Favourite bands: "If it's got an upright slap bass in it, I'm a fan!"

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Favourite bands: Ramshackle Daddies, Lennerockers, Flying Saucers, King Drapes, Stargazers, Mario Bradley and Crazy Cavan. 

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Favourite bands: Mad Sin, The Clash, Batmobile, Tiger Army, Demented Are Go, Long Tall Texans, Frenzy, Nekromantix, Horrorpops, The Brains, Kryptonix, Hola Ghost, Guitar Slingers, Graveyard Johnnys, Moonshine Stalkers, Johnny Cash.

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Favourite bands:Buddy Holly, Dion & the Belmonts, Ramones, Cramps, Johnny Burnette Trio, X Ray Cat Trio, Stray Cats, Undertones, The Deadshots.

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Favourite bands: The Lucky Stars , Dave and Deke Combo , Rockin Bonnie and the Western Combo , Rimshots , Lynette Morgan, Mary Anne and the Ragtime Wranglers , Corb Lund , Wayne Hancock . . .

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Favourite bands: Crazy Cavan & The Flying Saucers, The Rimshots, Gene Gambler, Lou Cifer , Ronnie Nightingale, Graveyard Johnnys, The Spunnyboys, Furious

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I have been a fan of 50’s rock ‘n’ roll for as long as I can remember. The first gig I went to was the now legendary “London Rock and Roll Show” at Wembley Stadium in 1972. Later that year I went to a local pub, the Greenford Hotel, to see Shakin’ Stevens and the Sunsets who were supported by two DJs, Rockin’ Roy Williams and Runaround Stu Wester known collectively as the Wild Wax Show. At that point I had no idea that within a few months I would also be a member of the Wild Wax Show with the moniker of Jailhouse John. Our best known gigs were the Fishmongers Arms in Wood Green, the George in Hammersmith and biggest and best of all, the Lyceum in the Strand. Although I say it myself we were a major force in the so called “rockabilly revival” of the 1970s. 

As for my musical tastes they cover most styles of rock and roll from early hillbilly boogie and rhythm and blues to Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dave Edmunds, Stray Cats etc. My all time favourite artist is Buddy Holly.

You can read more about me in the excellent book “Teds, Rebels, Hepcats & Psychos: The Story of British Rockabilly 1966-1998”. by. Paul Wragg.

 

Favourite bands: 

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The Delta Bombers

Rev. Horton Heat

The Rhythm Shakers

Wanda Jackson

Janis Martin

Charley Crockett

Shannon and the Clams

Red Hot Riot

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Favourite bands:

Batmobile, DAG, Pitmen, Long Tall Texans and the Quakes.

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