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I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow

Summary: AJ is on watch duty when two people show up at the gates of Ericson that seem to have ties with two Ericson kids who are dead and gone.

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A.J. was up on watch duty for the morning. It was one of his favorite places to be. Keeping watch gave him time to think through things and make future plans. Not that the ten year old had anything particularly big to plan out today, but still, he got time to himself and that was good enough for him. Raising the binoculars to his eyes, A.J. scanned the tree line. There looked to be four walkers wandering about.

No, make that three. One had just fallen. But what had taken it down? A.J. leaned forward, his eyes narrowing.

There was a rustling in the bushes where the walker had just been. A.J. thought he caught a glimpse of something. Too big to be a rabbit and walkers were too dumb to hide. He drew his bow, arrow at the ready. “Whoever you are, you should come out now. I won’t harm you if you’re friendly, but don’t fuck with us,”

Immediately the bushes shifted again. Two women rose from them, one looking to be a young adult while the other was in her teens. They both had their hands raised, though the teen looked unhappy with this arrangement. The older girl stepped forward, a bright smile on her face. She wore a winter coat with several buttons missing and a pink flower was tucked behind her left ear. Her other ear was missing completely. “Hi there. My name’s Renata and this is Allison. We don’t mean you any harm, we’re just glad we finally made it,”

Made it? A.J. had never seen this girl in his life and he was pretty sure that nobody at the school had anyone they knew outside the gates. What sort of trick was she trying to play? He drew back the string on his bow farther. “We’re not expecting anybody,”

“Oh, I’m not surprised,” Renata shrugged, lowering her arms. “You take a couple years to get to a place and you can’t really use the “fashionably late” card anymore. Should’ve gotten better directions when I had the chance,”

Is she one of Prisha’s old classmates? No, Prisha had said herself that they were all dead. Maybe she was one of the kids who ran away from Ericson back when the world ended, but then why would she not know the way back?

Renata looked up at him sympathetically. “You’re confused. I get that. Tell me, would your name happen to be Tenn?”

A.J. hadn’t heard that name in a long time. Who outside of the school would have even heard of him? And he’d been dead for years. This was too much for A.J. to figure out on his own. “Willy!” he called back behind him. “Tell Clem she needs to see this! We’ve got visitors!” Immediately the lanky teenager scurried towards the admin building, only sparing a second to squint in curiosity, trying to figure out who was outside the gates.

Renata seemed happy with the outcome of their talk. She motioned excitedly for Allison to join her in front of the gate. Allison did so cautiously, dropping a set of broken pruning shears at Renata’s feet once she reached her. Renata quickly picked them up and tucked them in the belt loops on her jeans. The two of them stood there silently, looking up at A.J. who refused to say a word. Finally Renata broke the silence. “So, you guys got any board games in there? I’m pretty much a pro at Monopoly if I do say so myself, but-”

“A.J., who’s there?” Clementine’s voice cut through the air as she hurried to the front gates, Violet and Prisha flanking her. They all observed the girls outside with suspicion. The location of Ericson was a well-kept secret. They never gave out that information. From the looks on their faces, none of them recognized the girls either.

“Hi there,” Renata smiled, sticking a hand through the bars. “My name is Renata and-” She backed up quickly when Rosie ran forward, snapping and snarling at her. It only took a moment for the smile to return to her face though. “Oh my gosh, Rosie’s still alive? I can’t believe it! She must be how old by now, 12? That must be like 80 in human years!”

“Who the fuck are you?” Violet’s tone was harsh as she stared at the pair, her hand on her meat cleaver.

“What my friend means to say,” Clementine cut in, trying to ease the tension. “Is you’re a stranger to us. So we’re curious as to how you came to know Ericson’s location,”

“Oh, right. Minnie and Sophie told me,”

It had been even longer since those names had been spoken. The group looked amongst themselves in confusion.

“Can we come in now?” Renata’s tone seemed hopeful. “We can lay down our weapons and even have you tie our hands if you want,”

“Renata!” Allison hissed behind her.

