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Big Idea

Presents:

ALL MAMA'S CHILDREN

A rockabilly benefit for the
Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse
(http://carlperkinscenter.org)

Sun, June 19th, 3pm, ALL AGES
@The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
(next to Bridge Cinema, across from Fresh Grocer)*
Philadelphia, PA

THE ROCKATS (http://www.bluesleaf.com/artists/therockats.html)
FULL BLOWN CHERRY (http://www.myspace.com/fullblowncherry)
RAVE ON: A TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY (http://hometown.aol.com/raveoned/)
THE SHOUT! (http://mickeyshout.com/)
J.P. McDERMOTT & WESTERN BOP (http://westernbop.com/)

$5-$10 suggested donation
(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

*Just a 5-minute walk from the 40th Street stop of the "L" (Market/Frankford Line)

More info, public transit and directions at http://bigideapromotions.net

See y'all there!

Rayburn Anthony - ex Sun / Mercury recoring artists with a hot new CD -great country writer, too, with many big name credits.
Rip Carson - Originally hailing from Marshall County, West Virginia, Rip Carson was reared on music. Strongly influenced by his great uncle who sang in Bill Sykes and the Rhythmeers , Rip finally moved to California in 1992. Three years later, he formed his first rockabilly group. Rip has played extensively throughout the San Diego and Los Angeles regions, earning the devotion and admiration of fans and fellow musicians alike. He has played at the infamous Viva Las Vegas the past two years, stunning the crowd each time. He formed the well-loved and now-defunct, Rip Carson & The Twilight Trio as well as his R&B endeavor, Rip Carson & His Chain Gang. Each new project brings a swarm of new fans Rip's way. [Read the Review! of Rip Carson's CD: "Box Set"]
Art Greenhaw, bassist/producer--The Light Crust Doughboys; and roots record label featuring the country, rockabilly,and gospel music of The Light Crust Doughboys, Nokie Edwards, The Jordanaires, James Blackwood, and much more!
Big K Productions Promoters of the Denver Rock-N-Rhythm-Billy Weekender in Denver. This event lived the classic Rock-A-Billy lifestyle. Live fast and die young is exactly what happened when this now legendary event went down in a ball of flames. See what they're up to now.
Bill Miller's Rockabilly (Sun) page.
Black Cat Rockabilly Page - Have you been searching the internet for a cool radio station that plays your kind of music? Rockabilly and Rock 'n' Roll? And you don't want ballads, country, pop and all that? Look no further! Just tune right in to the BlackCat Rockabilly Live365 Station!
Our playlists have a wide variety of fifties rockabilly and rock 'n' roll music, fast paced doo-wop and some rockin' rhythm and blues. All songs are streamed in mono 24kbps mp3, which is the same quality as a standard 48kbps file. This guarantees the best radio quality possible, even for analog modem connections.
Just download Start365 and enter your User Name and Password. Then select BlackCat Rockabilly Europe as your favorite station and you're ready to go! Simply click on the Start365 desktop icon. Even better, the next time you start up your computer, Start365 can automatically launch a player window tuned to our station!
BLACKCAT ROCKABILLY NEWSLETTER, Owner: Marijn Raaijmakers, Holland
blackcat@rockabilly.nl
To (un)subscribe, send e-mail to newsletter@rockabilly.nl, on the SUBJECT-line write: subscribe, unsubscribe, or help.
The Blacktop Rockets, Atlanta, GA, RAB band
Blue Moon
Bubba Net-Find out everything you wanted to know about being a Bubba...
Buck and the Black Cats, Rockabilly from Burlington, VT.
Buddy Woodward - Bluegrass and much more! Former leader of the now defunct Ghost Rockets.
Ray Campi
Jerry Carlson - Jerry Carlson is well known in Sweden for being one of the all-time best boogie-woogie piano players around. And also for being one of the few full-time touring professional piano players in his category. He made his first success in Sweden winning a national TV contest in 1996. Many concerts followed and his heavy boogie-woogie piano style left no-one untouched. Jerry made more TV and radio appearances and soon his first CD, "Burning 88 Keys," was released. Later Jerry recorded another CD in Nashville with Elvis Presley's guitar player.
Chop Tops - The Chop Tops thrive on the 'up-beat' Rockabilly sound. They have been working with that sound over the past five years and have established themselves as a modern day, punk-influenced rockabilly band. They released their second album in September 2000 on Rollin' Rock Records (The Blasters, Alvis Wayne, Dragstrip 77, etc.) called Always Wild. Check out their MP3s at http://www.mp3.com/thechoptops.
