To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.
Brian SetzerAs a genre, rockabilly's post-Elvis profile has seldom been lower in the United States. Many labels that produced fresh bass-slappin' sides during the '90's are now out of business.
Brian SetzerTo keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.
Brian Setzer... so much of what we do now started in 1954 at Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee ... those guys were inventing that stuff (Rock & Roll) ... you can really tell on some tracks ... they were actually afraid at times of what they were playing. But Rock & Roll definitely didn't come before that time; it started right there
Brian Setzer