2012 Melbourne Rockabilly Meltdown - Ferntree Gully Hotel
Another top weekend!!! The Melbourne Rockabilly Meltdown Weekend - it's got everything that any cool Kat or Kitten (or Rabs and Billies) want with a truckload of rockin' bands, lots of dancin' & drinkin', 1950's style fashion & competition, tatts galore, hotrods & Kustoms, merchandise paradise and even a PGR rated burlesque display that some would passionately argue as a perfectly valid reason to showcase our rockabilly counter culture - a lifestyle and phenomenon that is loaded with pride and attitude.
The rockabilly party started on Friday night at Lucky 13 Garage with 4 bands (Hank's Jalopy Demons, Lowriders, Flyin' Saucers and Benny & the Flybyniters) and continued on to Saturday night with debut performances from the Whiteliners (Sydney) and the Continentals (Perth) and well supported by local Melbourne rockabilly maestro, the Atomic Hi Tones. And then the BIG one - climaxing at the Ferntree Gully hotel with an all day and night extravangaza. Nine (9) top bands playing non stop music, tons of hotrods & Kustoms on display in the car park outside, merchandise stores, tatts & 1950's style fashion competitions and a parade of cool kats and kittens dancin' up a storm just like the early Rock "n" Roll years. Surely, the Melbourne Rockabilly Meltdown is becoming an institution for all things rockabilly and, deservedly so, gaining a nation wide repute for those wanting to experience live rockabilly music, culture and fashion. No wonder we seem to be getting just about a plane load of interstate visitors from Brisbane, Sydney and Perth and from the other smaller states as well attending the Meltdown.
Music wise, it just can't get any better, can it?. Bands from inter-states and a good old re-union of the many popular Melbourne bands under the one roof, for the first time after many years. It was very heartening to see and experience. Well done to the Jollys - arguably, our local Melbourne rockabilly promotion supremo. You guys have done it again! So looking forward to the next one in 2013!
Last edited by Jitterbug; 22-05-2012 at 12:26 PM.
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