Rockin Rhys
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YEEEEe - HAAAAH !!
Male
38 years old
Australia
Last Login: 12/17/2009
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Rockin Rhys's Interests
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| General | I like my cars, rods and bikes and I own too many. I dig LP records, comics, horror movies, pinball, English motorcycles, Beck’s,cigarettes and Tattoos. | | Music | Musically, oh man, where do I start…..Rockabilly and Country Bop is my bag but my tastes run deeper. I dig some jazz and blues too. Django Reinhardt is an idol or I can dig where Johnny “Guitar” Watson is coming from. Any thing recorded at Starday, Sun or King Records is hep as well as some of the 60’s gear such as The Sonics, The Wailers or Sam the Sham.Some other faves: Sanford Clark, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins or Roy Hall, Hank Williams, Roy Milton, Eddie Cochran,Link Davis,Johnny Horton, Moon Mullican, Benny Joy, Warren Smith, Link Wray and the Raymen, Slim Harpo, Muddy Waters, Richard Berry, The Ventures, Johhny Horton, Jimmy Heap and the Melody Masters, Ral Donna, Hank Williams, Wanda Jackson, Betty Mc Quade, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant.
Modern day movers: Ramblin' James and the Billy Boppers, Rockin' Ryan and the Real Gonners, Hank III, Omar, Jack Baymoore, Carlos and the Banditios, Hanks Jalopy Demons, Ray Condo, Rip Carson, Wayne Hancock, Roger Wallace.
But man, that list just keeps on getting bigger every day. So much cool music, so little time! | | Movies | Angel Heart, The Wanderers,Be Bop Cowboy, Drugstore Cowboy, Frankenstein (the orig),Killers from Space, Plan 9 from Outa Space, Planet Outlaws, Teenagers from Outaspace, Robot Monster, Forbidden Planet, Phantom from Space, Wild at Heart... | | Television | Eat Carpet, SOS, Loony Tunes cartoons, Liquid TV, Harvey Birdman, Happy Tree friends and friends,Crime Story, Private Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Funland. | | Books | Any thing by Charles Bukowski, Naked Lunch, Junkie, The Sun Story, The Yage Letters, the Encyclopedia of American folk and country music, Land where the blues began(Alan Lomax). | | Heroes | Sam Phillips, Howlin Wolf, Russ Myers, The MAD DADDY. |
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Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Body type: | 6' 4" | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces | | Occupation: | DJ / Drummer / Camera Person |
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Rockin Rhys failure is only a change of direction to set you straight for your next sucess Posted at 11:39 AM Jul 14
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About me:
Rock Rattle and Roll !!! Its more than just a radio show! Every Tuesday nite from 8pm----blastin' out the latest and the greatest, vintage and contemporary Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, Rhythm and Blues and all manner of roots music goodness. Tune in Local like:92.1fm or on the net kids! :
http://www.rtrfm.com.au
Roots Music from the 40's thru to the present day.
Blastin' out the reverberatin' sounds of the big beat, every Tuesday night for the past 14 years!!
You can now dig the Archived shows at your leisure, check the rtrfm site at :
www.rtrfm.com.au/rockrattle
Me?, well i’m a 37 year old jack of all trades, I play Drums in Rockabilly/Roots bands, I host my own weekly radio show , I Dee-Jay at a few venues around town and I also work in video and photography when I’m not banging the toms or spinnin’ the wax.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Jane Mansfield, Lux Interior,Betty Page, Joe Coleman, Sam Phillips, Eddie Cochran, Alan Freed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sleepy LaBeef, Gene Kupra, Hank Garland, Elvis.
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