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music hunter<br />
The Queen<br />
of rockabilly<br />
by hunter rothWell<br />
Although most people under 45<br />
have probably never heard of Wanda<br />
Jackson, this music sensation is the<br />
undisputed Queen of Rockabilly,<br />
whose popularity was at its zenith in<br />
the ‘50s and ‘60s. As teenager in the<br />
mid-’50s, Jackson became the first<br />
woman to perform unadulterated<br />
rock and roll. Discovered by country<br />
star Hank<br />
Thompson, she<br />
was still a petite<br />
high schooler<br />
when she recorded<br />
with his band, the Brazos Valley<br />
Boys. Her tough, gravelly voice,<br />
complemented by her glamorous appearance,<br />
was an immediate hit with<br />
young lovers of what was then hardedged<br />
music. In 2009, Wanda Jackson<br />
was inducted into the Rock and Roll<br />
Hall of Fame for her influence in the<br />
evolution of popular music.<br />
At 73, is Jackson too old to rock out?<br />
In January 2011, Jackson released<br />
“the Party ain’t over,” an album<br />
produced and backed on lead guitar<br />
by Jack White of the White Stripes<br />
and Raconteurs. “He wasn’t wanting<br />
to change my style of singing at<br />
at 73, is Jackson<br />
too old to rock out?<br />
all,” said the Queen, herself. “He<br />
just wanted me to have new, fresher<br />
material.”<br />
On this album Jackson and White<br />
breathe life into classic songs, old and<br />
new. There is the hard driving “Nervous<br />
Breakdown,” an Eddie Cochran<br />
hit during the infancy of rock and<br />
roll. White adds<br />
ska sounds to the<br />
Andrew’s Sisters’<br />
1940s-era “Rum<br />
and Coca Cola.”<br />
Even more modern hits like Amy<br />
Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No<br />
Good” and Bob Dylan’s “Thunder on<br />
the Mountain” get the retro throwback<br />
treatment, with great success.<br />
Jack White knows what he’s doing.<br />
“He’s just such a cool guy that I found<br />
myself wanting to please him,” Jackson<br />
said. “I wanted to do it his way.”<br />
Perhaps it’s unusual: a rock album<br />
by a woman who’s old enough to tell<br />
you she dated Elvis Presley back in<br />
1955. But Jackson and White have<br />
chemistry in the “The Party Ain’t<br />
Over,” and it’s 40 minutes of pure<br />
fun and timeless sound.<br />
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