Today’s rockabilly revivalists – Imelda May and Kitty, Daisy and Lewis – revere their sources.
But in the late seventies degenerate New Yorkers and track-marked Australians pointed their quiffs at the future, and bled post-punk noise over the music’s bones.
This collection of Tav Falco’s early recordings finds the legendary Memphis polymath howling off-key over perfectly out-of-synch broken blues from the Panther Burns band, featuring Big Star’s Alex Chilton on uncharacteristically sloppy guitar and Jim Sclavunos on drums, later poached by an indebted Nick Cave.
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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World Without End, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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A D Ward, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter