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The instrumental music of rockabilly also played its part in rock and roll history.

One of the characteristics that people think of most often when they think of rockabilly music is the famous “hiccup” vocal styles. Elvis, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, and many others used this technique to varying degrees when recording their fundamental rockabilly tracks. But rockabilly music wasn’t always about the vocals. Several great rockabilly instrumental themes […]

When the Mississippi flowed back

Tectonic events such as a 5.8 earthquake in California and a volcanic eruption in Washington, caught our attention. But they couldn’t match the New Madrid earthquakes from December 1811 to February. 1812 that caused the mighty Mississippi River to briefly flow backward. Consider the statement from Firmin La Roche, a French fur trader from St. […]

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