“What? Allie, this is the place we’ve been searching for all this time! And they didn’t shoot us on sight. I’d say that’s a pretty great start,”

Clementine observed the pair with caution. Renata seemed unusually chipper for a complete stranger trying to negotiate her way in with absolutely no leverage. Allison was clearly the more calculating of the pair, though she seemed to follow Renata’s lead. “Toss your weapons through. Then we’ll see,”

Allison didn’t seem to like that idea at all. Her hand reflexively went to the gun on her hip, but Renata chucked her blades through without a second thought. She gestured towards the gates with her head. “C’mon, Al, show of good faith,” Going against what she clearly believed to be better judgement, Allison tossed her gun and hunting knife through the bars of the gate.

Prisha and Violet picked up the weapons, looking to Clementine for the next step. Clementine glanced back in the direction of the school. Louis had stepped outside, waiting on the steps of the admin building, their daughter Maisy cradled in his arms. Clementine shook her head and he gave a nod, quickly heading back inside. Ruby was in the greenhouse with little Zachariah strapped to her back and Aasim and Omar were out checking the fish traps. If need be, Clementine was confident she, Prisha, A.J. and Violet could take down these two in a fight before they got very far. Clementine whistled at Rosie, directing her to keep watch in front of the admin building. “Open the gate,”

A.J. had climbed down from the watchtower and did as he was told. Renata and Allison strode through quickly, the gate clanging shut behind them.

Renata reached out her hand once more. “Name’s Renata. It rhymes with frittata,”

“Clementine. This is Violet and that’s Prisha,”

Renata looked amongst the three of them. “Violet I recognize from the stories, though I’m pretty sure the glasses are new. You two aren’t ringing a bell. I guess some other people have found their way here as well,” Her eyes scanned the yard hopefully before locking on Clementine’s. “Did the twins make it back?”

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The group stood silently in front of the twin’s graves. Allison stood back a few inches from Renata, her dark eyes piercing as she glared at the others, daring them to infringe on her friend’s space. Renata was silent, staring at the graves. Everyone else stayed quiet as well.

Finally Renata turned around. “Did you find the bodies? Because you know if you never find the body-”

“They’re gone,” Violet cut in. “We saw,” She didn’t tell Renata the truth about Sophie, the terrible revelation Minnie had given on her last night alive. That was too cruel to share.

Renata turned back around, slowly kneeling beside the graves. “Shit. Fuck. Maybe it was crazy to hope, but part of me always thought they’d be waiting here when I finally made it.” Her voice cracked a bit at the end. “They must have escaped though if you guys saw them again and they’re buried here,” She looked up at Violet. “Were they alright the last time you saw them? I don’t need to know how they died, but did they get to be happy again?”

Violet looked helplessly into Renata’s eyes. She wished she had something positive to offer. The most merciful option though was silence.

Allison placed her hand on Renata’s shoulder, looking concerned.

Renata sniffled loudly, shaking her head as though to clear her thoughts. “This world never goes easy on us, does it? Could I maybe speak with Tenn? I’d like to share some stories of his sisters with him if that’s alright,”

The group shared a look.

Renata followed A.J.’s gaze over to the cross with Tennesse printed upon it. “Oh,” Her voice was soft, almost frail. “He sounded like such a sweet kid too. I guess a lot changed while they were gone,” Slowly she picked herself up off the ground, looking amongst the group. “I suppose I should tell you how I know the twins then. Well, knew them,” She sighed before straightening her shoulders. “I was a Delta soldier alongside them,”

The news cut through the group like wildfire, setting all their nerves aflame. It was the only explanation that made sense, but still all of them had hoped it wasn’t true. The Delta had taken so much from them. Even though they’d heard from the caravans they traded with that it had fallen apart years ago, the mention of its name still haunted them.

