Ten Things You May Not Know About Slim Jim Phantom
Slim Jim Phantom is Rockabilly Royalty. Born not too far from the Gretsch factory in Brooklyn and raised in Massapequa, New York, Phantom grew up immersed in music, especially his parents’ jazz records which featured many legendary Gretsch drummers. “I was a jazz...
The Fred Thread: Four Gretsch Presidents Named…Fred (Fred #1)
Fred #1: Friedrich Gretsch – The “First Fred” Who Started It All. If you had a time machine and attended any Gretsch family reunion in the past 100 years, you’d probably meet more than one Fred Gretsch. As many of you reading this article know, the name Fred...
An Interview with Jane Rose: Rockabilly with a Sonic Side Order of Blues and Attitude
“I step onstage like I own it. Like I’ve got something to say and with a little bit of authority,” says Gretsch-endorsed artist Jane Rose. And for more than a decade, Rose has been fronting Jane Rose & The Deadend Boys, a high-octane rockabilly, blues, and...
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