Rockabilly -- Note From The South

pretty cool rockabilly vid

[@4darin5]

HE'S STANDING ON HIS BASS! can't get anymore rock & roll than that.

[@squirrelnutcased]

this shows the true spirit of rockabilly music. raw, wild, fast, stripped down, badass, MUSIC

[@1950sRockabilly]

The preacher in the beginning are Jimmie Rodgers Snow son of Country singer Hank Snow. He Toured with Elvis in 1955 and recorded a Rockabilly record for RCA in 1956.

[@saved1]

Merv !! R.I.P. and thanks for all the great entertainment.

[@JohnsonFinland]

i'm a rockabilly rebel, baby! 50's was a cool decade

[@BubbaFart]

That bass player stole the show! LOL great video

[@HamSandwich09]

Haha, 20 years after the 50's, those moves still makes the girls scream

[@mothball50]

Man! '79? Those were the friggin' disco years. And punk was still young. How did these kats find their niche? I guess cool was alive and well back then. Oh, I forgot Happy Days was on t.v. at the time too(and Shanana!).

[@BEATNIKCASS]

funny, we all laff at this preacher preachin', but rock sure helped me ( back in '58) to become a teenage hood. and i'm so glad it did.

[@colfair]

Wow this guy doesn't dance,,,, he levitates !!! so cool !

[@123thebandit]

Great rockabilly bopping there. 👍🏻

[@k0vert]

riding the upright bass = win in my book.

[@psychonaomi]

oh dang. i have to pick up my game. this guy dances crazier than i do.

[@PeterPug]

Talk about rippin' it up on the freaking Merv Griffin Show!!!! :) Merv probably had no idea what to make of these cats!!

[@StrangePuppyPam]

I used to go see these guys in NYC!! They were AMAZING!

[@bro1945]

DIFFERENT...being from that time period...it brings back memories

[@mothball50]

The 70s wasn't totally lost to disco. These kewl kats have me convinced.

[@olivercarolea]

the south has risen

[@karoloandria]

COME ON EVRYBODY!!! LET'S ROCK!!

[@StrangePuppyPam]

@SpitBucket17X They were called Levi and the Rockcats. Yes they were fantastic, I always thought they deserved a big record deal but it seems that the Straycats got there first.

[@colfair]

the vocalist fuckin' levitates hes awesome

[@Brionkendo]

that dude sure loves his bass.... he having relations with it... awsome video!

[@MrPisster]

The confederate flag does not mean "racist" it means knowledge of southern U.S. history and empathy to the spirit of independence and rebellion that flourished there.

[@drstevie]

fantastic !!

[@joeythepirate]

The guy on the Double Bass makes me lol

[@laslos3]

Great video!

[@Rabadamtimtimti]

Damn good. DAMN good.

[@RFeynman]

Just awesome - perfect.

[@Hotblueamazon]

Nice song!

[@glamkitten24]

nice vid! guys r hot and so is the music!

[@lespaulstudio90]

That was real cool daddyo

[@MrRockinPaul]

Really Rockin

[@macizo25]

the guy in the bass really rock !!! i cant understand how he can play like that ! :)

[@woopyfrood]

It's funny. Some of the old songs that used to be written off as heathen, immature, or just plain ignored by everyone EXCEPT the youth are now classics. Never judge a song by it's album!

[@DaphNasty33]

let us remember the past but learn from it. War sheds blood. Music connects people. MEX AMER LOVES ROCKABILLY =)

[@LuckyDeviI]

Sweet northern soul move at 1:30!

[@McDicker96]

those damn kids and their hula hoops

[@Ronnybilly]

more...more...more please

[@98Rockabilly]

Let each remain in their opinion, we all live in democratic countries, even though I live in Russia, but I think that General Lee was a great man, and the spirit of rebellion seizes me as I am 14 years old

[@Tobbots]

the man at the start of this vid is 100% correct.

[@Tonynihill]

this is so cool.the guy still looks the same now.tony ace

[@SecOfunk]

Smart Man!!!!

[@javierburboa]

F____! awesome!!!

[@juancarlosmendez7087]

buen rockabilly .....

[@nigelbrown5670]

so cool

[@trilc]

Just loveee!!!! =D

[@Larsson89swe]

AWESOME! :D:D

[@entwistle4ever]

Damn dial-up at my mother's house!

[@98Rockabilly]

I ABOUT SLAVERY IS NOT TOLD, BUT IN FACT IT IS THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH LIBERTY, rebellion.

[@Goblexter]

Lol the guy really is riding his double-bass.

[@Beautifulfrozen]

wohow^^ cool!

[@COUSCOUS4U]

yeeeaahh !! dude !!

[@SpitBucket17X]

@StrangePuppyPam who is this!!! thay are fantastic

[@Peytonsbeard]

the fact that levi dexter used to move like tha t is amazing to me XD

[@Zipgunn1]

About 1979-80

[@toith]

Os caras tomaram umas balinhas ligeiras.