“Not sure if it needs to be said that I was captured and forcibly drafted. Allison too. I bet Minnie and Soph told you all about the Delta and their practices capturing children when they got back here,”’

“Actually, the Delta came through here again,” Clementine answered. “That’s the reason we lost Tenn… and some others,”

Renata’s eyes were hard. “Did Marlon lead them back here?”

“Marlon is dead too,” Violet cut in.

“Guess there’s some karma after all,” Renata’s expression was dark, but soon faded into gloom. “Delta took so many. I shouldn’t be surprised they came back. That was always Minnie’s fear,”

“Fuck Delta,” Allison’s words were sharp and full of anger.

“Yeah!” an enthusiastic cheer came from behind them. They looked up to see Willy, the tallest of the group, smiling behind them. “What’d I miss?” he asked excitedly.

Prisha gestured to the newcomers. “Willy, meet Renata and Allison. From the sound of things, it appears they escaped from the Delta,”

“That’s so cool!” Willy exclaimed, his gap teeth prominent as his smile widened. “How did you guys do it? Did you blow up their ship? Cause that’s what we did. It was awesome!”

“Dude, you did that?” Renata exclaimed, her eyes wide. “We heard about that! A whole crew of Delta soldiers blown to bits. All that was found was the burnt-out hull of the ship. Man, if I’d know that was you guys, I could’ve found this place so much faster! All Delta units were ordered to steer clear of the area since no one knew what the hell happened. High five!” She reached up to slap Willy’s hand. He accepted the praise eagerly.

Clementine watched the conversation warily. These girls were trained soldiers. True, Renata didn’t act much like one, but there was something in Allison’s eyes that reminded her of the first time she’d met Minerva. Was it really safe to let them stay inside these walls all on the word of two Ericson kids who were dead and gone.

“Hey,” Renata’s voice broke Clementine out of her thoughts. “You wouldn’t happen to know the name of the commander whose unit came back to Ericson, do you?”

“Lilly. Her name was Lilly,”

Renata’s eyes seemed to sparkle at those words. “That means she’d dead then, right? You saw the body?”

“I killed her myself,” A.J. declared proudly.

This time it was Allison’s turn to give a high five, the smallest of smiles crossing her lips.

“Excuse me for a second,” Renata hurried back over to the graveyard, kneeling in front of the twins’ graves once more. They couldn’t hear what she was saying from such a distance, but she seemed to be gesturing animatedly.

Allison stood in silence, watching the group with a cold stare. It didn’t seem like she was particularly invested in being here.

“Hey, you want some food?” Willy offered. “Our apple trees have a butt ton of apples this year!”

Allison seemed fascinated by the offer, but shook her head a moment later, looking back toward Renata. Her protectiveness reminded Clementine of how she had been back when she and A.J. were on the road. Her loyalty to Renata clearly ran deep.

Renata joined the group a minute later. “Just had to share the good news. I mean, they probably already know since I’m sure you guys had a huge celebration after defeating the Delta, but I wanted them to get my first reactions,” The pink flower that had been in her hair was now gone. Glancing over, the others could see that she’d placed it between the twins’ graves.

Prisha had been silent for this entire time, observing rather than speaking. Now was no longer the time for silence though. “What are your intentions in coming to Ericson?”

Renata shrugged. “Originally, the plan was to stay here. I figured Soph and Minnie got back way faster than me seeing as they knew the actual location of the school and I just knew it was somewhere in eastern West Virginia. We’d hug, cry, share all the crazy stories of what it took for us to make it here… but they’re gone. Tenn’s gone. Any connections I could’ve hoped for aren’t here anymore. And I figure offering a place to stay is beyond what could be expected of you seeing as we’re just a pair of strangers who claim to know your long dead friends,”

The group shared a look. A.J. tugged on Clementine’s arm, leaning over to whisper to her. “Maybe we should let them stay. It’s what Marlon did for us and what we did for Prisha,”

Clementine looked over at Violet and Prisha. Both of them seemed unsure. They’d taken in Prisha in order to save her life. She never would have survived out in the wilderness with the severe crush injuries she’d sustained. Then again, wouldn’t sending these two outside the gates simply be a veiled form of murder, just as exile had felt to Clementine and A.J. when the group kicked them out? These girls had handed over their weapons freely. Was that enough of a sign to trust them?

