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The Greaser's Lunchbox
Oct 20, 2022 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Music
With East Side Slim
The Greaser's Lunchbox is rock & roll in all of its glorious phases, with an emphasis on its original form - rockabilly!
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| Royce Porter Lookin' That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 19: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of 'D' & Dart Records Bear Family 2000 1958 for 'D' Records, 19 years old. Royce Porter became a noted Nashville songwriter, penning songs for George Strait, Tanya Tucker and more.
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12:02 PM |
| David Ray Lonesome Feeling That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 15: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Lin & Kliff Records Bear Family 1999 Recorded in Wichita Falls in 1957 for Kliff Records by Ray Smith, aka David Ray.
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12:06 PM |
| Justin Tubb Rock It On Down To My House That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 6: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of US Decca Records Bear Family 1994 Released in 1958 on Decca Records.
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12:08 PM |
| Sammy Salvo Wolf Boy That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 30: Rockabilly & Rock’N'Roll From The Vaults Of RCA Victor Records Bear Family 2018 1959, RCA Victor. Anselmo Salvatore to a Sicilian family, grew up on opera records, finding hillbilly while in college and learning guitar while in the military.
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12:10 PM |
| The Slim Rhodes Band Take And Give (alt) feat Sandy Brooks That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 17: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Sun Records Bear Family 2000 Slim Rhodes' band was hard country, but they knew the winds had changed when Elvis arrived. So, they brought in a young singer and recorded this in1956.
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12:15 PM |
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12:17 PM |
| Clint Miller Doggone It Baby, I'm In Love That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 13: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of ABC Records Bear Family 2003 Released in 1958. Miller was from Virginia, appearing on TV in the DC area, eventually earning a law degree and even making a run for VA governor sometime in the 1970s I believe.
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12:19 PM |
| Jimmy Spellman Doggone It That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 5: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Dot Records Bear Family 1997
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12:21 PM |
| Tommy Sands Playin' The Field That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 3: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Capitol Records Bear Family 1992 Released in 1962. Sands did a lot of TV work in Los Angeles, and recorded this with The Raiders, produced by Capitol's Ken Nelson.
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12:23 PM |
| Sonny Stafford Record Hop Blues That'll Flat... Git It! Vol. 34: Rockabilly & Rock’N'Roll From The Vaults Of Blue Moon & Bella Records Bear Family 2020 Recorded in 1961 for Blue Moon Records, recorded as by Sonny Stafford with His Schemers and The 4 Kings. The studio was full that day!
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12:26 PM |
| Burnette Brothers Warm Love That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 12: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Imperial Records Bear Family 1997 Dorsey and Johnny Burnette composing and playing, along with Joe Maphis, Rene Hall and more. This is from 1958, recorded in Hollywood, CA.
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12:30 PM |
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12:32 PM |
| Frank Simon Sugar Plum Boogie That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 26: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of 4 Star Records Bear Family 2008 Frank was from the coal mining region of West Virginia. He recorded this song in 1953, but also had a money making co-write with Honky Tonk Merry Go Round, recorded by Patsy Cline at her first session in 1955.
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12:34 PM |
| Billy Barry I'm A King That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 4: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Festival Records Bear Family 1994 Festival was a small label run by Herb Abrahmson and Jerry Blaine. Billy Barry cut this song in 1967, and is listed as composer, too.
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12:36 PM |
| Billy Barrix Almost That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 10: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Chess Records Bear Family 2000 Chess Records recorded more than just blues and R&B. Barrix recorded this in 1957, and was best known in Chi-town as a dee-jay and TV personality.
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12:40 PM |
| Jimmy Boyd Rockin' Down The Mississippi That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 23: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Columbia Records Bear Family 2006 Recorded in 1956 in Los Angeles at Radio Recorders studio. Boyd has a long career in film and especially tv, likely much more lucrative than his music career.
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12:42 PM |
| Dick Fagan and The Scores I Got A Ticket That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 18: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Sarg Records Bear Family 1992
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12:47 PM |
| Jack Scott One Of These Days That'll Flat... Git It! Vol. 37: Rockabilly & Rock'N'Roll From The Vaults Of Capitol Records Bear Family 2021 Scott was a native of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He recorded this tune in 1961 at Bell Sound in NYC.
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12:50 PM |
| Mack Self I Vibrate That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 16: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Sun Records Bear Family 1999 Mark Self was an Arkansas boy, who recorded this in 1958 in Memphis, TN, with Roland Janes on guitar.
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12:52 PM |
| Donnie Bowser Got The Best Of Me That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 27: Rockabilly & Rock’N'Roll From The Vault Of Sage And Sand Records Bear Family 2011 Recorded in 1958 for Sage Records. Bowser was crippled by polio at age 3, using a wheelchair for the rest of his life. That's didn't stop him from making music, nor from making children - he fathered 10 of the little devils!
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12:54 PM |
| Thomas Wayne You're The One That Done It That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 11: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Mercury Records Bear Family 1998 Thomas Wayne Perkins, the younger brother of Johnny Cash's guitarist Luther Perkins. Recorded for Mercury Records in 1957.
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1:02 PM |
| Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys So Let's Rock That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 9: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Decca Records Bear Family 2001 Bob Wills trying ot keep up with the times - when ya gotta rock, ya gotta rock! Recorded in 1956 in Hollywood, composed by Cindy Walker.
