- Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys is a
western swing /hillbilly boogie musical band fromCalifornia .They began as
rockabilly revivalists in the late 1980s, then dug deeper into the music which rockabilly came from: western swing and particularly thecountry boogie style of the late 1940s and early 1950s, which served as a link of sorts between the western swing and rockabilly eras and was particularly associated with California country music in that era.The band have been inducted into the
Rockabilly Hall of Fame .Discography
* Jumping from 6 to 6 (
Hightone Records , 1994)
* Swingin' West (Hightone, 1995)
* Feelin' Kinda Lucky (Hightone, 1996)
* Big Sandy Presents the Fly-Rite Boys (Hightone, 1998)
* Night Tide (Hightone, 2000)
* It's Time! (Yep Roc Records , 2003)
* Turntable Matinee (Yep Roc, 2006)External links
* [http://www.bigsandy.net Official web page]
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* [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/big-sandy-his-fly-rite-boys-turntable-matinee/ Turntable Matinee review] atPopmatters
* [http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Certificates.html Inductee in Rockabilly Hall of Fame]
* Entry in Bogdanov, Vladimir, Chris Woodstra, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music", pg. 62. (ISBN 0879307609)
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