The Rockabilly Blues

[mytlo56]

I'm fairly new here but got to thinking: What's the deal with everyone in the world jumping on the Billy-Bandwagon?

I love the music, grew up around Rods and Kustoms, and really appreciate the artwork and simplicity of the time. I'll admit it: I do dress the greaser part sometimes...not because it's presently "cool," but because it has been cool for years and I have liked the music since I was twelve years old.

But geesh, A lot of "newbillies" don't even know why they're in it. I can pretty much guarantee they don't like the tunes. Let's face it, although Hank and Cash are great...they're not "pop culture" friendly. And rods and kustoms? Hah! As soon as James Dean-A-Billy realizes that he actually has to maintain that 50 year old ride he'll sell the car and move on to the next fad.

I dunno', maybe I'm off base. What do you all think?

[raaf]

well, not to be a dick. ...but this board is about cars - not clothes.

...but yeah, there's a lot of them around. so what? do what you do and who cares about style.

just don't put a visor on your galaxie and you'll be fine. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

-- raaf

[mytlo56]

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well, not to be a dick. ...but this board is about cars - not clothes.

...but yeah, there's a lot of them around. so what? do what you do and who cares about style.

just don't put a visor on your galaxie and you'll be fine. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

-- raaf

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Yup, I agree. But my post isn't about clothes. It's about people who are pretending to be into old tin and a specific type of music that is linked very closely w/ those cars. The clothing thing is kind of secondary. There's my rationale for the post if it's worth anything.

[Kilroy]

Why is it that everytime I turn on the rrrraaadiooo, I here the same 4 songs over and over again....

FUNKDAT!!!

[$pomadepete$]

Jeeezus, didnt you read Ryan's post re: what this board is about? guess not, huh?

[TWO]

Wow, that post is, like, so last week.
And five years ago.

[du$ty]

its cause rockabilly is so flippy...dig the jive daddyo.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

What we need is the "ULTIMATE BILLY BATTLE"
Catagories will be:
1. Name the Billy Tune
2. Largest Orca Betty/Best use of Leopard Spandex
3. Longest Wallet Chain
4 MOST tats
5. Oldest tats
6. Best Pomp
7. "I've been Billy longer than you" contest
8. Pabst Chugging contest
9. Lowest sled
10. Loudest Rod

Celebrity Judge- RF
Special Contestant- RF
Betty Slayer-RF

Should be a lot of fun!

JimA- (Stray Cats fanatic since 1981!)

[TheDooWopKid13]

can anybody beet a 3 foot wallet chain?

[roadstar]

Cuffs are silly, chains are are for doing frame work,not your wallet, and hard rock is the music of choice in my shop.
Well I also dig the blues.

So i don't fit in I guess. But my cars still kick ass http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Thanks for reminding me Rudy- "LARGEST CUFFS" and "BEST BURNS"!!!!!

[Fat Hack]

I met Brian Setzer at a guitar show back in the 90s...

I RULE!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

What do I win??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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(He WAS pretty cool though...we talked about his flatty powered Model A and the old Merc from American Graffiti that he owned...I was kinda surprised to see how short the dude is in real life!)

[Crankshaft Sid]

I dig it but im here for the cars, i talk music on music forums!!!

[LIMEY]

I picked up Eddie Bond & took him to a gig in my Caddy, & Joe Clay sang don't mess with my ducktails on the tape deck, sad but very true!
When we arrived at the club he slip slip slipped in!!
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[Nads]

Who gives a rat's ass?
Tired subject.
Live life, whatever!
"Don't Bug Me No More."

[Killer]

THE 4 STAGES OF GREASERHOOD

1. Humble Beginnings

When you are first enlightened by the wonderful underground world of “grease” you’ll have your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut: a sponge of ignorance soaking up information as it comes in from your new greaser peers. At this stage you’ll probably latch onto your new best buddy who introduced you to “the scene” and rely on him/her for tips on what’s cool and what’s lame on subjects like Hot Rods, Lead Sleds, Music and Fashion. This is the friend you’ll be asking, “Are my pants cuffed right? Should I use Murrays, Dax, or Tres Flores?” and for you gals “Where do I buy one of those net things for my hair?” Hopefully your buddy will be somewhat of a veteran to the scene and have all the right answers. If not, may God help you cause your both lost.