“You can stay the night,” Clementine decided. “We won’t decide anything further yet,”

Renata’s face lit up at the offer. “You hear that, Allie? They’re not kicking us out yet!” She turned back to others. “There’s still daylight. If you want to put us to work, we’ll help scrounge up the best meal possible!”

Allison nodded, seeming tentatively excited at the prospect of food.

“You can help Willy pick some of those apples he mentioned for dinner. Prisha, Vi, can you set aside what you were working on and join them?”

The pair nodded, guiding the way to their small orchard. Renata skipped along with them, Allison keeping a steady pace behind, Willy walking beside her.

Clementine looked over to A.J. He had grown so much over the years; he was almost up to her shoulder now. “Look at you, being the most trusting of us all,”

“It’s the right thing to do,” A.J. said seriously. “You got left outside before when there was shelter right in front of you. I know you said you never want others to feel the same way you did,”

Clementine nodded, remembering when she was about his age, shivering alone in a shed in the middle of the woods, wondering if she would die from infection or hypothermia first. “I’m counting on you to keep an eye on them, just like I will,”

A.J. nodded. “I won’t let them anywhere near Maisy or Zach,”

“I know you won’t,” Clementine watched the newcomers as they disappeared round the corner. She never expected anyone from the past to ever arrive at Ericson’s gate, least of all a friend of the twins. She hoped this was the right decision. For now, she needed to talk to her husband and hold her daughter. “Heading back to watch?” She asked A.J.

He nodded, already beginning to walk over.

Clementine made her way back toward the admin building. Hopefully there would be no further surprises today.

[anavillafuertepembertymaria]

El rockabilly es uno de los primeros subgéneros del rock and roll, cuyo origen se remonta a la década de 1950. El término es la contracción de las palabras rock y hillbilly, refiriéndose a una variedad ruda de folk conocida como hillbilly music en la década de 1940-50 que, contribuyó enormemente al desarrollo de su estilo.[1]​ Otras influencias del rockabilly incluyen el western swing, el rhythm & blues, el boogie woogie, el doo wop y la música folk de los Apalaches. Aunque existen excepciones, su origen descansa en la región sur de los Estados Unidos. Su influencia y popularidad decayó en la década de 1960, pero a finales de los años setenta y principios de los ochenta, disfrutó de un revival que llegó a la actualidad mediante la subcultura rockabilly.

RockabillyOrígenes musicalesCountry, rhythm and blues, hillbillyOrígenes culturalesAños 1950 en Estados UnidosInstrumentos comunesGuitarra, contrabajo, bateríaPopularidadEdad de oro en los 50s, revival desde los 80sDerivadosRock and roll, step metalSubgénerosPsychobilly, HorrorbillyFusionesPunk rock, GothabillySu sonido característico, aparte de la velocidad, se basa en la conjunción de una guitarra, una batería y el slap del contrabajo, que ofrece una importante función rítmica, así como la voz solista que suele imitar efectos de eco, reverberación y hic ups. Además, el cantante improvisa la carga en las sílabas según la situación, dándole un tono más sensual.

Instrumentos:

Guitarra sajona.

Guitarra eléctrica (muchas veces descollando en los solos, con notables influencias bluseras).

Contrabajo (usualmente se tocaba "cacheteándolo").

Batería (no siempre y muchas veces tocada con escobillas).

Piano, saxo (no siempre).

Palmas.

Tom toms triángulo (muy raramente).

Utilización del efecto eco.

