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When I was a kid, I found out ...

When I was a kid, I found out about Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent through the Beatles and the Stones doing covers of rockabilly songs

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I never really did rockabilly ...

I never really did rockabilly exactly like they did it in the '50s, ... We always kind of updated it. But I didn't need to go blasting crazy, wild guitar solos around this stuff. I tried to keep it authentic.

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He said it was too long ago fo...

He said it was too long ago for him to put himself back in that mind-set

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He was just thrilled, ... He s...

He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!

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My friend sent me the song, wh...

My friend sent me the song, which I hadn't heard before, ... It faded in toward the middle, and I thought the computer file was broken. But we did research and found out that a tape fragment is all that exists of the song.

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Rockabilly is really part of o...

Rockabilly is really part of our background, ... It's a cousin to the blues and country. And it's that important.

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We weren't afraid to mix some ...

We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.

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To keep creating something wit...

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

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The jazz chord substitutions i...

The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of.

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Since the big band started I'm...

Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

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The biggest challenge for me w...

The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.

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People out there maybe know wh...

People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.

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Normally, you go into the reco...

Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something.

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Mark Winchester has left the b...

Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed.

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It's not about how loud you tu...

It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings.

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I'm not God's gift to rockabil...

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.

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So, it would have been pretty ...

So, it would have been pretty difficult to have brought all the gear into Sun to make it like it was in the '50's.

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The way I take it now, it's al...

The way I take it now, it's almost like a tourist destination.

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I wanted to go back to Sun. Un...

I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun.

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I put a metronome up to all th...

I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

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