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Lee Rocker: Road Tested, American Made
by Chris M. Slawecki
If there's a club or a bar or a theatre that has a stage with electricity and amplification, no matter how obscure or winding the road it's on, it's almost a sure bet that Lee Rocker and his upright bass have played a gig there.
Rocker's stock in trade has been the American roots music rockabilly pretty much since the day he first picked up that upright as a teenager on Long Island, NY. He hooked up with ...
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All About Jazz
Rockabilly roots-rocker Lee Rocker may have made his name as the upright bassist with The Stray Cats, but he's been anything but silent since the million-selling group dissolved. With eight albums under his own name, he's worked with legends including Carl Perkins and Dave Edmunds.
Senior Editor Chris Slawecki caught up with Rocker recently to talk about the rich legacy of Rockabilly, and Rocker's place in that history. Read Lee Rocker: Road Tested, American Made, up this morning at AAJ. ...
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