I’ve often thought of some rock’n’roll that’s appeared since the early 1980s as ‘thrashabilly’ (especially the psychobilly version). It seems like a punk approach to rock’n’roll with melody subjected to an incessant rhythm beat. Arguably it is an approach that suits less talented musicians but there’s no denying either that some talented musicians may prefer […]
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The Blue Cats (Blue Cat Trio)
The original Blue Cats (since known as the Blue Cat Trio for reasons explained below) was probably the fiftiest group of the revival era of the 1970s and 1980s, something like Gene Vincent and the Bluecaps resurrected. Here are two of their performances ‘bi-i-bickey-bop’ followed by ‘rockabilly boogie’ from the rock’n’roll tv shows ‘Oh Boy […]
2019 ‘Dandilicious’
A new movie is being filmed in Wirral by local actor and film producer, Andrew Games, and it’s set to be an absolute classic! Due to be released later this year, ‘Dandilicious’ is a film about a day in the life of a 1950s ‘Teddy Boy’ called Marty and takes the audience on a high adrenaline roller […]
1970s, 1980s Later Vince Taylor performances
‘Abracadabra Rock n Roll’ (1976), a short (15-min) documentary on Vince Taylor made by French film-maker Olivier Lorquin can be seen here. It includes clips of Eddie Barclay, the French impresario of rock’n’roll of the early 1960s, head of the influential Barclay label, as well as Moustique, a one-time rock’n’roll singer from the same era. […]
2018 Johnny and the Timebombs
‘once a ted’ by Johnny and the Timebombs somewhere in England 2018
early 60s Vince Taylor performances
1961 ‘twenty flight rock’ from a Pathé newsclip ‘twenty flight rock’ from a Scopitone 1961 ‘shakin’ all over’ from a Scopitone 1961 ‘baby, let’s play house’ from a Scopitone 1961 ‘trouble’ from a scopitone 1961 ‘trouble’ (longer low quality version of the same clip) ‘too much’ 1961 ‘twenty flight rock’ with a weird open-air shower scene from an […]