[@danzigvi]

good rockabilly high energy....wish there was music like this out now , all we get are tortured artists...i'm very bored with the whole tortured artist thing, jfc just give me some music that isn't depressing ROCKABILLY RULES IT MAKES ME HAPPY AND NOT DEPRESSED!!!!!!!!!

[@Zipgunn1]

I'm not sure they're claiming to be from the South, they're singing about music from the South. On the other hand Levi is from Southend on Sea which definitely is in the South.

[@thomastjb]

punkabilly!!

[@Brootal290]

@BabyGravyDavy - If you have to ask, you don't understand. ;) Everyone who grabs a microphone and jumps up on a stage wants to move and sing like Elvis - or at least they should!

[@Banastre61]

Un - fucking - believable ... and I mean that in a good way

[@squirrelnutcased]

i think its like saying that the confederate flag represented the southern rebellion obviously, and rockabilly was originally southern music that rebeled against the mainstream music of the time. So figuratively speaking, rockabilly was also a southern rebellion. thats my opinion though.

[@SwampDaddy7]

I agree! As soon as I finish my demo, I'm slapping a big ol' Rebel flag on my guitar and never take it off!

[@mikefranky]

@SpaceCowboy641 ....YEAH WOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@RonShiel]

brilliant and he is married to the most beautiful girl in the world Bernie Dexter !!!

[@waxyway]

Rockats meow.

[@TheSololobo]

cool dodos.

[@Jm01394]

Hey!! North or South East or West I liked this band

[@Juan0Asakura]

NIce¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@woopyfrood]

Augh! I accidentally voted 2 on this! I would have voted 5...

[@98Rockabilly]

Lee surrendered - we didn't

[@anajuanmiguel]

92% de los adolecentes se an convertido en reggeton y Pop.Tu y yo formamos parte del 8% que todavia escucha musica real,(ROCK METAL SKA PUNK REAGGAE ROCKABILLY PSYCHOBILLY Y OTROS SUBGENEROS Y VERNTIENTES DENTRO DEL ROCK)

[@Brootal290]

Well... he don't move and he sure don't sing like Elvis, but what would I know... I was listening to KISS in 1979! LOL Sounds like they were moving up from being a punk band. ;)

[@Bilborock]

Waw the beat the beat the beat jajajaja.

[@sloba111]

Yap... those were the days... :-) Keep that flag up high... SOUTH'S GONNA RISE AGAIN.... :-)

[@drstevie]

Quality !!!

[@2407013496]

eeeeeeverybody want to be elvis........

[@StrangePuppyPam]

@RememberSoCal I couldn't have said it better myself! TY!

[@Forkenzo]

thats a long pair of pants!

[@elvis1403]

Fuckin Legends !!!! Yeeehaaaww!!!

[@BigTymerPimp]

Holy shit I just came buckets! Look at that bassist! The lead singer has some sick moves! Sadly, the guitarists and drummer are very dull. This is just grade A sweetness overall though! I bow to this footage!

[@GenXerTanner]

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@KerplunkyGames]

We? Like you fought in the war.

[@spasticteapot]

It's because they were. Yes, the civil war was not started over slavery. Yes, Lincoln was a butcher. But the south tried to bisect the country - an action which would have destroyed it.

[@jimmmboob]

COOL AS FUCK

[@Annasalsa]

@lazygrease91 : what year was that?

[@squirrelnutcased]

whats the point of the guy with the blue guitar... oh well haha i love this video anyway

[@laslos3]

@ccalfored OK! lol

[@pearsoninstruments]

i agree (gangster)rap is ruining society early rap is cool (more funk bassed)not all about killin, drugs and jumping people

[@stiannb]

the baseballs are amazing

[@cliffknives]

Confederate Bandstand!

[@Mattie1492]

Decent Rockabilly, but what I want to know is, who was that preacher?

[@chadmcconnell3799]

I think that is Reverend Jimmy Swaggart. Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin.

[@50sRocKabilly]

Jimmy Rodgers Snow, a country singer that toured with Elvis in the 1950s.

[@slayerrules114]

@colfair yesh Levi Dexter is the shit

[@bluegreaser66]

Raw rockabilly all to cool love the flag most people think racist" ooohhh but not at all it.

[@steve89z]

amen brother! music today sucks

[@bahhumbug9824]

I wonder which is the gay one. Their manager dated one of these kids and mentions it in the book "Please Kill Me", a book about punk. Why are these guys in a book about book? Because of their manager who used to manage Johnny Thunders.

[@entwistle4ever]

They wouldn't be on TV now with that flag. Jesse & Sharpton would be all over them. Not to mention Farrakhan. We're politically correct.

[@ANDROLOMA]

Jesus would have rocked to rockabilly. :) However, Jimi would have taken that bass violin and done cruel and unusual things to it generations would whisper frightened tales of for centuries afterward. IMO.

[@karoloandria]

a confederated flag? yes they are rebels and the bass player is insane, who he is?

[@guysmalley]

@BrickLaneBetty Please lets put the flag in context. Yes It has been hijacked with many bad connotations from times of the pass. But to be ashamed to show old music clips to be PC when we have a Black President? Please lets enjoy the music and be glad we as a country have moved forward so much.