Rock branch
Rockabilly
Rock › Rock and roll › Rockabilly
- Emerged
- 1954
- Origin
- American South
- Subgenres
- None
Rock and roll filtered through white country music: slapped upright bass, Sun Studio echo and a vocal hiccup. It gets rediscovered every couple of decades.
- Heaviness
- 2
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 8
Key acts
- Carl Perkins
- Johnny Cash
- Gene Vincent
- Stray Cats