Well it has certainly been a long time since I've gotten into an affair. It's pretty easy to slip into that nasty habit of continually listening to the shuffle of your iPod...
After exhausting the FM radio at work, I found myself longing for new love. In this case, I am revisiting an old affair with a twist: the women of Rockabilly (I capitalize 'Rockabilly' because I have diagnosed this genre as being infuential). Beyond Elvis, Buddy Holly and the works, there lay hidden a minority of female Rockabilly artists. While I have always loved Wanda Jackson, I never really took the time to open my ears to the other female artists of this genre. Most of the songs are covers, but they sound brand new with this subgenre.
All it took was the Wanda Jackson station on Pandora (which I listened to on a whim), to realize that this was what I had been craving: attitude, bluesy guitar solos, galloping upright slap bass, a a classic country sound gone electric...all complimenting the twang of these unique voices. Nowadays, voices are so altered by recording technology that it's hard to tell if anyone can reeeally sing anymore.
The females of Rockabilly have brought my technologically exhausted ears back down to Earth with the pure raw power of early rock n' roll.
Wanda Jackson-Let's Have a Party
Jackie DeShannon-Trouble
Stay tuned for next time!
Love,
Danielle
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