2. Mr. And Mrs. Know-it-all

Stage 2 is truly comical in nature but the one I despise, although most everyone goes through it (some more than others). This is the part where you’ve been in the “the scene” for about a year now. Long enough to have seen quite a few bands at quite a few nightclubs and you know all about anything and everything including how Big Sandy started, how to shave the door handles on your new classic car, who does good traditional tattoos, hell you may have even heard some stories about the old Wild Cats or The Teds and are thinking about joining a hot rod gang of your own. This is also the stage where all you guys have watched one to many movies and think it’s cool to treat your “ol’ lady” like shit cause you’re “the man” and you need to be out drinkin Pabst Blue Ribbon and wrenchin on your car while she’s inside fixin you turkey pot pie. And worse yet, you gals are putting up with this crap.

This type of idealism goes on for about a year until the shit hits the fan. One day you’ll be telling some wild story about how you remember back in the pre- “Swingers” days when Eddie Nichols got into a fight after a show at the Derby back in 1990 (even thought you were only 16 back in ’90) and how you helped him out and gave him a ride in your shaved ’53 Pontiac before the cops showed up, and suddenly you realize that you’re telling this story in front of a couple veteran greasers who met you a year ago when you asked them if your pants were cuffed right. Now being solid vets to the scene, these guys are gonna be cool and walk away and let you live the fairytale, but one day someone’s gonna call you on it and make you look like an idiot in front of a lot of people.

3.Fork in the Road

Now this is the turning point in your greaser career. One of two things will happen next. If you truly love the music and the whole vibe, you’ll live through the humiliating experience, go on with your greaser tendencies and end up a true veteran with stories of your own to tell. Or you’ll get out as fast as you can and rejoin the masses in the Sublime/Skater scene where all are welcome. If you do press on, you’ll start to learn that being a true greaser really isn’t a scene at all but a lifestyle. A lifestyle that doesn’t come and go.

If you’ve reached this point you’re probably at home and belong to the select few who actually have the music and trends of post W.W.II in your soul. This is when you’ll truly start learning more about the history of the music and fashion. You’ll learn he differences between Rock-a-billy, Jump Blues, Rock and Roll and the several variations of swing and how all this music feeds off each other and compliments one another. You’ll start forming your own opinion on how high you like your pants cuffed or maybe you don’t like to cuff em at all. This attitude will bring you to the final stage of greaserhood.

4.The Veteran

You’ve been through a lot and have learned to weed through all the bull shit that people shovel out. You’ve been hangin round “the scene” for 4 or 5 years now and you can tell who just joined this circus act and who are experienced vets and those who are claiming to be. This is the graduation stage where you’re mature enough and know enough to sit back and laugh at the stupid things you did a few years back and at the newcomers who are making the same mistakes you did. You can now be confident enough to put on that one Disco record (I know there’s one) that you always liked but were too cool to admit it and enjoy the rest of your greaser life.

In conclusion I’d like to leave a couple words of advice. Newcomers, take it slow and form your own opinion of what’s cool right off the bat and it’ll save you some embarrassment in the long run. Stage 2 Greaser, wise up quick cause no matter how much you think you know, the guy next to you probably knows a lot more but just isn’t saying so. As for you true veterans out there, don’t sweat the little shit. Everyone who matters knows you’re a veteran and if they don’t they’re probably a Stage 2 Greaser anyway…



Take it easy everyone,
(Name with held to protect the guilty)

P.S. The scene is still growing and isn’t going to get any smaller anytime soon. But don’t worry it’ll die down eventually and we can all be a happy family again.

[plan9]

the pains of wanting to belong...

[Dat Dirty Rat]

How many CD's have the Stray Cats recorded/released...and why do they 'always' have the same songs on them??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

whats next...'the Greatest Hits of the Greatest Hits' remixed & Digitally Recorded http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

'Real' Taildraggin consist of snatchin your wallet and pullin your ass by the chain holmes....

I know where your coming from 'Mytlo 56' & agree with everyone else,,,Dead Topic...

How about,,Whats a 'Rat-Rod'?

Killer nailed it!

