Wanda Jackson, widely hailed as the “Queen of Rockabilly,” has announced her retirement from performing due to “health and safety.” A representative for the singer-songwriter announced the news on ...

Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom chose a career path that put him in the same room with countless musical legends. Yet to hear him tell the story, it was largely just happenstance. When they came ...

Lorrie Collins, who along with Wanda Jackson and Brenda Lee was one of the most dynamic female rockabilly stars of the 1950s, died Saturday at her home in Reno, Nevada. She was 76. Her brother, Larry, ...

On the title track of his new CD, Greenwood’s Mack Allen Smith sings, “Well I’m growing old and it may sound silly, but I still love my rockabilly / I can’t explain it so please don’t ask me why / ...

What is the allure of continuing to play rockabilly? Setzer: Y’know, when I’m true to myself it’s me playing a Gretsch guitar with the sounds I like -- reverb, vibrato, echo. If I keep those sounds it ...

The road to stardom for Stray Cats began with a trip overseas. They didn't have much money, but they had no shortage of ambition. Drummer Slim Jim Phantom says he has strong doubts today about whether ...

As Skip Rutherford and I walk around the Rock 'n' Roll Highway 67 Museum in downtown Newport, I think about the stories my father would tell about his stint as head football coach at Newport High ...

When he was a kid by the name of Leon Drucker, he played the cello. Then Lee Rocker went on to something bigger. The New York-bred son of classical musicians traded in his cello for a double bass and ...

What is the Phoenix sound? In this week’s issue of New Times, we explore the subject with longtime radio DJ Jim West, author of a new book, The Phoenix Sound: A History of Twang & Rockabilly Music in ...

In the 1956 song “Dixie Fried,” Carl Perkins sings about a razor-toting rebel rouser named Dan who storms a honky-tonk on the edge of town. Flashing a quart of moonshine and slashing through the crowd ...

It appears like something out of a time capsule. Vintage hot rods, optimized for speed and power, idle in the car parks. Women coolly lean against them, their bullet bras and ankle-cut pin-up jeans ...