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Who You Been Lovin’ Since I Been Gone?

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He Held Your Hand And He Sang You A Song Ima kill the discourteous motherfucker. This is one of the great SUN Records classics, completely hit out of the park by Balladeer Bob Dylan, the rockabilly troubador. I’m serious. Click the picture of Bob to hear the original. I’ll wait. … not bad, right? A [...]

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Readers. I haz them.

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more cat pictures Rockabilly week was a huge success. I actually have traffic. People read this blog. As a thank you to the fine folks at Planet Zeppelin for the clicks (I joined your board, but I am awaiting moderation), I give you locats. Also, oddly enough, Harvey Korman’s passing coincided with my posting of [...]

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Rockabilly Week: My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

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This is from (I think) 2001, and features Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and the late, and legendary Ahmet Ertegun (whose memorial concert featured the reunion of Led Zeppelin) performing My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It. It was for the album, A Tribute To Sun Records. Ahmet produced this track, as he produced the Honeydrippers [...]

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Roackabilly Week – Baby Let’s Play House : Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Montreaux Jazz 2001

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I don’t know why, but I’m on a rockabilly kick. It started with the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss business, jumped to Neil Young, and now it’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. This show was neat, in that it was a strictly rockabilly set, even though they did play Heart In Your Hand, that’s a [...]

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Rockabilly Week: This Song Has Been In My Head. Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks

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I remember this from the good old video days of MTV. If I recall correctly, the director/editor cut out every fifth frame (or something) to give the video that herky jerky look. I don’t know whose idea it was to make Neil look like a transient. Probably his. Great song. Great mono mix. Great video. [...]

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