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Wednesday Sep 21, 2005
Rockabilly Tattoos
Today, writer Jessica Lund takes a look at the connections between tattoos and Rockabilly
Pin up girls… Gorgeous Cars… Cherries… Hearts…Rockabilly.
Rockabilly is a music style that started in the fifties as a conglomerate of bluegrass, blues, boogie woogie, and country music. Born out of the fertile rebel bosom of the American South, Rockabilly became not only a style of music, but also a distinct genre, an anti-culture that existed to be the antithesis of the hyper-rigid fifties.
Rockabilly as a fashion style has been around ever since, but like most fashions, it’s had up and down swings. Currently pretty damn hip, it’s not hard to find tough looking guys with greased back hair, and woman decked out in sexy vintage wear.
Movies like Grease and Cry Baby have kept the workin’ man Rockabilly image and its bad boy spirit alive, along with a generous helping of contemporary authentic Rockabilly bands.
Personally, my favorite Rockabilly band in Portland, OR is The Flapjacks. All these guys look like they walked out of prison an hour or so before the gig, but the music is tight, the upright bass excellent and the crowd, undeniably enthusiastic.
Vintage in style, Rockabilly tattoos are a combination of sailor tattoos and key elements of fifties fashion. From the sailor’s anchors, sparrows and pin-up girls, to the 1950’s iconic gorgeous cars and ironic red hearts, Rockabilly tattoos are what most people think of when asked to imagine a classic American tattoo. Nearly sixty years later, Rockabilly tattoos remain fresher than ever.
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