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Friday, August 30, 2024

Billy Lee Riley

The Truckers Jukebox Present...

(Burn Rubber Recordings)



Sun alumnus Billy Lee is revered by sideburned legions. A multi-instrumentalist fireball, he inspired ensuant generations of rockers. Not the least of those was iconic singer Robert Gordon. His reinventions of Billy Lee's more combustible waxings introduced them to fresh ears. Most readers of this page already know that Billy Lee reclines in the pantheon; those few who didn't, do now,

Recommended: "Wouldn't You Know," "Trouble Bound," "Betty and Dupree," "No Name Girl," "I Want You Baby," "Got the Water Boiling," "Pearly Lee," "Dance With Me Honey," "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash," "Rock With Me Baby," "Baby Please Don't Go," "Red Hot," "Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll"

Video: "Got the Water Boiling"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..