Vocalización, generalmente muy apasionada y llena de adornos y extravagancias: las palabras son pronunciadas entrecortadas, con efectos o simulaciones de hipo, tartamudeo, susurros, balbuceos, gruñidos, gemidos, jadeos, chillidos, ululaciones, aullidos, ronquera, e incluyendo interjecciones, falsete y distorsiones varias. También se quitan y agregan palabras, y muchas veces se intercalan frases como "Go, Johnny, go!", "Rock!", "Aaah, let? o, cat!" antes de los solos de guitarra.Orígenes y apogeoEditar

El rockabilly es uno de los primeros subgéneros musicales que surge del rock and roll, en los Estados Unidos, en la década de 1950, y en la actualidad se ha extendido a todo el mundo. Es una forma musical que nació a partir de tensiones raciales y sociales subyacentes, y si bien algunos músicos solo son «rockabilleros» por el hecho de tocar música rockabilly, para otros constituye: "una forma de ser y encarar la vida", lo que los angloparlantes llaman «attitude». El sonido rockabillero (de gran densidad gracias al constante sonar de los instrumentos y a la profusa utilización del eco, cosa que no sucedía en otros ritmos en boga hasta el momento, como el western swing o el hillbilly boogie) tiene mucho que ver con la cultura adolescente de la época Greaser, y esas ganas de «hacer ruido» y su consecuente postura de arrogancia y rebeldía. Las mismas letras rockabilly hacen referencia a disfrutar el momento, el baile, la sensualidad, la sexualidad y a liberarse de los problemas que trae el dinero, las responsabilidades y las preocupaciones. También se identifica con la onda adolescente de las fiestas, las citas y los romances (tomados en forma más bien realista y terrenal que en el pop, en donde es más fantasiosa). Utilizan términos de la jerga juvenil (un «cat» es un chico, un gamberrillo [por ejemplo: «Three cool cats»]; una «kitten» es una chica, una «gatita», una «cachorrita» [por ejemplo: «Leave my kitten alone»]) y los lugares típicos adolescentes (la escuela, el bar americano, el drive-in) sirven de escenario para una persona o situación que ocupa el tema central de la canción.

Ya existía una relación estrecha entre el blues y el country desde las primeras grabaciones estadounidenses de la década de los años 20. El primer hit country a nivel estatal fue "Wreck of the Old '97",[2]​[3]​ acompañada con "Lonesome Road Blues", que también se hizo muy popular.[4]​ y Jimmie Rodgers, la primera estrella ("first true country star"), conocido como Blue Yodeler y muchas de sus canciones tenían una base de blues de típica progresión armónica aunque con una instrumentación y sonido muy diferentes de las grabaciones de sus contemporáneos negros como Blind Lemon Jefferson y Bessie Smith.[5]​



Elvis Presley "King Creole" 1958

Durante los años 1930 y 1940, emergen dos nuevos sonidos: Bob Wills y sus Texas Playboys eran los mejores exponentes del western swing: combinan voz country y steel guitar con influencias de Big Bands de jazz y sección de viento-metal y consiguen una popularidad masiva. Sus grabaciones de mediados de la década de los 40-principios de los 50 incluyen ritmos jazz two beat, coros y guitarras que son un claro precedente de grabaciones rockabilly inmediatamente posteriores.[6]​

Más tarde, artistas de blues como Meade Lux Lewis y Pete Johnson lanzaron la locura boogie que comenzó en 1938. Artistas de country como Moon Mullican, los Delmore Brothers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant y Maddox Brothers and Rose graban lo que se conoce como Hillbilly boogie, que consiste en voz e instrumentación hillbilly, con una línea de bajos boogie.[7]​

El rock and roll de los años 50 pronto evolucionó adquiriendo mayor velocidad y furia, volviéndose más salvaje y juvenil, acorde con el carácter adolescente pero haciéndose quizá menos bailable. De esta manera llegó el rockabilly como se lo conoce hoy, que es al rock and roll lo que el hillbilly al country.

