Rockabilly Performer, Politician Bobby Lee Trammell Dies
Rockabilly performer Bobby Lee Trammell, whose varied career led him from recording the "Arkansas Twist" to getting elected to the state House of Representatives, has died. He was 74.
Trammell died Thursday night at his home in Jonesboro, according to Roller Funeral Homes.
Trammell was known for wild gyrations and a rambunctiousness that would incite audiences and get him in trouble with promoters and authorities. He never gained the popularity of other stars from the broader region, such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Trammell sought fame in California early in his career, after growing impatient with Sam ... continue reading
Added : 23/2/2008
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Eddie Cochran Tribute Night, march 23, London
Hi cats,
We have a new gig in croydon on march 1st, it's completely free and its at the cricketers on shirley road, watch out for the flyers im giving out at rockin gigs, more dates to follow, so its your very own record hop just like we all used to have many moons ago, flattop brothers spinning discs for you, remember its FREE ENTRY...ABOUT 8 pm start till late....... next up is the annual rockin boat trip on the thames with those crazy rocka, rocka, rocka, billies,,, SLIM SLIP AND THE SLIDERS and the flattop elder, me, dave, giving you all the maddest and koooolest rockin tracks you can ever hear,{ i built myself up pretty good then ,eh, ... continue reading
Added : 22/2/2008
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Boogietown agency Available bands for 2008
These bands are available in 2008-2009. Please email me for more information
Sivan Perwer (World-Kurdish) World's most famous kurdish artist.
www.sivan-perwer.com
www.myspace.com/sivanperwer
The Pine Box Boys (USA) (Bluegrass Murder Ballads) August 2008
http://www.pineboxboys.com
http://www.myspace.com/pineboxboys
Zydepunks (USA) July 2008
http://www.myspace.com/zydepunks
The Moonshine Playboys (B) (Cajun-Bluegrass ! wonderful website!)
http://www.moonshineplayboys.com
http://www.myspace.com/themoonshineplayboys
The Ugly Buggy Boys (B) (Rockabilly-country-hillbilly)
http://www.tubb.be
http://www.myspace.com/theuglybuggyboys
Willy ... continue reading
mail to : boogietown@swing.be
Added : 22/2/2008
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Legendary Rock'N'Roll Tour, 1960
Author embraces legendary tour which defined rock and roll
Feb 21 2008 by Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post
Liverpool Rock 'n' Roll archivist Spencer Leigh
IT WAS the tour which defined rock and roll in its moody glory of hair styled with enough grease to lubricate a battleship, liquorice-tube trousers, padded shoulders, sneers, leers, a few good tunes and panting girls.
In 1960, the Americans Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran hooked up with some milder British rockers from the stable of impresario Larry Parnes. Included were Joe Brown and Liverpool's Billy Fury with the coat-hanger shoulders, husky voice and gold ... continue reading
more info on : http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/booksales.htm
Added : 22/2/2008
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Crazy Joe In The New Issue Of Guitar Player Magazine!
Joe Tritschler known as Crazy Joe will be featured in the latest (March) issue of 'Guitar Player' magazine. It will be a three page article where Joe shares with readers his recording techniques, amplifier construction, string gauges and much more.
Information from:
Ed Sinnicky, Press Manager
more info on : http://www.madriveroutlaws.comhttp://www.myspace.com/madriveroutlawshttp://www.guitarplayer.com
Added : 22/2/2008
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Billybop Festival Line Up Complete !
That's right, folks, with the addition of the mighty Midnight Ramblers we can announce the complete line up of our own Billybop Festival # 2 in Bonheiden near Mechelen on sunday June 15. The Midnight Ramblers have been around since 1992, released 3 cds, are made up of veterans of different Dutch and Belgian bands like Pipeline '61, The Stacy Cats and Juke Box Jive, ànd they don't play a lot in our neck of the woods, so we think they're the ideal band to complete our line up, which now features
- The Midnight Ramblers (b-nl)
- Dick Dandruff & The Snowy Mountains (nl)
- The Hometown Gamblers (b)
- The Barnstompers (nl)
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Added : 21/2/2008
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Message from Slim Jim Phantom
Hi Everybody,
I'm Happy and very proud to say that i've been playing rock & roll music with Stray Cats for Thirty years. I'm happy to play any day, any time, any place; from the bars and clubs of N.Y.C. and Long Island to the majestic theaters of Europe. These are my guys an i'll love them to death do us part. We are far the best in the world at what we do. No one else is ven in the same galaxy.
Come check out any show on this Euro 08 tour and you will leave the show fully rocked and fully aware that you've just seen the greatest show on earth. I PROMISE!
Sincerly, Slim Jim Phantom
Added : 21/2/2008
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Remembering a rockabilly icon
When a cowboy dies (and I’m talking about real-deal cowboys, here) it’s customary to paint a romanticized picture of the deceased cowpoke riding slowly off into the sunset astride a cherished pony.
Not Charlie Ryan.
In my mind he’s sitting behind the wheel of a souped-up, candy apple red Lincoln-powered Model A. There’s a white Stetson covering his head and a grin on his face. He’s got the pedal to the metal, too, burnin’ rubber all the way to those Pearly Gates.
That’s the way Charlie would have us remember him, too.
The soft-spoken Spokane man who gave the world one of the best car songs ever written – “Hot ... continue reading
Added : 21/2/2008
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Rockin Around Turnhout 2008
Hello folks, here we are again ! Less than 5 weeks before our Rockin' Around Turnhout festival, we can give you the latest news updates !
* Sad news ! Wayne 'The Train' Hancock cancelled his European tour. Due to a schedule conflict with the KBC Management, the Dutch tourmanager & Wayne personally. The Buckshots (B) will replace Wayne Hanconck in the Theater Café 1900 ! www.thebuckshots.be
- Saturday March 22nd : Clark & The Aces (B) - The Mean Devils (F/P) - Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics feat. Crazy Joe (USA)
- Sunday March 23rd : Hometown Gamblers (B), Boppin' Steve feat. The Domestic Bumblebees & Harmonica Sam ... continue reading
Added : 21/2/2008
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BOBBY LORD .GRAND OLE OPRY STAR PASSES ON
Grand Ole Opry Star, Bobby Lord passed away, February 16, 2008 approximately 10AM. Bobby had been in ailing health for some time. I will have funeral arrangements and other details later today.
Bobby Lord is a native of Sanford, Florida, which was known then as the "celery center of the world". He was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist and television star. He had his own long-running syndicated television show in the 1960s, produced by WSM in Nashville.
His musical career began as teenager in Tampa, FL. There, he had his own television show in Tampa while still in high school—The Bobby Lord Homefolks Show. He got this show ... continue reading
Added : 19/2/2008
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