{"id":913,"date":"2012-06-24T09:46:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2012-06-24T09:46:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T13:46:45","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-111-academy-days-stray-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/06\/24\/my-musical-evolution-part-111-academy-days-stray-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 111 Academy Days Stray Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StrayWe talked about the movie Grease and the soundtrack. It was a couple of years earlier but that faux 1950’s theme seemed to get people’s attention. When my friend Dave shared Stray Cats <\/em>with me, it seemed like a continuation of that theme.\u00a0 Looking at the cover of Built For Speed<\/em> it looks like Stray Cats were the darker, edgier, Sha-Na-Na. I wonder how Dave first heard of Stray Cats.<\/p>\n

I think it was at least a few years later before I heard the term Rock-A-Billy. <\/em>Which still sounds somewhat durogatory for some reason.\u00a0 During The Academy Days<\/em> it was just a sort of Retro-Rock<\/em>.\u00a0The style and sound\u00a0of the guitar work reminded me of\u00a0The Ventures.\u00a0Although I had this cassette and recognize some of the tracks, it didn’t rise to the level of the other albums I had at the time.<\/p>\n

I never did replace this cassette with a Compact Disc instead I eventually went for a “Best Of” option. Apart from that I was done with Stray Cats. I’m more of a dog person. However, as you will see, Brian Setzer will be back a few times and in a way that I never expected.<\/p>\n

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