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• n  a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat

• Denim took a rockabilly turn with selvage.
• Kitty, 13, Lewis, 15 and Daisy, 18, charmed the audience with their 1950s-style rockabilly that echoed Johnny Cash during his days with Sun Records even though they come from just .
• He came up with rockabilly phenoms like Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, but few of his songs were hard-driving rave-ups.

News & Articles

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• Concert preview: Bill Kirchen, “Titan of the Telecaster,” is a legend to be reckoned with
  Dubbed “The Titan of the Telecaster,” Bill Kirchen fronted Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen and founded a genre called dieselbilly — rocket-fueled rockabilly with an ounce of outlaw country.
  June 19, 2013 - Columbus Alive
• Rockabilly music gets kids on their feet in Vienna
  The sounds of primal rockabilly music filled the town of Vienna’s Town Green as part of the Summer on the Green concert series on June 14. Concertgoers unfolded lawn chairs, spread blankets and unpacked picnics as The Four Star Combo band provided the soundtrack to a beautiful evening.
  June 18, 2013 - The Fairfax County Times
• CD Review: Eddie Spaghetti serves up new album
  Eddie Spaghetti “The Value of Nothing” (Bloodshot Records) Seattle’s Supersuckers have always evinced a rockabilly influence in their music, and you’ll find the same kind of swing on Eddie Spaghetti’s (the Supersuckers’ bassist and one of the band’s vocalist
  June 18, 2013 - Seattle Times

Quotes

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• Lee Rocker in Gridley Herald
  I immediately took to old time rockabilly, and began playing the old upright bass,Rocker said. "It was fascinating music, turning down the volume and turning back the clock. It was like punk rock, with the energy and passion, but had the...
• Robert Plant in Los Angeles Times (blog)
  Buddy's integral to this album,Plant said in a statement issued Friday. "You can hear his taste all over the instrumentation. Buddy's zone is beautiful, with a lot of reflections going back into mid-'50s rockabilly : and all the great...
• Brian Setzer in San Francisco Chronicle
  I just play it my style, you know. It's funny, because people ask, `When you do the big bands, is it different from rockabilly?' Well now here's classical. The answer is, I just play my guitar,Setzer says.