# We did surf rock...link me some modern Rockabilly

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316 "2020-02-01T01:27:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/1 "2020-02-01T01:27:54Z")

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Post 2010. Here’s something from 2010.

[Tom Stormy Trio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCLGqTCm1EE&list=RDjG23Gro9OIc&index=2)

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/2 "2020-02-01T01:47:37Z")

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Not sure this is Rockabilly, but found this;

[Kitty, Daisy and Lewis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzr_1vlZaZE)

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/3 "2020-02-01T01:59:36Z")

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Perhaps you 'd be interested in the [22nd Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend](https://www.vivalasvegas.net) this April. Here’s the 2020 lineup:

Al ‘Lil Fats’ Jackson  
Art Adams  
Big Sandy & Flyrite Boys  
Blind Rage And Violence  
Gene Maltais  
Gizzelles R’n’B Show  
Hayden Thompson  
Jd Mcpherson  
Marc And The Wild Ones  
Marcel Bontempi  
Marti Brom  
Mike Sanchez  
Norman Fox  
Phil Haley & The Comments  
Roddy Jackson  
Royal Crown Revue  
Screaming Rebel Angels  
Smokestack Lightnin’  
The Jive Aces  
The Polecats  
The Shillelagh Sisters  
The Stairways  
The Rhythm Shakers  
Wesley Reynolds

Nice to see that The Polecats and Royal Crown Revue are still around; I remember them from waaaaaay back and waay back, respectively.

ETA: Whoops! The OP specifically asked for links to music: [The Rhythm Shakers - Ultra Twist & Corazon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEH7IoEBzs)

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/4 "2020-02-01T02:00:31Z")

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Anything by [Imelda May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhogVvwbwkw)

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/5 "2020-02-01T02:27:27Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> Anything by [Imelda May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhogVvwbwkw)

Nice! Like.

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/6 "2020-02-01T02:28:38Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Perhaps you 'd be interested in the [22nd Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend](https://www.vivalasvegas.net) this April. Here’s the 2020 lineup:
> 
> Al ‘Lil Fats’ Jackson  
> Art Adams  
> Big Sandy & Flyrite Boys  
> Blind Rage And Violence  
> Gene Maltais  
> Gizzelles R’n’B Show  
> Hayden Thompson  
> Jd Mcpherson  
> Marc And The Wild Ones  
> Marcel Bontempi  
> Marti Brom  
> Mike Sanchez  
> Norman Fox  
> Phil Haley & The Comments  
> Roddy Jackson  
> Royal Crown Revue  
> Screaming Rebel Angels  
> Smokestack Lightnin’  
> The Jive Aces  
> The Polecats  
> The Shillelagh Sisters  
> The Stairways  
> The Rhythm Shakers  
> Wesley Reynolds
> 
> Nice to see that The Polecats and Royal Crown Revue are still around; I remember them from waaaaaay back and waay back, respectively.
> 
> ETA: Whoops! The OP specifically asked for links to music: [The Rhythm Shakers - Ultra Twist & Corazon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEH7IoEBzs)

Lots to wade through. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/7 "2020-02-01T02:42:11Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> Anything by [Imelda May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhogVvwbwkw)

Here she is with **Jeff Beck** in a [whole concert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YdEatw6kA) (who knew Beck played such a mean rockabillly guitar?)

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/8 "2020-02-01T02:56:27Z")

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> [@peccavi](#):
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> Here she is with **Jeff Beck** in a [whole concert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YdEatw6kA) (who knew Beck played such a mean rockabillly guitar?)

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/9 "2020-02-01T03:13:21Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> Anything by [Imelda May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhogVvwbwkw)

Well, “anything” from before her divorce and leaving the rockabilly scene. Her recent stuff probably doesn’t qualify.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/10 "2020-02-01T03:17:43Z")

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True enough, but any excuse to introduce people to her music. I don’t think she does any rockabilly in the tribute concert with Jeff Beck either, but still looks like the old Imelda May. And Beck plays, naturally, some fantastic licks, and _Sleepwalk_.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/11 "2020-02-01T06:12:29Z")

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social distortion is counted as rockabilly with some punk thrown in

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**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/12 "2020-02-01T18:39:50Z")

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[Hillbilly Hellcats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhFZTyZlBiM)  
[The Hillbilly Moon Explosion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlYPb2plaY)  
[The Baboons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGtt0q4wEmc)

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**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/13 "2020-02-01T19:00:27Z")

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Memphis Mike & The Legendary Tremblers

And while not really my thing I hear a lot of shout-outs for at least the music and form of Elvis Hitler.

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**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/14 "2020-02-01T21:03:36Z")

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I like Southern Culture on the Skids and the Reverend Horton Heat.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/15 "2020-02-07T17:35:38Z")

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> [@Tinker\_Grey](#):
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> I like Southern Culture on the Skids and the Reverend Horton Heat.

[THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuKnVtO7-I)!!!

_But things aint so bad 'cause I got a [Galaxie 500](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyD4Y4-E98M)_

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/16 "2020-02-07T17:51:24Z")

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> [@peccavi](#):
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> …who knew Beck played such a mean rockabillly guitar?..

Jeff has been known to play the “Beverly Hillbillies” riff in concert from time to time. He fired it off after coming back on for an encore when I saw him in 2013 and it kind of blew my mind.

ps: Check out Marty Stuart’s _Way Out West_…it has overtones of surf and rockabilly. Great album.

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/17 "2020-02-08T01:53:27Z")

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[Psychabilly](https://www.facebook.com/psychabilly/) is pretty damned fine !!!

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/18 "2020-02-08T02:02:54Z")

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Thanks for all the replies!

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/19 "2020-02-08T02:07:47Z")

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> [@River\_Hippie](#):
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> Lots to wade through. Thanks!

[Screamin’ Rebel Angels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfdxGG6v-A)

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**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316/20 "2020-02-08T03:14:08Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> [THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuKnVtO7-I)!!!
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> _But things aint so bad 'cause I got a [Galaxie 500](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyD4Y4-E98M)_

Good stuff.

Here’s a quintessential Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS):  
[Put Your Teeth Up on the Window Sill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZSE_Wh8-sE)

[Ditch Diggin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piyZv7wuWB8)

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