Rockabilly....is mutant country really

[Jason Odd]

Yes it's one of the weird offspring of the wonderful music we know as country, at times very close in style, at times very distant.
I get the occassional email from the online Rockabilly Hall Of Fame, and I thought these CD's sounded like a real bargain for anyone Stateside..check 'em out

TWO NEW ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME CDs RELEASED, APRIL 5th, 2000
...on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame label - www.rockabilyhall.com

AVAILABLE NOW...

VOLUME #3 - 28 tracks, all by different artists, such as:
Wanda Jackson, Billy Swan, Bobby Lowell, Marco DiMaggio, etc.
$15 each US, includes postage - outside US, $18.
Wholesale, minimum order of 10 copies:
$6.50 each in US, $7.50 each outside US.

VOLUME #4 - 28 tracks, all by different artists, such as:
Narvel Felts (live), Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, Ray Harris, etc.
$15 each US, includes postage - outside US, $18.
Wholesale, minimum order of 10 copies:
$6.50 each in US, $7.50 each outside US.


Previously Released:

VOLUME #2 - 27 tracks, all by different artists, such as:
Buddy Knox, Joe Bennett/Sparkletones, Billy Swan, Ronnie Haig, etc.
$15 each US, includes postage - outside US, $18.
Wholesale, minimum order of 10 copies:
$6.50 each in US, $7.50 each outside US.

VOLUME #1 - 27 tracks, all by different artists, such as:
Hayden Thompson, Narvel Felts, The Comets, Mac Curtis, etc.
$15 each US, includes postage - outside US, $18.
Wholesale, minimum order of 10 copies:
$6.50 each in US, $7.50 each outside US.


PACKAGE SPECIAL:
All FOUR VOLUMES ... The 4 CDs mentioned above ... 110 tracks:
$45 US ... $55 outside US. Postage paid.


Order direct from the
ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME
P.O. Box 70
Kimberly, WI 54136

Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Toll Free Order Line, 1-877-RAB-HALL (1-877-722-4255)
Fax, 920-739-9443
E-mail, merch@rockabillyhall.com

For more info and other Rockabilly Hall of Fame merchandise, see
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/HOForderform.html



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[Bill cole]

Rock A Billy Smock A Billy it still aint country by any means of the imagination

[Bob Hoffnar]

Jason,
That sounds like a great deal ! I love that stuff. Its a ball to play C6 to.

thanks, Bob

Bill,
Was "White lightning" a country song or a rockabilly song ? <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 04 April 2000 at 10:28 PM.]</p></FONT>

[Jason Odd]

Uh yeah, Bill I know what you are saying, but what about Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson, Elvis, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent and just about all of his Blue Caps, George Jones, Wynn Stewart, Skeets McDonald among others, who recorded rockabilly, or rock and roll as well as country?

I know this isn't really a country topic, but at the same time it's closer than anything else.
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant are some of the hottest jazz pickers I have ever heard, yet I only ever see them mentioned in country books and mags.

Hi Bob, it does look pretty cool, the only problemon my end is that with the Australian dollar being comewhere around the equivilent of a flat round US rock...well it's kinda out of my range.
Besides, it's probably best to save up for the Wynn Stewart box set if you lean more towards country.

Regards
Jason.



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[Bobby Lee]

<SMALL>Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant are some of the hottest jazz pickers I have ever heard, yet I only ever see them mentioned in country books and mags.</SMALL>

If we insist that country people define what country is, then let's let the jazz people define what jazz is. I love Speedy & Jimmy's stuff, but it ain't jazz by any stretch of my imagination. Their rhythm section and chord changes were always very square, from a jazz perspective.

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