Anyone that knows the history of rock-a-billy "White man's blues" according to some, know of the great respect it has long had in Canada, Europe, or Asia (Japan). This continues to this very day.
Sweden's Go-Getters are one of the premier practitioners of this form of music. With the establishment of the EU one would imagine a better programming of radio. Their drummer and leader told me this is not the case. In fact it has gotten harder for Peter and the boys to get airplay at home since the EU was established!
It remains a vitals, fun, and vigorous style of music yet country and rock radio shun it or regard it as an 'oldies' idiom. Psychobilly, rooted in the Cramps and maybe, for pace The Ramrods and their take on Ghost Riders in the Sky (by Stan Jones), cab be more topical than most commercial music other than rap or hip hop.
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