Cigar Store Indians Atlanta, GA, RAB band
Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics - Rockin', Rollin', Swingin', Surfin' cosmic stuff. GOTTA check it out!
18 Wheeler - The Band members are: Bobby Smith, Guitar/Vocals (Formely Jumpin Jimes), Philippe Aubuchon, Drums (Formely Russel Scott and The Red Hots), Gator McKinley, Slap Bass (Formely The Sinners, Josie Kreuser)
Fishnet Stockings RAB, biker band out of Europe, great looking site!
German Rockabilly Pages
Charlie Gracie - Charlie Gracie is one of a diminishing number of rock-n-roll innovators, who continues to actively perform. A native of South Philadelphia, he became the first successful recording star of the "Rock Era" to emerge from that neighborhood. In 1957, Charlie's 'Butterfly' topped the American and British music charts, selling over 3 million copies. His other late fifties big sellers include: 'Fabulous', 'Ninety-Nine Ways', 'Wanderin Eyes' and 'I Love You So Much It Hurts'. It is obvious why Charlie Gracie has lasted the course longer than most. He is an accomplished musician and an exceptional talent - a devoted family man who conducts himself as a gentleman both on stage and off. He is a credit to his industry. *Charlie was voted into Great Britain's Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame (1998) founded by "Now Dig This" magazine.
Wayne Hancock
Highway 13 Pittsburg, PA,-based RAB band
Matt Hole & the Hot Rod Gang
The Honeydrippers Hollywood RAB band
HooligansAll right, look -- if you've got to have a label, a descriptive shoehorn, arock-press buzzword, call the Hooligans "psychobilly". It's not that this Southern California-based trio is just one more member of the familiar Rotten-meets-Cochran school of frenzy rock. It's just that any band trying to create an original sound by opening the veins of rockabilly and recklessly infusing large doses of early blues influences, Thirties-style jazz riffing, big band-esque swing, pop harmonies and sheer ranting must be off its collective rocker. Dangerously unhinged. A menace to law-abiding folk everywhere, maybe.
James Intveld -This site has James Intveld band info as well as show dates.
James Jewell and Shew - Kutztown roots-rockers (emphasis on rock). Jubilant, earnest, witty songs about good folks and good times. What it sounds like: A honkytonk, topsy-turvy, sudsy, no-depression hootenanny.
Kim Lenz and her Jaguars - Take one fiery-headed untamed guitar-strummin' songstress, add one red-hot guitar picker, a bass that won't stop slappin' and a rock-hard solid backbeat and you have the secret formula for Kim Lenz and her Jaguars. This combo has already made a name for themselves with the rockin' set in their home town of Dallas, Texas, and have started tearing up the honky-tonks and juke joints in the surrounding countryside. More on the Hightone site.
Kitti's Rockabilly Page - Site has Russian and other overseas links.
Official Jerry Lee Lewis Page
Jerry Lee Lewis World Fan Club
Nicole's German Rockabilly pages - VERY cool!!!
The One-Eyed Bishops - With The One Eyed Bishops, Mike Burro explores several genres of traditional and non traditional musical styles. Primarily driven by his love of skiffle & blues, the band plays obscure gems by individuals such as Lonnie Donegan, Chas McDevitt, The Vipers, Chuck Berry, Elas McDaniel, Chester Burnett, Jimmy Reed & Rufus Thomas as well as Richmond R&B tunes, made great by bands such as The Downliners Sect, Yardbirds, Screaming Lord Sutch etc. Throw in the Hawkwind connection, and you end up with The One Eyed Bishops.
The PaladinsSan Diego-based rockin' RAB band.
Alice Prank's Cocktails Lounge - check your coat and hat and get yourself a drink. The band starts at 8pm. Our restrooms are in the rear to the right...
PsychoBilly Page From England "50,000 home wreckers can't be wrong
Rank and File Austin-based band.
Jerry King and The Rivertown Ramblers - A Traditional Rockabilly/50's Rock'n'Roll Band From Cincinnati, Ohio. We will be on tour and headlining some upcoming events. We hope you might add these dates to your calendar of upcoming events.
Wednesday. May 5, 2004 at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn Il, with The Three Bad Jacks (Tix @ TicketMaster, $10 at the door).
Thursday, May 6, 2004. The Melody Inn, Indianapolis, IN. 9pm $5.00 Door.
Friday, May 7, 2004. Treats Tavern, Milwaukee WI, 9pm Free Admission.
Saturday, May 8, 2004. Tom's Garage Appleton WI, 10pm $5.00 Door.
Friday, May 14, 2004. Southgatehouse, Newport KY, 9pm Free Admission.
Saturday, May 15, 2004. The Bend, Cleves, OH, Free Admission.
Saturday, May 22, 2004. Mikes Barn Dance/Sockhop, Nashville, TN.
Friday, June 25, 2004. Radio Radio 12th Rockabilly Rebel Weekender, with Roc La Rue, Bigger Than Elvis, Moondogs.
