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> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 1:31 PM
> To: passenger side
> Subject: Re: Charlie Rich/Holler
>
> As for the Derailers, sure, they attract a lot of rockabilly
> fans,
> but so do Wayne Hancock and Dale Watson. The vast majority of
> rockabilly
> fans I know like country music; some like it quite a bit, indeed.
> They
> just dislike most of what gets on the radio as much as anyone else
> here.
> But give them a local country show like BR5-49, Wayne the Train, the
> Derailers, Dale Watson, etc. and they'll usually turn out in droves.
> I've seen the Derailers play the occasional rockabilly-type
> number,
> by the way, though it's not as big a part of their sound as it is with
> BR5-49.
> [Matt Benz] Those are my observations
> here as well. Rockabilly folks also like my band, so we're lumped into
> that crowd. Anyhoo, I guess part of my lameass point was that
> Derailers rockabilly roots weren't as obvious as BR5's, yet....more
> Rockabilly folks-around here-showed up for the Derailers shows than
> for the BR5 show. And it appears that Derailers song choices live are
> reflecting this.
>
BTW, I'm told that the Swing Crowd has been seen donning cuffed
blue jeans and white tees, and making appearances at rockabilly shows
here. So everybody, form up a Mod band, or perhaps a 60's garage band,
cos the way things are going, those styles will be huge in a few months!
