JACK SMITH AND THE ROCKABILLY PLANET
"ROCKABILLY ON THE RADIO"
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Rockabilly On The Radio
Jack Smith And The Rockabilly Planet - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8QlSK9GaqQ

"Rockabilly On the Radio" by Jack Smith and the Rockabilly Planet is a personal favorite from sometime around the late 1980s.

This is in a somewhat similar vein:

Rockabilly Man
John Lincoln Wright & The Sour Mash Boys - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltt8pqJlVnQ

Its topic alternates between Elvis Presley and Sleepy LaBeef.

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#bostonmusic #elvispresley #jacksmithandtherockabillyplanet #johnlincolnwright #music #nemsbk #newenglandmusic #rhodeislandmusic #rockabilly #rockabillyman #rockabillyontheradio #sleepylabeef

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RHYTHM AND ROOTS FESTIVAL
AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
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The lineup for the August/September Rhythm and Roots Festival has been announced. It appears in the attached image.

Top billed are Emmylou Harris and the Old Crow Medicine Show.

Next down are the Drive-By Truckers, Larkin Poe, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country, Ruthie Foster, Shemekia Copeland, Will Evans, and Julia Pratt.

Beyond name recognition, I have no real background with any of the acts in the third group, with the notable exception of Rose and the Bros, who Bandcamp says is out of Ithaca, New York. The folks at Rhythm and Roots say, "Rose & The Bros are a powerhouse ensemble specializing in irresistible Zydeco and Cajun dance grooves, resonating with sweet vocal harmonies and crooning country roots." The band is good too.

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#bandcamp #cajun #cajunmusic #danieldonato #danieldonatoscosmiccountry #drivebytruckers #emmylouharris #folkmusic #ithaca #ithacanewyork #juliapratt #larkinpoe #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandmusic
#oldcrowmedicineshow #rhodeislandmusic #rhythmandroots #rhythmandrootsfestival #rootsmusic #roseandthebros #ruthiefoster #shemekiacopeland #singersongwriter #willevans #zydeco #zydecomusic

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ROOMFUL OF BLUES
"SLAM JAM"
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Slam Jam
Roomful of Blues - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRcTYuXYnmI

This is a guitar performance from a band long known for its horns. It's really good too. If I were to pick a favorite track by Roomful of Blues, "Slam Jam" would be up for consideration. "Turn It On! Turn It Up!" is one of my favorite Roomful of Blues albums.

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Music Museum of New England (MMone) Roomful of Blues article

https://www.mmone.org/roomful-of-blues/

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#blues #bluesguitar #bluesrock #mmone #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #rhodeislandbands #rhodeislandmusic #rhodeislandrock #roomfulofblues #slamjam #turnitonturnitup

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"SUSS"
"SALT"
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Salt
from Ghost Box (Expanded) by SUSS

https://suss.bandcamp.com/track/salt-2

One or, I think, two members of SUSS were in a New Wave / Western band, Rubber Rodeo, out of Providence, Rhode Island. "New wave," in this instance, has more to do with The Cars, as one terrific example, and less to do with what 1980s/MTV kids call "new wave." Rubber Rodeo was quite good and it had a hit single, "The Hardest Thing."

SUSS takes the ambient country/western idea to completion. I have only heard "Ghost Box: Expanded." "Salt" is one of my favorite tracks.

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Music Museum of New England short article

https://www.mmone.org/rubber-rodeo/

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#1980smusic #ambientcountry #ambientcountrymusic #bandcamp #carsband #ghostbox #ghostboxexpanded #mmone #mtv #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newwaverock #newyorkbands #newyorkcity #newyorkmusic #providencerhodeisland #providenceri #rhodeislandbands #rhodeislandmusic #rubberrodeo #salttrack #suss #thecars #thecarsband #thehardestthing

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EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS

Yahoo! Entertainment

'Eddie and the Cruisers' star Michael Paré on how he was almost replaced by Rick Springfield: 'This is the moment I was gonna get fired'

Before landing his breakout role in the cult-classic musical movie, the actor hid from the director the fact that he "had never sung outside of the shower — and even then, the neighbors complained."
Lyndsey Parker

Lyndsey Parker · Editor in Chief, Yahoo Music

Updated Thu, September 21, 2023 at 7:08 PM EDT·9 min read

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/eddie-and-the-cruisers-michael-pare-almost-replaced-by-rick-springfield-230751618.html

#beaverbrown #eddieandthecruisers #johncafferty #michaelpare #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #rhodeislandbands #rhodeislandmusic #thebeaverbrownband

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