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The Weekender Era

The Hot Rockin’ 50s Rock and Roll Club (St Budeaux Community Centre, Plymouth)

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2011 Eddy & Rick, the rock’n’rollers (Reeves & Mortimer)

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, off-the-wall British comedy legends, in a comedy cheap webcast series ‘Vic and Bob’s Afternoon Delights’ from 2011 have a piss-take go at 50s rock’n’roll fans through their portrayal of Eddy (or is it Eddie?) and Rick who try to keep the spirit of rock’n’roll alive in their home town of […]

2023 The Strangers, Tokyo rock’n’rollers

Rockin’ since about 1990 when there was a rock’n’roll revival. This ‘gang’ meets to dance at Yoyogi Park, Tokyo.

1999 Skegness Rock’n’roll weekender

Clip on local tv news program ‘Calendar’.

1990s Los Angeles greasers (Hispanics and Anglos)

Long Beach *the Madman, a greaser from the early 2000s reminisces about the greaser scene in the Los Angeles area with the help of a short clip of the Wanderes, a Hispanic greaser gang from Orange county.

2019 A Greaser isn’t quite the same as a Rockabilly

Here’s a long introspection by *the Madman from Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, about the difference between being a greaser and rockabilly. The Madman graduated from high school in 2007 which means that he was born around 1979. @dawnofthethread2760 3 years ago Early to mid-90s there were “Rebels” in LA. No pomp’s just slicked […]

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Posts in The Weekender Era

  • The Hot Rockin’ 50s Rock and Roll Club (St Budeaux Community Centre, Plymouth)
  • 2011 Eddy & Rick, the rock’n’rollers (Reeves & Mortimer)
  • 2023 The Strangers, Tokyo rock’n’rollers
  • 1999 Skegness Rock’n’roll weekender
  • 1990s Los Angeles greasers (Hispanics and Anglos)
  • 2019 A Greaser isn’t quite the same as a Rockabilly
  • And they went off the rails … 0 – Why these articles?
  • And they went off the rails … 6 – 1975 Confederate Rebels
  • 1983 London Hepcats on ‘The 6 o’clock Show’
  • 1979-84 Caister days photos
  • 2011 ‘Rockin’ All’ways’ in Barcelona
  • Berlin, a new rockin’ hotspot ?
  • 2016 Blue Tears Trio
  • 2017 Japanese rock’n’rollers
  • Are Elvis weekenders for teds?
  • Near-Ted 4 Mark Kermode
  • And they went off the rails … 5 – 1990s Line dancing, refugees from country music
  • 1990s The rise of the jive bunnies
  • And they went off the rails … 4 – 1980 Psychobillies, refugees from punk
  • And they went off the rails … 3 – 1980 Neo-rockabilly
  • And they went off the rails … 2 – 1980 Hillbilly bop
  • And they went off the rails … 1 – 1979 Authentic 50s Hepcats
  • 1983 ‘Tedwardians’ – revivalists of the authentic 1950s ted look
  • 1979 Caister, the first rock’n’roll weekender
  • The Spunyboys videos
  • 2004 ‘Violent Days’
  • 1996 ‘Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society’
  • 1988 ‘Rockabilly in Liverpool’
  • 1990 ‘Oh, Sweet Mystery of Rock’ Brean Sands weekender, Somerset
  • Near-Ted 1 Mark Lamarr (1967-)
  • 1980s The cats of Paris

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