The Roots of Psychobilly

 

2026 Charity Shop Purchases #12 - Various Artists -The Roots of Psychobilly

It's time to give your Tuesday a much needed kick up the backside with the 50 track double CD  The Roots of Psychobilly from 2012 on the Not Now Music label.

Like me I'm sure you will recognise some of the names - Link Wray, Dick Dale, Johnny Burnette etc but that many will be new to you

According to a post on E-Bay Psychobilly is generally thought of as being a blend of '70s punk with '50s rockabilly. It first surfaced in the 1970s with bands like The Cramps, then expanded into the '80s with a whole wave of bands led by The Meteors and King Kurt, and went one step further in the '90s with Tiger Army and all the bands that followed in their wake. However, it s only the roots of Psychobilly that concern us here, in this collection of wild vinyl oddities from the '50s and early '60s: a curious mix of rockabilly, surf instrumentals and overall beatnik weirdness, often thrashed out by genuine wildmen in the middle of nowhere.

Three songs for you today taken pretty much at random.

I may well revisit this one in due course for a Psychobilly Friday or two, or three

Dwight Pullens - Sunglasses After Dark

Freddie & the Hitch Hikers - Sinners

Gene Summers and his Rebels - School of Rock' n' Rolll