Razabilly - 9781477323328

RazabillyTransforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene\nAuthor(s): Nicholas F. Centino\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477323328, 978-1477323328\nSynopsis\nVocals tinged with pain and desperation. The deep thuds of an upright bass. Women with short bangs and men in cuffed jeans. These elements and others are the unmistakable signatures of rockabilly, a musical genre normally associated with white male musicians of the 1950s. But in Los Angeles today, rockabilly's primary producers and consumers are Latinos and Latinas. Why are these \""Razabillies\"" partaking in a visibly \""un-Latino\"" subculture that's thought of as a white person's fixation everywhere else?\n\nAs a Los Angeles Rockabilly insider, Nicholas F. Centino is the right person to answer this question. Pairing a decade of participant observation with interviews and historical research, Centino expl.