Dirty

Where can i get a 'Von Dutch' mesh trucker hat?

[DrJ]

5th stage...
Don't even bother with it anymore...
The grease that is, because the grease isn't what it's all about anyway.

[prime mover]

I agree its not about the grease or the music, I try to relate "kustom kulture" to cars all the way. besides I just use a little hair sray on the sides and its much easier.
I get labeled a greaser sometimes but I think I'm just a dirty white boy who cant get enough old cars.

[plan9]

aint nothing wrong with being a *GREEZER*, if you slick your hair back, wear white T's, boots and cuffed jeans youre a greezer... maybe not a PC greezer, but better than sagging size 100 pants, any day...

posers arent ruining the scene, nothing is ruining the scene but your imaginations. american cars have always been popular, and will remain that way for yrs to come... it could be worse....

[mrrocket]

[ QUOTE ]
Cuffs are silly, chains are are for doing frame work,not your wallet, and hard rock is the music of choice in my shop.
Well I also dig the blues.

So i don't fit in I guess. But my cars still kick ass http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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I like my cuffs...also like my cut off kahki shorts. My chain has kept my wallet attached to me, and not lost some customers seat or just plain ole lost for over 7 years....thats a record for me. Rock and Roll is the music of choice here at Rocket 90 percent of the time...that and Honky Tonk, Some blues, some old industrial and random others.

Dont down the look...just down the people you dont like, that HAVE the look.

And grease...depends what time i wake up and how well I feel, otehrwise its a hat day.

[gettingreasy]

What about us that don't have enough hair to have a pomp, should I just shoot myself(I don't think I could stand the ridicule)? Should I be wooried weather I'm cool/uncool, oh shit, I use Brylcreem does that make me uncool to?
-Jesse

[MBL]

Killer has touched on some ammusing points....which are true but I think true of any scene. When you became interested in the style/culture/music/cars is somewhat unimportant to me. I just don't like being told where to go by any of the wannabillies in the forementioned early stages that Killer had pointed out. Just don't be a prick...don't act like you know everything(nobody likes that no matter what group your in)...If you like the music then good; if you don't well don't listen to it. People who like old cars tend to like other vintage stuff...music/furniture/clothes....I do. I am more comfortable with it around. I dig doowop....some rockabillies laugh when I say that and I will be buying their used rockabilly CD's at the Sound Exchange in about a year. Who cares...let them do what they do....dress 50's if you want to dress 50' and if you want your pillow case to resemble the bottom of a KFC bucket...put grease in your hair.
Tim
MBL

[Steve]

jimA you crack me up. and jason that shit was pretty damn to the point. Now can we go back to the cars..

[Django]

My hair is falling out...

I painted my red wheels black...

My cuffs were never that great anyway...

Will anyone still talk to me? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[fatassbuick]

Thank GOD this subject came up!!

[porknbeaner]

Don't know what the whole deal is with cloths and music. I was there and been dressin' the same as long as I can remember. That is whatever I pick up and put on. KEWL has nuthin to do with your threads, your either Kewl on not.
I never owned a rod that you could hear the tunes other than those commin' out of the engine bay.
Here's the deal, "if it don't make you dirty it ain't yours!!" So if ya gotta work on that 50 year old heap and don't like it put it aside. Someone will make good use of it.
By the way "Tradition" is not a fad its a way of life.

[mrrocket]

[ QUOTE ]
Thank GOD this subject came up!!

[/ QUOTE ]

Pantera is SOOOO Rockabilly...we win, Fataas!

[mytlo56]

To those of you who provided civil answers: Thanks.

To those of you who felt it necessary to take the "holier than thou" stance & be dicks: Sorry to have offended you all.

I didn't realize my question was "tired," and will stay w/ in the realm of mechanical things from here on out...even though the question related to Kustom Culture, which I thought had to do w/ classic Hot Rods and Kustoms?

[Kilroy]

How would Mike Ness do it...

[slazzen]

well in my wise yrs I have listened to all types of music and been apart of some very famous music events and I have to say I have always been myself I got ready for one show once and felt like a girl so never again If you have to dress up to be a part of thats cool I dig the photo`s in Garage magazine I just wish they had cars in there instead of some guys living room and what kind of hair doo goop is best my 2 cents

[Jive-Bomber]

You know what I'm looking farward to?
The whole "retro/ nostalgia rods are NOW cool" people to Go AWAY!
I'm wating for this trend wave to die and leave the diehards alone. I'm waiting for the rod magazines to tell the masses something else is in style now.

