This Norman trio of rockers, the ‘Blue Tears Trio’ shot an atmospheric video of their own composition ‘rockabilly lack’ (which from the context of the lyrics must be about the effects of ‘a lack of rockabilly’ on morale). This atmospheric was shot in October 2016 in the port area of Le Havre. Good tune well […]
The Weekender Era
2017 Japanese rock’n’rollers
Looks like the Japanese rock’n’rollers are experiencing an aging of and a dwindling of their numbers. This is a nice little short documentary ”Johnny Jeana: Portrait of a Tokyo rockabilly’ by James Partridge on the present-day scene in Tokyo in the foot-steps of rock’n’roll singer Johnny Jeana.
Are Elvis weekenders for teds?
I can’t say they aren’t as you’re bound to hear a lot of great 50s music at such events, but do you want to be sharing that with so many squares? By Elvis Presley Fan Club of UK/Britain Porthcawl Elvis festival launched 2004. www.elvies.co.uk Helen Coffey 29.09.2017 ‘Porthcawl: How a tiny Welsh town ended up […]
Near-Ted 4 Mark Kermode
Like Mark Lamarr, he has to put up with a lot of fun being made of his hair (see this).
And they went off the rails … 5 – 1990s Line dancing, refugees from country music
The ‘Stroll’ The ‘Madison’ Per Morgensen aka Per Rock (YTcomm 2021), a lindyhopper enthusiast and dance teacher noticed that “the Stroll today in the rockabilly environment is very different to The Stroll from the 50´s . More like a ‘Line dance’.”
1990s The rise of the jive bunnies
Everywhere you hear teds complaining about the takeover of their nights by ‘jive bunnies’.