Si puede considerar a Bill Haley como el primer rockabilly, sin embargo existen antecedentes como la canción de Hank Williams "Move it on Over" que presentan estructura, ritmo y vocabulario que fueron retomados para "Rock Around The Clock". Carl Perkins está considerado por algunos como el padre del género con su "Blue suede shoes" (1956), sin embargo para otros es Elvis Presley con "Thats all right Mama", quien de manera accidental creó el género al mezclar una canción negra con un up tempo hillbilly. A Elvis Presley se debe sin duda, su popularización mundial. A ellos siguieron otros intérpretes de gran talento en la época dorada, que duró hasta 1959 como Johnny Cash.

Decadencia en los sesenta y setentaEditar

A partir del 59, la masiva llegada de grupos vocales y edulcorados ídolos para adolescentes que volvieron a acomodar un tanto al rock, unido a la tragedia que se cebó, con los astros rockabillies (hospitalización de Perkins, retiro por matrimonio de Wanda Jacksony Janis Martin (no confundir con la cantante Soprano de Ópera del mismo nombre), muertes de Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper (El día que murió la música), Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnette, la encarcelación de Chuck Berry, el cambio de estilo de vida de Little Richard, el servicio militar de Elvis Presley, problemas de alcohol de Bill Haley, etc., dejaron al subgénero como algo pasado de moda y los pocos supervivientes que quedaban se vieron obligados a reciclarse cantando country o baladas románticas.

La llegada en tromba de la "Invasión Británica" a mediados de los años 60 pareció rematarlo, sin embargo, Elvis siempre deslizaba algo de rockabilly en sus películas, por lo que gracias a nostálgicos y gente coherente no llegó a desaparecer. En Europa se mantuvo gracias a los muchos aficionados de Inglaterra, Francia o Alemania que, nunca olvidaron a sus ídolos del otro lado del océano. En Estados Unidos, por el contrario, sobrevivió solo en pequeñas tabernas del sur y medio oeste americano, así como en las pequeñas ediciones de discos en modestos sellos como Marvell, sistemáticamente ignoradas por prensa y público.

Aun así siguieron en activo grupos como The Race Records (Indianápolis), John Fred & The Playboys(Louisiana) o Los Catalinas (Ilinois), cuyo cantante y guitarrista Jason Ringenberg es todo un mito para los rockers de la zona. Grupos como Sha-Na-Naintentaban mantenerlo vivo pero siempre fueron considerados unos bufones que tocaban música de la Edad de Piedra. A finales de los años 70 y por aquellos parajes surgieron nuevos grupos al amparo del revivalismo apoyado por prensa y multinacionales del disco, como fue el caso de Big Daddy Sun & the Outer Planets (1979). Ese mismo año Robert Gordonirrumpió haciendo sensacionales versiones de clásicos y dando a conocer a todo el mundo aquel tipo de música.

Los 80 y el psychobillyEditar

En los años 80, surgen grupos aún más salvajes y rápidos que los de los años 50 en una oleada que se ha dado en llamar neo-rockabilly. Grupos como Stray Cats, The Blue Cats, Dave Phillips & the Hot Rod Gang, Restless, The Polecats, The Kingbeats The Blasters, en América, más específicamente en Colombia aparece Marco T y los Gatos Montañerosque conservaron la esencia de los cincuentas avivando el panorama y con la influencia del punk rock británico de los 70 dan lugar a la aparición del Psychobilly, nuevo subgénero más rápido con The Cramps y The Meteors como máximos exponentes.

Los 90 y el retorno al sonido originalEditar

En la década de los 90, se vuelve al estilo original, con la búsqueda de una sonoridad de época con grupos como Wildfire Willie and The Ramblers, Oakie Dookies, Tin Star Trio o The Avengers.