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1:04 PM |
| Dean Beard Party Party That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 21: Rockabilly & Rock’N'Roll From The Vaults Of Atlantic Records Bear Family 2008 Dean Beard and The Crew Cats, recorded in 1957. Beard was something of a legend in his home state of Texas, but never managed to break out nationally.
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1:06 PM |
| The Four J's Be Nice, Don't Fight That'll Flat... Git It! Vol. 39: Rockabilly & Rock'N'Roll From The Vaults Of United Artists Records Bear Family 2022 This is a United Artists release from 1958. The A-B 7" is going for upwards of $75 a pop.
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1:09 PM |
| Paul Davis Big Money That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 7: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of M-G-M Records Bear Family 1996 This is one of 4 singles recorded by Davis for MGM Records, Cut in Nashville in 1956.
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1:11 PM |
| Ricky Coyne Rollin' Pin Min That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 20: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Event Records Bear Family 2004 Released in 1959 for the small Event label out of Maine. Ricky Coyne and his Guitar Rockers
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1:15 PM |
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1:17 PM |
| Jimmy Pritchett That's The Way I Feel That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 14: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Sun Records Bear Family 1997 Best I can tell, this was cut at Sun Studios as a favor to Stan Kesler as his regular studio has suffered a malfunction. Recorded as for Crystal Records circa 1958.
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1:19 PM |
| Tommy Blake Honky Tonk Mind That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 1: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of RCA Records Bear Family 1993 Blake was a troubled soul his entire life: jailed for rape in his teens, losing an eye in the Marines, failed marriages, alcoholism, drug abuse and finally shot to death by wife #3 under the Christmas tree in 1985. Yowza....
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1:22 PM |
| Ersel Hickey Goin' Down That Road That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 22: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Columbia Records Bear Family 2005 This one's from 1958. Ersel wins the award today for most unusual name - well done, Ersel Hickey!
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1:24 PM |
| Bill Craddock & The Blue Notes Birdoggin' That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 31: Rockabilly & Rock’N'Roll From The Vaults Of Colonial Records Bear Family 2018 Colonial Records was based out of Chapel Hill, NC. Billy Crash Craddock (nickname earned as a high school footballer), Birdoggin' recorded in 1957.
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1:26 PM |
| Conway Twitty I Vibrate (From My Head To My Feet) That'll Flat... Git It! Vol. 40: Rockabilly & Rock'N'Roll From The Vaults Of M-G-M, Cub & Metro Records Bear Family 2022 CT was a native of Friars Point, Mississipp - Saaa- LUTE! Song recorded by Owen Bradley at his Nashville studio. CT was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins.... good choice with the name change!
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1:32 PM |
| Ronnie Summers Salt And Pepper That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 8: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Abbott-Fabor-Radio Records Bear Family 1996 This one is from 1959. recorded for Radio Records, backed by the Chuck Vedder Band. Fabor Robinson ran the Abbott-Fabor-Radio labels out of Cali.
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1:34 PM |
| Jackie Brooks The Raven That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 32: Rockabilly & Rock’N'Roll From The Vaults Of Decca, Brunswick, Coral Records Bear Family 2019 Recorded for Decca Records in 1956. Jackie Brooks didn't have a long career, and he wasn't really a hardcore rocker, but here we are.
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1:37 PM |
| Bobby Vee & The Shadows Flyin' High That'll Flat... Git It! Vol. 38: Rockabilly & Rock'N'Roll From The Vaults Of Liberty And Freedom Records Bear Family 2021 Flyin' High hit on Liberty Records in 1959. Bobby Vee was from North Dakota and was a HUGE regional artist throughout the Dakotas and Minnesota and surrounding areas back in the day.
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1:40 PM |
| Bob Luman Buttercup That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 28: Rockabilly & Rock’N Roll From The Vaults Of Warner Brothers & Reprise Records Bear Family 2017 Warner Brother's label from 1959. Luman was a great mid-level artist who enjoyed quite a bit of success, but sadly only lived to 41 years of age. Lead gtr on Buttercup was supplied by Roy Buchanan.
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1:42 PM |
| Jerry Dove & His String Dusters Pink Bow Tie That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 36 Rockabilly & Rock'n'Roll From The Vaults Of TNT & Marathon Records Bear Family 2021 T'n'T Records - Tanner 'n' Texas - out of San Antonio. Pink was recorded in 1956.
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1:46 PM |
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1:49 PM |
| Derrell Felts It's A Great Big Day That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 25: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Columbia Records Bear Family 2005 It IS a great big day - all day long, babies. This one is from 1959.
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1:51 PM |
| Ben Hewitt My Search That'll Flat... Git It! Vol. 35: Rockabilly & Rock'N'Roll From The Vaults Of Mercury And Limelight Records Bear Family 2020 Released on Mercury in 1960. Hewitt ws born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation in a log cabin, learning to play guitar on a $12 Stella.
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1:55 PM |
| Johnny Rivers Baby Come Back That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 24: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Roulette Records Bear Family 2006 The underworld run label that was Roulette recorded more than R&B and jazz, they also recorded rock n roll. This is from 1958.
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