Rockabilly News

Considering Jack White's the creative rad-lord overseeing bands including the White Stripes, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs , we're always pleasantly surprised when he breaks news that he's managed to fit yet another assignment in his overstuffed schedule.

PLUS! Read the Tulsa World interview with The First Lady of Rock, Wanda Jackson, in Tuesday 's edition of the Tulsa World and TulsaWorld.com . She performs at the 66 Bowl in Oklahoma City on Saturday.

October was just a classically hectic month musically, with almost too many previews and reviews.

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It's not often you get to see a rock n roll legend perform, period; so the fact that Wanda Jackson , the "Queen of Rockabilly" and 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, played an intimate venue like the Rhythm Room last night is nothing short of amazing .

Adam Hedgespeth, right, cut Jay Wesley's hair at Derby City Chop Shop. On a recent afternoon at the new Derby City Chop Shop on Bardstown Road, Brandon Amos delicately shaved Mark Roberts' head with a straight razor.

Bobby Brown's first job back from St. Louis was at the Cotton Club. Northeast Arkansas in the 1950s was once the center of the musical universe.

Arlen and Jackie Vaden were a popular Gospel singing team whose radio program could be heard on stations all across the United States in the 1950s.

A FATHER and son duo from Eastbourne are hoping a TV audition will help propel them to stardom.

It took Wanda Jackson a long time to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but now that she's there, the 71-year-old Queen of Rockabilly and her uninhibited voice are busier than ever.

The Old Community House was transformed last week into a 1950s era juke joint joint as members of the Trumann Lions Club heard a pitch from one of their own about an idea to secure Trumann's place in Rock n' Roll history.

Elvis records are on display in the Blue Ridge Institute at Ferrum College. Rockabilly music is a highlight of the 35th Blue Ridge Folklife Festival.

You may not have heard of Kitty Daisy & Lewis yet - well, until this article at least - but you'll probably be hearing a lot of them in the years to come.

Here at Mix Position, we're a bit behind at reporting this news, but a current exhibit at the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum at Ferrum College explores the raucous history of rockabilly music in Virginia.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- It took Wanda Jackson a long time to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but now that she's there, the 71-year-old Queen of Rockabilly and her uninhibited voice are busier than ever.

Before the Brits invaded the U.S. with their transformative sound in the mid 1960s, there was rockabilly, a 1950s predecessor to American rock 'n' roll and the Beatles.

Wanda Jackson, left, is inducted into the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 4, 2009 in Cleveland.

The Oklahoma City Council voted unanimously to name a Bricktown alley after Wanda Jackson, known as the Queen of Rockabilly.

Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 74. Actress Diana Rigg is 71. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 65.

By Joanie Cox Metromix Betty Bangs bathing suits are all about sun, sand and giving props to your favorite band.