I liked it all better about 5 or 6 years ago- Before it seemed like every ex-whatever wannabe went out and primered a stock 4 door 1966 clunker, painted the wheels red, and started wearing a "club" jacket.
I liked Paso better then
I liked going to shows better then
I liked my car stuff being a smaller, tighter knit group of people that "got it"

Put down that SO CAL and MoonEyes tack on accessory catalogs, and buy Don Montgomery's books- All of them. Spend more money on car parts than you do on CD's. Spend more time working on friends cars or in your own garage than you do at the bar.

Whoa.. I just got on a soap box for minute, huh? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[Django]

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But geesh, A lot of "newbillies" don't even know why they're in it. I can pretty much guarantee they don't like the tunes. Let's face it, although Hank and Cash are great...they're not "pop culture" friendly. And rods and kustoms? Hah! As soon as James Dean-A-Billy realizes that he actually has to maintain that 50 year old ride he'll sell the car and move on to the next fad.

[/ QUOTE ]

Everytime this comes up I think where are all these SCENESTERS everyone's bitching about with cars? I'm going to CA next month and Seattle in Dec. I really want to see some of these posuers out in the wild. Not saying Chicago doesn't have any, but there must not be enough that I even notice. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[just steve]

Relax . . . . you're a #1 who just got jumped by a bunch of #2s, and the 3s and 4s don't give a shit.

Me? I'm probably a 0. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

later,
Steve.

[mytlo56]

[ QUOTE ]
Relax . . . . you're a #1 who just got jumped by a bunch of #2s, and the 3s and 4s don't give a shit.

Me? I'm probably a 0. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

later,
Steve.

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Hehe. I'm just a guy who loves cars, a certain type of music, and kustom culture. I'm not losing sleep over a few few brash commments on a message board, trust me.

Regarding the post about "scenesters" and not seeing them: Come on out to Ballard to the Tractor Tavern on a weekend night when you're here in Seattle. You'll see em' for sure.

[fatassbuick]

You know, this subject comes up every now and then and I throw in a smart-assed comment or two. The funny thing is, I guess I've been a "greaser" since I was 15, about 19(jesuschristimgettingold)82. Since then I've listened to all sorts of music, had all sorts of friends, had all sorts of cars. I'm the most comfortable with greasy hair, a car older than '60 and old furniture/appliances. I also listen to *gasp* rockabilly, as well as punk, old jazz, old country, blues, heavy metal, some hippy music....the list goes on.

I guess the point is, fuck 'em. Live how you want, as long as you enjoy yourself and it doesn't hurt anyone else...too much. The Britney Spears rockerbillies will disappear when the sixties mop look takes hold good, then you'll be back to being an outcast. At least right now the chicks dig it.

[Sam F.]

what about stage 5,,i think it was left out,something about going back to be a skater or something,HAHA,

it would be cool tho if people just in it for the scene would get lost and move on to the next "new thing"

i love cars and bikes and old music,oldies,rockabilly etc.,but why do some people have to make it into some kind of gay "im better than you" cuz i listen to blah blah blah......

...never have figured that out. i always thought it was about the cars,,, music is a seperate portion that comes together ,,but not a main factor that dictates all.... just my 2 cents

[plan9]

this craft seperates the men from the boys... you actually gotta work to get something to look good. if anything, it might teach the *poser* a lesson in a good days work, patience, and following through with your plans. end result might be building something he or she is proud of, thereby making the *poser* a bareable person to be around... or the opposite, in which case we send them to TEXAS for a down home boot party.

[TWO]

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Thanks for reminding me Rudy- "LARGEST CUFFS" and "BEST BURNS"!!!!!

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No no no, that's BEST cuffs and SHARPEST burns. Cuffs should be 3 to 3 1/2 inches on Levis that are new or in new condition for that "just stepped off the set of of a 70s movie about the 50s" look. Cuffs should be perfectly straight and checked with a dial caliper.

