Charlie Feathers

The Heymakers

'Billy Boys

The Cramps

Bad Music for Bad People
(Fontana A&M)

The Heymakers

Bad Music for Bad People
(Fontana A&M)

Punk Debunked

Rockabilly club

Roosting Blues

A revived label serves the blues well

Southern Culture on the Skids

Liquored Up and Lacquered Down (EMusic/TVT) and Tav Falco's Panther Burns Panther Phobia (In The Red)

Rig and Roll

Flathead turns upside-down technique into a winning hybrid of raw country and roadhouse

Caught in a Trap

Peter Guralnick's Careless Love sheds new light on the opaque unraveling of Elvis Presley

Playin' Possum

Unsung heroes Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside signed on with a start-up Mississippi label to record the best blues of the decade