The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, July 17, 1985, Page 5, Image 5
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Mark Armstrong
Staff writer
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Say hey Mr. Barber
There's been a revival of
past few years, with marn
more roots-oriented appro:
Many bands have beet
roekabilly, a blend of ec
blues made popular in the
Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison
Presley during ihc 1950s.
This sound was the basi
But while some bands
these older influenees, R
name implies, arc rock 'n'
The band, which includ
and Johnny Dark on gui
Winchester on stand-up b
and Screamin Reese Lloy
wide open, wreck less aban
could ever hope to equal.
They will be playing
Points tonight and Thurst
Lloyd cited their musica
rockabilly, from the early
the country side and, of c
"It's more of a countr
added to it," Jackson sail
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"Flat Top" music, m?
Rock-a-billv 88 Hat as soi
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sorts in music during the revival, b
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ach to their sound. Seeing
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?untry and rhythm-and- bands ths
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les Little Stcvcy Jackson But liv
tars, Mark "Doghouse" mixing t
ass, Tom Catt on drums songs,
d on vocals, plays with a "Othe
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band brt
at Rockafcllas' in Five "If rc
Jay night. Lloyd sa
il influences as "real early the stree
'50s, that tends to lean to Rock-;
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88's rock
vocal style fits his nickname, a mad cross
e between George Jones, Merle Haggard,
iccnt and Robert Gordon that's been
) a little too tightly.
t of the band is equally possessed by the
iking the Honeydrippers seem as stale and
uthern Alabama.
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ccausc being from the South, it's a part of
Lloyd.
Rock-a-billy 88 live is where this difference
.idem and what separates them from other
it play in the Columbia area.
nd has been together for about a year and
e that has received considerable airplay on
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ope 10 record again, but it's "really a mat>ney,"
Lloyd said.
e been selling original T-shirts in order to
ney to get back into the studio. ^
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rovers in and out of their own original jp
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a crowd that much," Tom Can said. "This
night back the joy of playing live." |fl
ickabilly is done right, it can't be beat,"
id. "If it's done bad, it's not worth crossing ^
t to hear."
a-billy 88's boogie is definitely worth crosstreet
to hear, so flat top your hair and don't
chance to sec one of Columbia's best live
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3ee Wee Hern
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Eccentric comedian Pee Wee I
lerman says he "feels great" to
ave completed his first motion
icture and wants to do more. w
Herman, whose debut picture
Pec Wee's Big Adventure' open- 11
d Friday, visited Columbia f
uesday to promote the film.
The movie is the story of a boy
vho is searching for his stolen I
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norc movies in the future as well i
is an album with unrevealed |
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lie to act and perhaps direct <
liture movies," he said.
HKRMAN CALLKI) good 1
riend David Letterman "a really
lice guy, kind of laid back." Pee
rVee also talked about his friend
vladonna, but says that he does
lot feel comfortable about her
ilans to marry Scan Penn, who
Herman has never met.
Although it makes for a hectic
schedule, Herman says he enjoys
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raveling. In his spare time he
istens to UB40 and has recently
ieen Smokey Robinson and
Prince in concert.
He says his favorite thing to do
s nothing. The major influences
>11 his comedy have been Lily
lomlin, Steve Martin and Crazy
Guggenheim.
tven tnougn i-ierman appeared
lircd from his busy schedule of
touring to promote the movie, he
was very pleasant and seemed
happy to be in South Carolina.
He even took time out to do
some shopping in the Russell
House Bookstore. He said Columbia's
hot weather doesn't
bother him because he has lived
in Florida and now lives in 'Sunny
California.'
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