[TWO]

Wow, this is a depressing thread. Sometimes I start to think people just like what they like and do what they do and are real, and then I'm reminded that junior high was really just a magnifying glass.

[LIMEY]

Fatass you said it......fuck 'em live your life how you feel happy,
the really good people don't judge the book by lookin at the cover, i'll always look at a grey beard & think....i wish i could see half the things they've done with cars in their life. Having said that there are plenty of young guns with a real passion & talent regardless of how they dress.

[MBL]

REJOYCE! Today is Olivia Newton Johns Birthday! You know from GREASE!
Tim
MBL

[Nads]

32LIMEY, you said irregardless, ha that's not a word!

[LIMEY]

nor is summink or dat but you nowe wot i mene, never woz any gud at english. regardless of wot you fink... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
sumtimes i be fick like a propa retard!

[nor cal nic]

'BACON... better than rockabilly!!!' i have a new line of shirts coming ^ out one will read the above. the other, 'OVERWEIGHT? try rockabilly...' order your first two now! available only in XXXL size.
nic

[doornail]

I didn't know there was a litness test for being "accepted" into the holy realm of Kustom Kulture. Maybe, you all should develop a manual for the beginner. So everyone can be in the know about what has been deemed kool. The complainers are as bad as the posers. Just accept the fact that not everyone is as kool as you, nor are you as kool as you think. So now fat people can't be kool, what a bunch of mindless dribble. This is what will kill the kustom kulture movement, or whatever you call it. The music is a part as is the kustoms and hot rods. Study history and you'll see that. Just let everybody have their particular way to celebrate this type of art, or be destined to die in the hip hop loser mentality culture the mass pop culture is feeding everyone right now. doornail

[mytlo56]

[ QUOTE ]
I didn't know there was a litness test for being "accepted" into the holy realm of Kustom Kulture. Maybe, you all should develop a manual for the beginner. So everyone can be in the know about what has been deemed kool. The complainers are as bad as the posers. Just accept the fact that not everyone is as kool as you, nor are you as kool as you think. So now fat people can't be kool, what a bunch of mindless dribble. This is what will kill the kustom kulture movement, or whatever you call it. The music is a part as is the kustoms and hot rods. Study history and you'll see that. Just let everybody have their particular way to celebrate this type of art, or be destined to die in the hip hop loser mentality culture the mass pop culture is feeding everyone right now. doornail

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I fully agree that the majority of folks out there aren't as "kool" as me. Afterall, that's part of being kool, right?

Kustom Culture:

1. You like Rods or Kustoms
2. You like Low-Brow art work
3. You appreciate beauty in design and timelessness, whether it be in a car, woman, or art.
4. You dig surf, rockabilly, or old time rock music.

There's my definition of Kustom Culture.

I'll be the first to admit that I personally associate cuffed jeans, classic hair cuts, Rat Fink, pinstripin', & Moon Eyes w/ the culture, but hey, that's just me. If your definition is different, so be it. But...ya gotta appreciate those four things above to be a "true"devotee of Kustom Culture.

[Johnny Ace]

I guess I must be an ORCA-FINK.....I took and passed the Big Daddy Roth home body-building course long ago....Kahuna raises good points, how easy is it to dismiss rockabilly ,especially now,with the passing of the Blonde Bomber and other greats?
I thank God every day that some new kid is asking about Dutch and Roth, or Sleepy LaBeef, or the HAZE,etc.
I have been through some UGLY and UNINSPIRED cultural times,folks....I saw the horrors of disco and the shame of oil-money built street-monstrosities 20-25 years ago...
the guys in the late 60's started bashing the earlier Kustom years and lo & behold, here come the '70's...open any old Autorama book or better yet, dig out those mags from that time period.....still wanna bash the current "fad".??

[Hot Rod Ron]

I have never responded to these post before just read and get a giggle, but had to write in and say that Killer has nailed it right on the head. Not that I care to much but I would say that in my stage of life I am at stage 4. Have the college degree and listen to all types of music, have a great job at a local shop here in town and can come to work dressed like a greaser and have no problems. Killer I am printing your post out and hanging it on the garage wall at home. Nice to see a grown up greaser that thinks the same as me.

