# More music like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079 "2019-04-26T12:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/1 "2019-04-26T12:13:48Z")
[Stray Cat Strut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbAyj1h9vI0) by the Stray Cats. I love the bass and swingy beat of this song. Spotify says it’s rockabilly. What are some other good songs like it? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/2 "2019-04-26T12:25:03Z")
That song appears to be a direct ripoff of [Pink Pedal Pushers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbdggWoeZkc) by Carl Perkins, so you can start there. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/3 "2019-04-26T12:44:47Z")
[Hit the Road Jack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I) by Ray Charles. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/4 "2019-04-26T14:17:18Z")
> [@Weedy](#): > > [Stray Cat Strut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbAyj1h9vI0) by the Stray Cats. > > I love the bass and swingy beat of this song. Spotify says it’s rockabilly. What are some other good songs like it? Rockabilly is a relatively old music form. Lots of it around. Check out Elvis’ version of Blue Moon of Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/5 "2019-04-26T15:23:07Z")
Try [Wrap it up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51270i8F3mU) by the Fabulous Thunderbirds, it came out around the same time as Stray Cat Strut and has a very similar sound. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/6 "2019-04-26T15:24:47Z")
I saw Brian Setzer & The Stray Cats play Pittsburgh at Station Square in Pittsburgh. They did a train song (they do several) and coincidentally, a freight train went by the venue. The lighting guy swung a spot around to catch the train. It was magical. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/7 "2019-04-26T15:26:02Z")
Check out [Big Bad Voodoo Daddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fmo_AT4Rvw). It’s swing, not rockabilly, but definitely has a “swingy beat”. And if you like swing, [The Brian Setzer Orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsXMfVWGmY) is another good one. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/8 "2019-04-26T15:31:56Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Try [Wrap it up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51270i8F3mU) by the Fabulous Thunderbirds, it came out around the same time as Stray Cat Strut and has a very similar sound. Original [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FM7UKpAi5E). Not rockabilly, but great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/9 "2019-04-26T15:35:54Z")
> [@Weedy](#): > > [Stray Cat Strut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbAyj1h9vI0) by the Stray Cats. > > I love the bass and swingy beat of this song. Spotify says it’s rockabilly. What are some other good songs like it? > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Rockabilly is a relatively old music form. Yeah, the Stray Cats had a deliberately retro sound. I remember once when I was a teen in the early 80s: I was in the car with my mom, and a Stray Cats song came on the radio, and she thought it sounded like the kind of music from when she was younger. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/10 "2019-04-26T15:38:36Z")
If you are anywhere near Pittsburgh, check out [Jimmy Adler](http://jimmyadler.com/). > [@](#): > > Playing original blues music that is steeped in the traditions of Chicago Blues, West-Coast Jazzy Jump, and other Americana traditions. Jimmy’s guitar style features a blend of clean fat tones and raunchy slide guitar. Jimmy is always a good time. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/11 "2019-04-26T19:37:03Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > That song appears to be a direct ripoff of [Pink Pedal Pushers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbdggWoeZkc) by Carl Perkins, so you can start there. Newer than Perkins, but older than Stray Cats, check out Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I read that Setzer played on the same bill as them before writing Stray Cat Strut. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/12 "2019-04-26T19:53:24Z")
Hayes Carll. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/13 "2019-04-26T21:55:06Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Check out [Big Bad Voodoo Daddy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fmo_AT4Rvw). It’s swing, not rockabilly, but definitely has a “swingy beat”. I’m feeling like I’m back in college in the mid-90s. [Cherry Poppin’ Daddies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqH3uliwJY) (huh…somehow never realized how cringey that name is until now–how in the hell did I miss that?) is another one that has a similar feel to me as the OP, though with a harder swing and peppy horn section. But back when neo-Swing was a thing, Stray Cats would often get thrown into the mix, too, to slightly mix things up, while still maintaining a swing feel. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/14 "2019-04-27T01:49:41Z")
