Post #68116 by mattfink on Wed, Jan 7, 2004 2:08 PM

Hey!!! Been a while since I've been on the list, but I'll give it a shot here.

Rockabilly:

music - combines hillbilly with early black rock n' roll and blues. Good examples would be Elvis on Sun, the Johnny Burnette Trio, Charlie Feathers, etc.

lifestyle - varies from town to town, state to state, country to country. The predominate style in the United States would be neo-rockabilly (listens to harder edge music, wears boots-jeans-t-shirts), but the traditionalist style (wears vintage clothing, listens to 50's rockabilly and music that emulates that period) seems to becoming more and more popular on the west coast and other spotted areas.

I would have to say that the majority of people into rockabilly music are record collectors who are probably unaware that the lifestyle people/scene even exists in this country....check out your local record show!

Personally, I'm into the more traditional music and vintage clothing. There is some antagonism between the traditional group and the neo-group..resulting in nothing more than bruised egos. It's a really fun style of music and the show's can be a lot of fun.

Forgive me for forgetting the Psychobilly scene, but I don't really know enough about it to make mention.