Rockabilly, horror tonk at it's FINEST....

My daughter Natalie with the band right after they played. She is their biggest fan, lol!!!!


So I just got back from Upland, Ca about two hours ago and all I have to say is that my brother's band the Drop Dead Beats did one of their best shows I have been to this year. Tonight's musical theme for this particular bar, where the show was held, was of course Rockabilly night, which is defined by Wikipedia as:

A portmanteau of rock, from rock and roll, and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music (often called hillbilly music in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style's development. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, blues music, boogie woogie, and jump blues. Although there are notable exceptions, its origins lie primarily in the southern United States.
The influence and popularity of the style waned in the 1960s, but during the late 1970s and early 1980s, rockabilly enjoyed a major revival of popularity that has endured to the present, often within a rockabilly subculture

And I have to say that out all the bands that played tonight my brother's band was by far the best and I am not just saying that because my brother is the drummer. They absolutely did a fabulous set. Even despite the fact that they were suppose to go on third of the night at 10:00pm and didn't get to go on until last at 12:00am. I guess it is true about the saying, "they saved the best for last", because let me tell you they brought down the house. This was my brother's first show back in about a month since he has been in and out of the hospital and he played his little heart out tonight. They all played their hearts out. Some of the bands tonight where pretty crappy and my mom, my daughter and my sis-in-law had to go outside during one bands set because they were just that, really bad, and way to loud. OMG, they were awful. All in all it was a very good night, even if I got beer spilled on me like 4 times by the same guy who couldn't seem to hold his cup in his hand. Oh well, he did apologize in a very drunken manner. =)