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Time to rev this back up - Jack Scott had a lot of great rockers - he was at ease cutting thumpers like Leroy:
or slow burn midtempo snarls like Baby She's Gone:

There's a comp on Rollercoaster that's well worth tracking down to get Scott's ABC and Carlton Records output - Scott's guitar players put a lot of sting into their solos.
 
Jack Scott is INCREDIBLE. I once rode in an elevator with him... he's like 4 feet tall. Short feller.

Other fave's include
Tooter Boatman...
... sooooooo hip. Me and Mrs. Westex walked outta our wedding while "Will of Love" played in the background.[

Darrell Rhodes was a bit more of a rock n' roller than a rockabilly but his sides were sooooo damned tuff.

I loves me some Starday records, and this track by Bob Doss easily ranks as one of my favorites.

Bill Mack's Starday sides are also faves...

A bit more country...
but still in the style and one of my faves.
 
This is a local combo and a longtime want that I added a couple of months back...
... it has a pounding sound and the guitar break kills.

I added this to my collection at the same time as the Orville Fox above in some alley way/truck bed wheeling n' dealing.
It was probably my #1 Odessa want.

Huge fave...

Art Adams was phenomenally consistent in his brief recording career. When I think "rockabilly" "Rock Crazy Baby" is the sound that springs to mind.

And one last one for now...
... bit more of a country rocker than rockaiblly, but still hits me right THERE.

So many more springing to mind at the moment... Joe Poovey! Sonny Fisher! Rudy Grayzell!
 
I was wondering when westex might join in - great grouping, especially the Doss and Adams blasts!

Permit me to add a few more that get frequent spins here:

The Rock and Roll Apache, Harry Carter on the ever delightful Mar-Vel label rocks out with what sounds like a barely in control accordian adding to the festivities on Jump Baby Jump:


Another Indiana label rocker - Tommy Lam's Speed Limit has a great pair of breaks:


One for Lonestar State fans - Andy Starr + The Strikes = Round and Round:

 
Time for a few updates - Jimmy and Johnny's stomp is a good blend of slamming backup, with a heavy dose of sick hick vocals from the country side of life:

From the land of Jack Scott comes the throbbin' Big Green Car by Jimmy Carroll:

Head southwest from Detroit and stop in Illinois for The Rockin' R's Crazy Baby on the pickle green Tempus label:
I snagged a copy of this from a stack of 45s I found when we were cleaning my uncle's basement after he passed away - how that rocker 45 found its way into the pile of polka and L-7 type crooners I dunno, but I'm sure that Crazy Baby lasted about 10 seconds on the phonograph before it got yanked...
 
Maybe it's kind of exotic for Americans to listen to British rockabilly, who knows, but I think this 10 inch album by Billy Fury is a pretty good one:

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Maybe not strictly rockabilly, but may I play one of my favourite Billy Fury tunes here?
Please give it a try. It starts rather slow, but it has a wonderful creepy vibe:


Damn! It ALWAYS gives me the shivers...
 
Wow. Interesting track indeed. "Honey Don't" is superb, too. Great lively perfomance.
Will keep an eye on that Tyrone Schmidling...
 
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