Five Modern Throwback Artists Breathing New Life Into Revivalist American Music

By November 27, 2015 | Category_What's New Charlie Thompson JD McPherson Pokey LaFarge Revivalist American Music The Bellfuries Whitey Morgan and the 78's

Brian Setzer did something truly extraordinary in the early Eighties. Despite his 1950s-inspired pompadour-on-acid haircut, his uber-retro-at-the-time hollowbody Gretsch 6120 and his slap-back-delay-laden guitar sound, he and the Stray Cats morphed their retro-rockabilly roots into something new, fresh, exciting and—best of all—modern. And this was during the days of skinny...