Australian HorrorBilly/Creepy Rockabilly??? [Zombie Ghost Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSiLJQiOIVk). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/15 "2019-04-27T17:15:27Z")
The Clash did some covers with a similar rockabilly/punk vibe. Check out: [Brand New Cadillac](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVLxLvdhpY) [I Fought The Law](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3XY6wfSBw) ETA: there’s a whole subgenre of a kind of hybrid of rockabilly/punk, called [psychobilly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychobilly). I’m not well versed in it, but check out the Cramps for instance. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/16 "2019-04-27T17:37:44Z")
The Cramps are awesome–I’ve worn out about five copies of “Psychedelic Jungle” in various formats ever since the day it was playing over the speakers at the local Tower Records and I bought a copy (that I still have!) on vinyl. I also love Stray Cats and Brian Setzer too (he does a cover of “Boddhisattva” that’s insanely good) so I feel fairly comfortable thinking The Cramps would suit your mood too. Treat Her Right might fill the bill too–check out “[Hank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Tq5naQ9J0),” see if that gets your foot tapping. That’s not the best version–it’s a rough live cut (music starts around 45 seconds in and the studio version isn’t available on YouTube for whatever reason) but it has a lot of swagger and the studio version is one of the best singalong songs I know. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/17 "2019-04-27T18:38:11Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Newer than Perkins, but older than Stray Cats, check out Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I read that Setzer played on the same bill as them before writing Stray Cat Strut. Could be. Just as likely, or maybe more likely, that was Setzer’s previous band, though – the Bloodless Pharaohs. Definitely not rockabilly. I only know this 'cause the Stray Cats (under their earlier name, the Tomcats) were a local bar band (for me). They were more or less the house band at a bar in Massapequa (or Massapequa Park, can’t remember), and they were fantastic. Richard Hell pretty much was a local band, too, at CBGB. I’m not a scholar of this stuff or anything, didn’t know any of this was a “scene,” or anything like that. Also on the scene at the time was Robert Gordon. If the OP is looking for one of the original neo-rockabilly artists, Gordon is pretty much the granddaddy. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/18 "2019-04-27T19:13:47Z")
When you need a break from the horns and zoot suits, I’ve got two words for you: [Marshall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xQUCOwn_K0&list=PL9B43746CF5D42006&index=5)[Crenshaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZkhdvSNSI). This guy can rock a billy with only his guitar. His first album is one of my favorites - unadulterated pickin’ ‘n’ bouncin’. No surprise that he was tapped to play Buddy Holly on the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/19 "2019-04-27T19:38:01Z")
> [@digs](#): > > When you need a break from the horns and zoot suits, I’ve got two words for you: [Marshall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xQUCOwn_K0&list=PL9B43746CF5D42006&index=5)[Crenshaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZkhdvSNSI). > > This guy can rock a billy with only his guitar. His first album is one of my favorites - unadulterated pickin’ ‘n’ bouncin’. No surprise that he was tapped to play Buddy Holly on the big screen. An appropriate post to follow my previous post, since Marshall Crenshaw wrote Robert Gordon’s biggest (only?) hit, “[Someday Someway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwzuzhWv3A).” Side note – that’s the legendary Danny Gatton playing guitar in that video. Definitely a great pop song, and Marshall Crenshaw was and is one of the great pop craftsmen of all time, but it ain’t rockabilly. Crenshaw was another local band for me, a bit later than the Stray Cats. Once in a while he’d perform at CBGB under a phony name – the Handsome, Ruthless and Stupid Band. It’s a Dorothy Parker reference – Crenshaw was pretty literate. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079/20 "2019-04-27T20:15:09Z")
Dave Edmunds does retro-rockabilly also. Carl Perkins did a wonderful TV Special “A Rockabilly Session”. Among the musicians who appeared in it were Ringo Starr, Lee Rocker, Slim Jim Phantom, George Harrison, Dave Edmunds, Eric Clapton, and Rosanne Cash. It’s on YouTube. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-music-like-this/833079.md?page=2)