[Jkustom]

yep, I think killer nailed it. I get such a laugh at all these guys. Especially us young guys. I had a guy come up to my friend who dresses like a greaser in a bowling alley
and ask "are you rockabilly?" like it mattered the world to him. Funny shit, cuz who cares? I was dressing like this and figuring out this music AND DRIVING my classic car years before I even knew there was a scene here. And when I found it I was pissed because nobody had cars but like 5 people! So I became good friends with the most down to earth guy, who also had the coolest car and we were both under 21, so when all the "COOL GREASERS" (glamourbillys, or rockaberries as I call them) were down at the tractor tavern twirlin girls around on the dancefloor, we were a few blocks away in his garage making our cars cooler. Now that I am a little older and known in the scene, I dont really give a fuck about the scene. funny how that works huh? when it all comes down to it Im not a rockabilly, I am a punk rocker just like Ive always been. And the punk in me says FUCK'EM. -J.

[Hot Rod Ron]

Jkustom same things happen here as well. We have about 50 people total that are "rockabillys" but only 3 of us have cars that we have built with our own two hands. The funnest thing that I like to watch is when Metalshapes and I go to shows and they see his roadster, which is a rockabilly's wet dream and they find out that Metalshapes is not a one at all. The other one that is funny is you or I being a vetern and they talk shit saying you did not build your car or you do not have one, and you show up at a show and then they are all buddy buddy with you and want you to come help them with the 69 caddy 4 door. Metalshapes is just a normal looking joe with huge talant for metal. I am in the same camp as you, DIY and do not care what everybody else thinks, just family and close friends/pals.

[repoguy]

I think that stage 2 could have been simplifed to latent homosexuality

[saltflataddict]

[ QUOTE ]
Sublime/Skater scene where all are welcome

[/ QUOTE ]

All are welcome, ha http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I remember when no skaters were welcome anywhere, and girlfriends were not easy to come by if you skated. man I wish it were that way again. "keep skateboarding a crime"

[mytlo56]

[ QUOTE ]
yep, I think killer nailed it. I get such a laugh at all these guys. Especially us young guys. I had a guy come up to my friend who dresses like a greaser in a bowling alley
and ask "are you rockabilly?" like it mattered the world to him. Funny shit, cuz who cares? I was dressing like this and figuring out this music AND DRIVING my classic car years before I even knew there was a scene here. And when I found it I was pissed because nobody had cars but like 5 people! So I became good friends with the most down to earth guy, who also had the coolest car and we were both under 21, so when all the "COOL GREASERS" (glamourbillys, or rockaberries as I call them) were down at the tractor tavern twirlin girls around on the dancefloor, we were a few blocks away in his garage making our cars cooler. Now that I am a little older and known in the scene, I dont really give a fuck about the scene. funny how that works huh? when it all comes down to it Im not a rockabilly, I am a punk rocker just like Ive always been. And the punk in me says FUCK'EM. -J.

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Cool. I have a lot of respect for guys who build their own stuff from the ground up. My dad is one of those guys. I'm not. I'm semi-mechanically inclined and can get by doing a little body work here and there, some brake work, and lowering stuff. For wiring & heavier duty mechanical stuff I pay to get it done. I don't like doing it and would rather pay someone else to do it right the first time. I don't have the space either.

As far as the scene here in Ballard and the Tractor...I like it. There are very few places in the country that have such thriving rockabilly scenes w/ killer live music almost every weekend. Yeah, there are some "glamourbillies," who don't have cars, but for the most part everyone seems real cool & friendly here. The folks w/ out cars appreciate what other's have built as best I can tell. I was just at the Rooks show and met quite a few local guys who have real nice cars...definitely more than five.

I feel like I need to put this topic to bed. This board is indeed about kustoms and rods, not music and "scenes." I love rockabilly music. It works for me and I grew up on it. But I made a mistake in posting something that doesn't have a ton to do w/ cars. My bad. But hey, I love rods and kustoms and that's why I'm here.

End of topic.

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Hmm, I like jazz, blues, Hendrix, AND Sublime. (and you can never go wrong playin Cypress Hill.) Also like fast, loud, good sounding, good looking cars that can take corners marked 30 MPH at 65.

I guess that makes me a HOMOposer.