Siglo XXIEditar

El comienzo del nuevo siglo profundiza en el retorno estilístico a los años 50 con las grabaciones de sellos como Tail Records o Lenox Records, los franceses Don Cavalli and the two timers y Al Willis and the swingsters, los alemanes Brewsters y Spo dee o dee, los portugueses Tennesse boys Meandevils, en Costa Rica las bandas Los Cuchillos y Los Go-Go Dancers, Volbeat, en Chile Los Asteroides Locos, Los Aceleradores, Richie and the Richmen, Srta Luck y Los Delux, Los Carburadores, La Puzzydoll, Plan7, Los Gatos Callejeros, Rebel Cats, The Lost King Rockers, entre otros.[cita requerida]

La comunidad rockabilly de Norteamérica emula el estilo de vida de la década de los 50, personas que se visten, conducen y decoran sus hogares al igual que los de esa época, que su estilo de vida va más allá que el de su apariencia, y actúan diferente a las personas de las sociedades modernas, se mantienen al margen del consumismo procurando ser artesanos en sus propias necesidades. No obstante han podido adaptarse a algunas comodidades modernas sin renunciar al estilo que tanto gusta en ellos,[cita requerida] encontrando también en redes sociales y demás herramientas en línea una nueva forma de compartir el gusto por el género y su forma de vida de una forma bastante agradable, inclusive se han creado electrodomésticos modernos con formas similares a las que habían prosperado en aquellos años así como una suerte de accesorios y demás cosas para dispositivos modernos inspiradas en dicha tendencia.[cita requerida]

Durante esta década comienzan en Europa festivales con una nueva generación de artistas de rockabillycomo los alemanes The Baseballs, rock y doowopque revitalizan incluso a artistas de décadas anteriores. Destacan el Hemsby Rock n roll Restival, Rockabilly Rave y la Rhythm Riot en el Reino Unido, el High Rock-a-Billy de Calafell (Tarragona), el Screamin festival (Barcelona) y la Rockin'Race Jamboree en España.[cita requerida]

En 2014 el actor y cantante Drake Bell lanza su disco Ready, Steady, Go! bajo este género y reciente la participación con la banda mexicana de rockabillyRebel Cats.[cita requerida]

Rockabilly en México en el siglo XXIEditar

La tradición rockabilly en México nació en 1958, ya que existían intérpretes locales como “Pepe y sus Locos del ritmo” que, le hacían mucha promoción, así como también las radio difusoras que, pusieron de su parte para que este género tomara relevancia, marcando desde entonces diferencia entre los jóvenes.[8]​

sin embargo los años 60 significaron un declive que llevó a un estilo confuso que, en sí no tenía nada que ver realmente con producir rockabilly auténtico a la par de los Estados Unidos. La ola inglesa y el estilo a-go-go propició que muchas baladas de los 50 e incluso de los 40 fuesen consideradas erróneamente como parte del movimiento del rock and roll. Otro aspecto negativo fueron los comentarios despectivos que alguna vez Elvis Presley propinó a México, los cuales también fueron motivo para prohibir incluso sus películas, además de que algunas se consideraban provocadoras.

En la actualidad, en México, el movimiento rockabilly ha comenzado a tomar una gran importancia, ya que el funcionario de la delegación Cuauhtémoc declaró que es un género que en los últimos años ha tomado más relevancia entre los jóvenes y muchos de ellos han empezado a crear sus propias agrupaciones, por lo cual se creyó pertinente crear una plaza para poder fomentarlo, la cual llamaron la plaza del “rock and roll”, inaugurada el 2 de noviembre del 2001.

En la actualidad existen distintos tipos de grupos como aquellos que se enfocan más en la parafernalia que en la música, y algunos otros se enfocan más en recuperar los ritmos que eran utilizados en los años cincuenta.[9]​

Existen diferentes eventos culturales que organiza el gobierno de la Ciudad de México en el que se presentan algunos grupos de rockabilly, pero no solamente el Gobierno de la Ciudad de México está dando difusión a este resurgimiento del género, con grupos como Rebel Cats, Rebeldes Locos, Black Jacks, Los Calavera, Eddie y los Grasosos, Los Wild Cats, Los Frenéticos Rockabilly, etc. Otras instituciones de gran importancia como la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México que ha organizado pequeños festivales como las Mega Ofrendas en las cuales se tenía la participación del grupo Eddie y los Grasosos en el año 2014.