This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...

With a Gretsch six-string slung over his shoulder is Kurt J. on lead guitar, vocals and pompadour. Drummer Bradley James fuels the band’s backbeat at just the right tempo. Rounding out the trio is ...

The road to stardom for Stray Cats began with a trip overseas. They didn't have much money, but they had no shortage of ambition. Drummer Slim Jim Phantom says he has strong doubts today about whether ...

There's too much talk and not nearly enough music in "Psychobilly: A Cancer on Rock & Roll," Mike Decay's docu about the subterranean musical movement that sprang from rockabilly and punk. Given scene ...

Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom chose a career path that put him in the same room with countless musical legends. Yet to hear him tell the story, it was largely just happenstance. When they came ...

Exploring the wild life of Janis Martin, the female rockabilly star who was once dubbed the 'Female Elvis' after signing to RCA Victor at the age of only 15.

Jerry Lee Lewis, a rock 'n' roll icon as controversial as he was influential, died on this day in 2022. He was 87 years old.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...