Rockabilly Road

Rockabilly Road

Rockabilly Road
Rockabilly Road

It’s time once again to visit the wild side of rock n’ roll…unrestrained and unforgiving…and often out of tune. But that didn’t matter since it was the emotion and the sweat that filled the production gaps. A progenitor of punk, rockabilly music got its roots from hillbilly, country swing, and R&B. And it certainly owes a lot to Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Our show this week will cover the known and the unknown. We’ll hear tracks from the Sun stable but we’ll also dig into the digital dust bins of the Imperial, Capitol, and Decca labels for vintage examples and a few rockabilly modernists will be on hand. So get your cat clothes on and get ready for a raucous evening in West County on community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Burnette Eager Beaver Baby The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
3Doc Watson Shake, Rattle And Roll Docabilly Amazon
4Mac Wiseman The Fool Teenage Hangout Amazon
5Rock*A*Teens Doggone It Baby (Alt) 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
6Robert Gordon and Link Wray Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die Amazon
7Wanda Jackson There's A Party Goin' On Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
8Wanda Jackson The Graveyard Shift Unfinished Business Amazon
9Merle Kilgore Everybody Needs A Little Lovin Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
10Bill Allen Please Give Me Something Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
11Warren Smith Got Love If You Want It The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Warren Smith Rock and Roll Ruby Rockabilly Legend Amazon
13Billy Lee Riley Baby Please Don't Go The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
14Carl Perkins Glad All Over Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
15Malcom Yelvington Rockin' with my Baby SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]] Amazon
16Johnny Burnette Oh Baby Babe The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
17Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Eddie Bond Rockin' Daddy Classic Rockabilly Amazon
19Ronnie Dawson Rockin' Bones Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 2] Amazon
20Charlie Feathers One Hand Loose CD2 Amazon
21Charlie Feathers Bottle to the Baby Rockabilly Kings Amazon
22The Collins Kids Rock Boppin' Baby 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
23Larry Collins/Lorrie Collins Mercy Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
24Ryan Cain And The Ables Kill Devil Hillbilly Cupid And The Devil Amazon
25Ryan Cain And The Ables Cupid And The Devil Cupid And The Devil Amazon
26Bill Kirchen Rockabilly Funeral Tombstone Every Mile Amazon
27Carl Perkins All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty) Go Cat Go Amazon
28Carl Perkins Rockabilly Music (with Paul Simon) Go Cat Go Amazon
29Carl Perkins Go Cat Go Go Cat Go Amazon
30Wanda Jackson Mean Mean Man Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
31Sleepy Labeef Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub) Sleepy Rocks Amazon
32Dean Beard Rock Around the Town The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
33Jimmy Wages Mad Man The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
34Memphis Rockabilly Band Pleated Pants Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection CD1 Amazon
35Charlie Feathers Corrina Good Rockin' Tonight Amazon
36Freddie Hart Snatch It And Grab It 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
37Hal Willis Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon