by Sad Man’s Tongue
Based in the United Kingdom, Chris Furlong, was at the The 50th Hemsby Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekender. As one would expect this internationally acclaimed and award winning photographer for Getty Images took some great shots. Here is a sampling of his work.
by Sad Man’s Tongue Photos by Alvarado Photography, Arturo Nevarez, X Factor, Graham Russell, Rick Miller, and Tracey M Photography
This Texan born girl of Native American and Spanish born blood is red hot. Lisa Love has taken her childhood games of dress up and turned them into a passion.
Made fun of by relatives as a child for dressing up in vintage and retro style from the fifties, Lisa discovered the Rockabilly scene. I guess we know who’s laughing now.
You can get some prints and posters of her and even a coll little Lisa Love paper doll set, for your aspiring children, at her online shop here.
RAYGUN COWBOYS are back with their third full length album of nine original songs and one cover of “Daddy Ya” by CLARENCE “Gatemouth” BROWN. This psychobilly band from Edmonton, Alberta started in 2000 and gets people on the dance floor from the first to last song. Their horn section sets them apart from other bands from their genre, and makes them a band that has more diversity than others in that genre.
“Break These Chains” really jumps out with the punk rock vocals, the rockabilly feel mixed with the powerful sound of the horn section. “I’m Coming Home” has a great galloping drumbeat mixed with horn stabs, passionate vocals and some tight guitar playing with nice riffs. “One Of Them Tonight” starts off with a rocking rhythm and blues sound that kicks into more punk rock with a ’50s feel and really was a favorite of mine. “I’m Not One To Judge” is a straight forward rockabilly song that had a nice clean sound that would have been a hit back in the ’50s or when rockabilly got popular in the early ’80s, great song. “Rock’n’Roll Ruined My Life” is a great punk song with great piano playing that would have fit in perfectly back in ’76, another great song that reminded me of “The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle” off of the album of the same name. This band really is unique with all the different styles that they play, keeping you guessing as to where they are going to go from track to track. Everything is played with conviction and love and just jumps out from the speakers and grabs you. Other songs that stood out were, “Daddy Ya” a classic song, “Broken Down In Montreal” a great honky-tonk song, and “Wasted Night”.
I was expecting a more straight played psychobilly album, but the diversity on this album took it over the top for me. This is going to get played a lot, my wife loves rockabilly, I think I’m going to have to play this for her.
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by Incognito, Featured Writer, Incognito Music, Models, and More
When you go to the ReverbNation page for The Infamous Swanks, the first song you see listed is “Wake Up.” That is probably something you didn’t want to do on this Monday as you stare another week of drudgery in its ugly face. However, maybe if we all woke up to songs like this, Monday mornings might not seem so horrible. The song gets rolling with some great rapid-fire guitar and then the rhythm explodes. Frankly, there’s no other way to describe it the way the bassist and drummer both attack their instruments. The song is only 2:22, but these guys pack a lot into that short span.
The first couple songs I heard from this band are definitely in the Reverend Horton Heat rockabilly category. Then comes “Shirley’s Temple.” This is still in the rockabilly category, but also adds a fair amount of swing with the horns. I’d love to see this one performed live just to see all the cats and kittens swinging on the dance floor.
You get a relatively small sample (only five songs) of the band on the ReverbNation page, but the sample is big enough that you can get the idea of what they’re all about. This is a band that straddles the line between rockabilly and psychobilly. As a general rule, this band plays its songs loudly and at one tempo: fast. If you’re a fan of Reverend Horton Heat, I have no doubt that The Infamous Swanks will fit right in your collection.
Hello the Horde!
There are a few fun-filled zombie events coming up really soon!
The first is a Zombie Parade for the London Sci-Fi Festival, on Sunday the 28th April. Its free to join in, just show up at the Stratford Picturehouse at 2pm in your zombie finery (or un-finery is perhaps more fitting!). You’ll take part in a circular parade route and end up back at the cinema for an after party at the next door Stratford Circus. See the Facebook event for more info.
