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ROCKABILLY FEST 2000 OPENS JACKSON’S EYES

 

 

Jackson – People were lined up for over an hour to see, photograph and get an autograph from Brenda Lee.

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mariaeholly.jpg (12053 bytes) Jackson musicians were thrilled to be able to see and talk with the original Comets. Maria Holly, Buddy’s wife, being in Jackson was a local point of discussion.
The fact that people from all over the world were in Jackson finally began to awaken in locals the realization that Jackson, Tennessee can indeed become a music destination.

 

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   This Rocabilly band traveled from Finland
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A Rockabilly Artist from California		 What Henry Harrison has done with Rockabilly Fest 2000 is open local eyes to the fact that rockabilly music has distinctive worldwide appeal and that Jackson, because of Carl Perkins, W. S. Holland, Clay and Jay Perkins and many others can lay an authentic claim to its heritage.

Whatever the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame ultimately becomes, Rockabilly Fest 2000 is truly the event that kicked it off.