Tag Archives: rockabilly

Lee Rocker Talks About The Stray Cats and Rockabilly’s History

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Ed Simon

Lee Rocker has had great success in music. Starting young, from his career with his breakthrough band the Stray Cats, who sold 10 million albums and earned 23 gold and platinum records, Lee has gone on to make great music … Continue reading →

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Lee Rocker Dishes About the Stray Cats, Rockabilly and the Upcoming New Blues Festival in Long Beach

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Ed Simon

Lee Rocker has had great success in music. Starting young, from his career with his breakthrough band the Stray Cats, who sold 10 million albums and earned 23 gold and platinum records, Lee has gone on to make great music … Continue reading →

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Chris Morris Book Reading and Signing at La Luz De Jesus of Los Lobos: Dream In Blue

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Billy Bennight

Long time music journalist, occasional radio host, American music aficionado and promoter Chris Morris has authored a new book, Los Lobos: Dream In Blue, released last month through University of Texas Press. Chris Morris is well known as the radio host of … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Jessica Lee Wilkes’s “Lone Wolf” EP

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Simone Snaith

Jessica Lee Wilkes is a singer/songwriter and bassist from Paducah, KY who plays “raw, rhythm & blues-tinged rock & roll from a bygone era yet to come”, according to her website. Well-known as the upright bassist and co-vocalist for JD Wilkes … Continue reading →

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Sonny Burgess and The Pacers to perform on June 12th at The Ink and Iron Festival in Long Beach!

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Shirley Pena

Of the many legendary artists that Sun Records spawned in the 1950s, arguably its wildest was Rockabilly legend Sonny Burgess. With his band The Pacers, their performances went off the Richter scale in sheer energy and wild abandon, making even … Continue reading →

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Hootenanny 2012 – Orange County

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Brian Michaels

   Hot cars, hot women, tattoos, and some hard rocking music. Hootenanny is an annual culture and music festival on the outskirts of Orange County. It is the definitive Orange County music happening. Here’s our photos from our day at … Continue reading →

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