How to Use rockabilly in a Sentence
rockabilly
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Bands range from classic rock and rockabilly to country and pop.
—Jen Banowetz, Aurora Beacon-News, 19 May 2017
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At the reception, the checkerboard dance floor was packed all night, thanks to a Nashville rockabilly band, and guests dined on fried chicken.
—Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2011
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Over the years, Union Pool has sometimes been identified as a punk bar, sometimes as a rockabilly bar.
—Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 31 Jan. 2018
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This British rockabilly guy came out of nowhere with a song about people mixing up his (very simple) name, and people loved it.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2018
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From the rockabilly revival of the ’70s to the retro disco fad of the ’90s to whatever the Trump era excavates, this eccentric outfitter has dressed it.
—Ilise S. Carter, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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But girls had always focussed on Micah, thanks to his good-looking rockabilly style, which went with his pompadour and his moves.
—Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
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Its sound drew on rockabilly, country-western and ’50s rock, albeit with more bite.
—Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 6 May 2017
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Austin guitarist and singer splits the difference between rockabilly and punk.
—Shawna Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 17 June 2021
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Volbeat brought a rockabilly style to the metal scene and the night as their soaring choruses and catchy riffs were a good way to sit back and appreciate all that the genre really provides.
—Houston Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2019
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Instead there was sake, poured by a young man with an imperious rockabilly pompadour.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 18 May 2017
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The brave men and woman of Maze didn’t sacrifice their lives for Frankie Beverly’s right to wear a white painter’s cap only to have his legacy marred by rockabilly bands who want to remix our music for a rodeo after-party.
—Michael Harriot, The Root, 16 Apr. 2018
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His flashy guitar style also got him work with a white rockabilly singer, Eddy Bell, who outfitted Mr. Clearwater with a leopard print for his guitar to match his tiger print jacket.
—Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 5 June 2018
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An early rockabilly and rock and roll innovator, Cochran was one of the first artists to experiment with multitrack recording and special effects on his songs.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
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Domino’s piano sits out for this almost-rockabilly song; instead, his voice glides above a brisk rhythm guitar, gloating over the prospect of career success as romantic revenge.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
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The rockabilly musician has long been rumored to be the illegitimate child of music legend Jerry Lee Lewis.
—Fox News, 26 Mar. 2018
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At Marchesa, lead hairstylist Renato Campora created a modern rockabilly style by pulling the hair into a high ponytail on the top of the crown, braiding it, and twisting it into a bun.
—Jessica Prince Erlich, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2010
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And the dynamic crowd is one of the best surprises here—a multigenerational mix of hipsters, ranchers, rockabillies, and bikers convene nightly.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
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The film will obviously appeal to Tramps fans as well as those who've never heard of the band but are interested in punk history, especially the 1990s Orange County punk-ska-rockabilly era.
—Kathleen Craughwell, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
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In 1978, Ripsaw, a Pennsylvania record label, approached Mr. Hancock about recording in the rockabilly style.
—Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2018
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Opening for the rockabilly guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and former Stray Cats frontman are the Texas Gentlemen.
—Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 2 Nov. 2017
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