Monday, July 5, 2004. "50 Years Of Rock N Roll" Memphis TN, with Scotty Moore, Billy Lee Riley, D J Fontana, S. Perkins. Broadcast Live In 30 countries from Sun Studios.
Saturday, August 28, 2004. Swiss Wine Festival, Vevay, IN, with The Van Del's.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005. Greenbay 50's Fest Ii, Green Bay, WI, with Jerry Lee Lewis, The Crickets, The Comets, Hank Thompson, The Teenagers, Wanda Jackson
May, 11, 2005. Hemsby Rockabilly Weekender, Norfolk, England, with Roc Larue, Glen Glen.
Rockabilly Hall of Fame - This is the place for just about everything you ever wanted to know about who's who in rockabilly today! Don't miss this site! "Your RAB home site"!
Rockabilly HomePage
Rockabilly Riot Page
Rockin' Rebels So. Cal. RAB band.
Roots Music Report
350 N Guadalupe Suite 140
San Marcos Texas 78666
877-532-2225
Russell Scott & His Red Hots - Los Angeles-based blues/RAB, Russell has one of the smoothest voices heard.
Sandra Weinhardt's Home Page
Sam Butera and the Wildest - Dedicated to the original hep cat.
Satellite V - Satellite V have combined their original music with authentic 50's sounds to create a unique hybrid of Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Western Swing and Jump Blues. They've proved to be a favorite with the folks in the know. An Aussie band with record distribution there and here in the US also.
Shananigan's Rockabilly Art Page - Gotta check this out, great RAB art and pinup girls!
East Dallas' own country punkabilly band, Slick 57, will be opening for the legendary Flametrick Subs this Saturday, July 21, 2001, at the Blackcat Lounge on Sixth Street in Austin, Texas. Check out http://www.slick57.com for contact and background info, pour yourself a beer in the virtual saloon, and learn a little more about Dallas' only anything-abilly act. We've got great merch for sale and hope that you can get the word out that we'd like to see all y'all this Saturday!
Slobberbone - Slobberbone is a rock/alt-country-ish sort of band out of Denton, TX, with several albums and a lot of good reports.
Slow Gin Joe's - Three incredibly handsome and talented rock & roll performers from the beautiful city of San Francisco. We use our prodigious talents not just for cheap thrills, but also to make great music. If you love rockabilly, hillbilly boogie, and old-style honky tonk twang, all infused with blues and swing and a healthy sense of humor, then you'll want to read on. Trust us: we sound a little like somebody you love, and we're nothing like anyone you hate.
Darrin Stout & the Starlighters - Rockabilly trio from L.A. Website has new CD release with 12 original songs, Bio info and Pic's. Wally Hersom plays the upright bass, Philippe Aubuchon plays the drums and Darrin Stout singing and playing a hollowbody guitar.
Texas Night Train - Here's a just completed an independent rockabilly flick that you might dig. It has original music by Mac Stevens, Eric Doole, and Delana Tunnel. Dan Phillips (Horton Heat's old steel string player) helped to compose some of the songs specifically written for the movie. It features a kustom '60 buick hard top.
That Crazy Beat A Dutch Fifties Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly and Hillbilly Boogie band
Tip Top Atomic Shop Milwaukee Wisconsin's only one source Rockabilly emporium. We specialize in 1940's & 1950's vintage clothing. We also carry great household furnishing from the 40's, 50's & 60's, as well as the best in new reproduction retro styled kitsch and Rockabilly clothing. 2343 South Kinnickinnic Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53207. 414-486-1951. jld59@execpc.com
Toini and the Tomcats RAB band from Norway, since 1991
Gene Vincent -There's more to Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps than "Be Bop A Lula". Take the time to find the music and listen, especially the early recordings from 1956 thru 1958. Rolling Stone magazine called-Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps "the first rock 'n' roll band in the world."
Vot Der Dumboozle - Visit Jim Lowe's site and join him in his exploration of western swing, r&b revues, 30's harmony groups, Carl Barks, the Katzenjammer Kids, and lots lots more!
White Trash Cafe - Didn't know exactly where to put this link, but it's a gotta go place! Hungry? visit the White Trash Cafe.....
The Wild Cats - great rockabilly band from a small European country Estonia. They play songs of Elvis, Stray Cats, Carl Perkins etc. The band also is popular in other countries. They have visited Finland, Russia and have had a big success in the all places they were.

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Last updated 5/5/05.
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