rockabilly

ajax1310 · #1 12-02-2007, 09:18 PM

Ive been toying with the idea of Making a rockabilly cover group. has anyone played in such a band and can share experiences or stories?

lunarpollen · #2 12-02-2007, 09:40 PM

i'd venture to guess that like half the rockabilly bands out there are largely cover bands (not in the usual professional entertainer "cover band" sense, but in the sense that they are just playing assorted artist's tunes in their own style within the confines of the rockabilly genre)... i love a good rockabilly band with a good sound... i want to learn to play upright bass effectively and start my own... or i suppose i could just get better on guitar, because i can get totally get a good sound, i just don't have the chops for solos and anything more than simple leads and fills. or maybe i could just play my Hellcat VI as a baritone guitar and find a decent upright player and guitarist and drummer.... or i could get my Rivoli fixed and try to get an upright-ish sound from it... bleh, i don't know

where are you located anyway? i've found that rockabilly scenes can be both simultaneously awfully cliquish and very supportive... two extremes of the spectrum, depending on the individual people you come across within the scene

ajax1310 · #3 12-02-2007, 10:28 PM

im located in extreme western kentucky

lunarpollen · #4 12-04-2007, 12:13 AM

what kind of rockabilly scene is there out there? Unfortunately it's a bit lacking in Sacramento, as far as the music goes. There have been some good bands and there was a great venue for it but not enough people supported it.

CallieBum73 · #5 12-04-2007, 07:06 AM

You should check out Patricia Day of the Horrorpops..more psycho-billy....I love them!!!!

wingnut · #6 12-05-2007, 10:15 AM

It's a lot of fun! The band I'm currently in plays a lot of rockabilly venues. You'll need an upright and one helluva mean guitard to play for you. Listen to a lot of old country and surf music and then throw in some blues. We do almost all originals and all of us bands pretty much support each other, ( there's always a few cabezas de caca).

Kenny Allyn · #7 12-05-2007, 12:16 PM

I did it for a very short time with a little surf and blues thrown in too ...

Never played an upright though, used P-bass

Wasn't really my thing, and believe it or not there is virtually NO rockabilly scene here, save ONE great band.

... Maybe, just maybe the best around anywhwere ... http://www.thedempseys.net/