lot too, but neither are remotely rockabilly.
Harry P. Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Why, yes - I do like rockabilly. Quite a lot. It's part of the total package where I'm from. And I like Chris Isaak and Buddy Holly a lot too, but neither are remotely rockabilly. Why not? And who is?
Snake45 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I like Chris Isaak. Not a huge fan, but I think he's good. I guess it all depends on how wide a net you cast with the term "rockabilly." Fer instance... would Rockpile/Dave Edmunds fit into your definition? Stray Cats? I like both. I'm not a fan of rockabilly. But like you, I'm a big Dave Edmunds fan. I like it the way HE does it. Stray Cats, not so much. I change the station if they happen to come on the radio.
Petetrucker07 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I think some of Volbeats stuff is Rockabilly. I like Social Distortion also. Some of their is definitely Rockabilly.
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I kinda have a feeling defining "rockabilly" is going to be about like getting full and complete agreement from all parties concerning the one-and-only-true-and-complete-definition of "rat-rods" or "muscle-cars".
Harry Joy Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Why not? And who is?They aren't. I really like them, in fact I love Buddy Holly, but they aren't rockabilly. Asking me to explain it is like trying to explain why Jethro Tull isn't heavy metal.Who is? Carl Perkins, Charlie Feathers, early Conway Twitty, Stray Cats, Eddie Cochrane, Ronnie Hawkins (BEST EVER!), Gene Vincent, Billy Riley, Johnny Burnette, Wanda Jackson, and so on. Many modern artists and many classic artists have dabbled in rockabilly. Heck, so did my number one all time favorite group. the Beatles. But that doesn't make them a rockabilly band. Edited November 17, 2015 by Harry Joy
Harry Joy Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 The Chris Isaak - Roy Orbison comparison is apt. But Orbison is more rock than billy. Same with Buddy Holly.
RAT-T Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I DON'T MIND ROCKABILLY, BUT I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT IT WAS.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5uEcMpJCgk&NR=1
High octane Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 The music I can enjoy if I'm in the right frame of mind...but I REALLY like the girls who get into the look... The girls that get into th
High octane Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 The girls that get into "the look" are great as long as they're not covered with tattoos.
JTalmage Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I do enjoy rockabilly. Having only recently discovered it within the past couple years, I thoroughly enjoy it more than rock and metal that I normally like. I'm taking notes on the artists you all have listed so I can look them up because I seem to just hover around one or two artists until I burn myself out on them. I've been told I have a pretty good rockabilly singing voice by a couple people too. I just have trouble remembering lyrics and getting my timing down (which I'm sure comes better with practice), and a constant nagging sinus issue that makes me have more bad days than good... but when it's good, I enjoy singing along to sings while driving. I also got a standup bass to play round with too... so its slowly consuming me hahaha!! I'd like to eventually maybe record some covers of some classic songs... if I can just get my friend to want to play anything but heavy metal. LOLoh, and yes, girls who have the look I think are beautiful... imitating a time when people cared what they looked like. And yes, I agree as well... tattoos don't do anything for me. a couple is ok but covered... no thanks.
wku88 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Junior Brown and Reverend Horton Heat are pretty good too.
sjordan2 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 My understanding of rockabilly goes back to Bill Haley, early Elvis, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, combining western, country, R&B and rock n' roll. This well-researched article pretty much describes it as I've always seen it:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly
Matt Bacon Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 See, this is what passed for Rockabilly over here. It was big for some reason in the early 80s... ...don't ask me why these guys suddenly appeared in the charts and we had Stray Cat Strut as No.1 for a few weeks! bestest, M.
sjordan2 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 See, this is what passed for Rockabilly over here. It was big for some reason in the early 80s... ...don't ask me why these guys suddenly appeared in the charts and we had Stray Cat Strut as No.1 for a few weeks! bestest, M. The Stray Cats definitely fit the genre. Among the best.
sjordan2 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 Here's the Isaak album. Track #4,Down in Flames, is to me the epitome of rockabilly.
Lunajammer Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 My two hands-down favorites, in this order....
snacktruck67 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I like all music as long it does not include rap or hip hop. My favorite entertainers are Bare Naked Ladies, Lady Antebellum and Roy Orbison.
sjordan2 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) I like all music as long it does not include rap or hip hop. My favorite entertainers are Bare Naked Ladies, Lady Antebellum and Roy Orbison.I would recommend the combo DVD/CD set of "Black and White Night," a Roy Orbison club concert of his greatest hits, with backup by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, JD Souther, kd lang, Jennifer Warnes and Bonnie Raitt, among others, who don't try to upstage him. Beautifully engineered and shot in black and white. Edited November 18, 2015 by sjordan2
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