‘Dead Meat Walking’ is showing on Sat 4th May as part of the Sci-Fi London Festival – a fun and riveting documentary that offers a unique focus on the extraordinary and ghoulish pastime of zombie walks. It features interviews with industry figures including Norman Reedus from The Walking Dead and makeup artist and director Tom Savini. Tickets are only £8.50!
The second event is super exciting – the first ever Zombie Rockin – Festival of the Dead!
Held at the Woolwich Grand Theatre, the event will be split into two halves:
Zombie Rockin’ Today –a kid-friendly daytime schedule packed full of zombie goodness including zombie apocalypse survival training, a haunted house, face painting, a graveyard photo booth and a tea eulogy room with ‘severed finger foods’ and brain cupcakes, as well as eclectic market stalls.
Zombie Rockin’ Tonight – for ages 18+ of the undead community, the evening will feature a screening of the classic Night of the Living Dead with a comedy soundtrack by RiffTrax and comedy, magic and burlesque acts with master of ceremonies Andrew O’Neil. Psychobilly band The Marksmen and DJ Kitty Minx will have the zombie horde shuffling until the wee small hours.
The theme is zombie rockabilly, expect to see some 1950’s pinups back from the grave and maybe a living dead Elvis or two!
Tickets can be purchased for the afternoon section, the evening section or both and are available here. See the Facebook event page for more details.
The festival is sponsored by ‘Film London through National Lottery Funding on behalf of the BFI’. The Woolwich Grand Theatre is a non-profit organisation and proceeds from this event will go back into providing new and exciting future programming, so a worthwhile cause!
Source: World Zombie Day London
by Incognito, featured Writer, Incognito Music, Models, and More
There is no shortage of rockabilly trios. That being the case, there is no shortage of rockabilly guitarists that really know how to play. What is perhaps more unusual in the rockabilly world is when the guitarist is a woman. Before you get your angry letters loaded to send to me, I’m not saying that women can’t play guitar well. I know for a fact that countless women play guitar better than me. Still, rockabilly is very much a boys club, so hearing a female guitarist is unusual. And let me tell you something, loyal reader. Miss Summer of Rocketship Rocketship can play the guitar. If you need a good example of this, check out the surfabilly goodness of “Squad Car!“
And playing guitar isn’t the only thing Miss Summer can do. She also sings with a growl that makes you think she’d not only drink your whiskey straight from the bottle, but also take your last smoke when you’re buzzed and feel like you could really use one. Just listen to “Rude Prude” and see if you disagree.
This band makes some good tunes. Unfortunately, it only has four songs to listen to on ReverbNation, but I know that I want to hear more after getting that small sample.
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What is more beautiful? The sexy Cherrie Mae of Essex, United Kingdom? Or perhaps the incredible photography of Retro PhotoStudio’s Terry Mendoza also of Essex, United Kingdom?
Actually I would say that the beautiful thing is that both the talented and the beautiful are both from Essex and somehow they teamed up to create some great pin up shots.
I wonder what the rest of the girls of Essex look like. If they are like Pin Up Girl Cherrie Mae, it must be a pretty incredible place. This internationally published pin up and cover girl has got it all.
We did not know how to feature her here for the first time. Should we do a Rockabilly Girl Gallery, or perhaps an inked girl gallery? Then we saw some legs and of course thought about a legs gallery. After stumbling around it seemed that the photos Terry Mendoza took would make the perfect Pin Up Gallery. And why not? Retro PhotoStudio has a special touch when it comes to that retro feel and look. Be sure to check them out.
So how about a little Cherry Pie to along with these great photos of Cherrie Mae.
by Sad Man’s Tongue
What a perfect combination. The Rockabilly Style of Dominique Pruitt with the Rockin, Swingin’, Folky, Bluesy, Rockabilly Sounds of the same Dominique Pruitt.
We came across her looking for a song to go along with one of our featured posts. Loved the sound she was putting out. So when we dug a little deeper we found this enchanting girl with a great look and style to match her voice.
Please check out Dominique’s music and hopefully we can catch some more of this sexy singer from Los Angeles in future photo sets.
