Ronnie Dawson & Nick Curran "Sucker For A Cheap Guitar"

Ronnie played Seattle's Rockabilly Ball two years in a row - it's a benefit for Dr. Leon Berman's "Shake The Shack" radio show on KEXP (then called KCMU). In 1997 he appeared with Nick Curran and Nick's band backing, and he played Marc Bristol's immortal song, giving Marc a major thrill! Ronnie changed the words a little to suit himself - you can hear Marc's original version at Filé Gumbo's Myspace page, and read Marc's interview with Ronnie in the still available issue #30 of Blue Suede News. Many thanks to Blue Suede News columnist (and at that time also assistant editor) Dennis DeWitt for capturing the moment on this video! It wasn't the only thrill at the time - Marc's sweetheart Gaby was visiting him for the first time that same week, and covering the event for her magazine Rockin' Fifties, based in Munich. They've now been married almost 10 years! That show was at Seattle's Showbox, and Sonny Burgess was also on the bill.

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• Rockabilly
• Marc
• Bristol
• Ronnie
• Dawson
• rock'n'roll
• Blue
• Suede
• News
• Americana
• roots
• rock
• Nick
• Curran

[kuehnberserk]

Fine Stuff

[MBristol49]

thanks!

[ryanintopeka]

What are the odds that I found a video put up by you after I just e-mailed you a few days ago. Crazy! This is good stuff.

[hogmire9]

Ronnie besides being great guy was wonderful performer. Enjoyed his music and live shows. Rockabilly lives on!

[300crd]

awesome* superb

[spyweed1111]

Great!!!!!

[MBristol49]

Oddly enough though, Ronnie wasn't that comfortable with the term, and in fact his version of that song is on the CD "Just Rockin' And Rollin'". Many of the early artists just considered themselves Rock'n'Rollers and didn't care for being designated as Hillbillies. I didn't hear the term until it was applied to my own music in about 1978, but I liked the word, and began at that time looking for more music called Rockabilly. Thanks for your comment, and for watching the video!

[Iguana56]

Classic moment by a much missed cult rocker, and yes, this is Marc Bristol's best known song. Great stuff!