The Blue Jeans

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The Blue Jeans are definitely the most well known rockabilly band that ever came out of Greece.
The Blue Jeans were formed back in 1984 by Alex Berekos initially as a four piece band playing mostly covers.. After two years of constant gigging they are offered their first deal to release an E.P. for the "Wipe Out" recording label that is released in 1986. The E.P. features two original songs plus a cover of the instrumental surf tune Wipe Out
. Today this release is considered a collector's item. The same year they play in Thessaloniki for the first time in a festival which is headlined by the mighty SLEEPY LABEEF
1990 seems to be a crucial year for the band with lots of changes both in their line up and their sound in general with the addition of a upright bass player and an obvious direction to more authentic Rockabilly music but always played with their own style.Gigs are always well received by their increasing fans and prove them soon to be one of the hottestlive bands in Greece.
In 1991 Angelos Michalopoulos (Saxophone) joins the band and they are picked up to open the for THE CRAMPS and so they did with THE RAMONES shows in Athens, while later on they share the bill with THE BIG TOWN PLAYBOYS and THE BLUES BAND.
1992 is another busy year with playing live always on their agenda. RUDY "TUTTI" GRAYZELL is invited by THE BLUE JEANS to come over and play with them as a backing band a show in Athens which turned out to be a huge success. Another SUN RECORDS legend hits the ground and appear with THE BLUE JEANSas his backing band and that is the legendary rockabilly hero JOHNNY CARROLL who plays two shows in Athens and Thessaloniki (probably one of his last shows in Europe).Finally the band releases their first full album by the title HARD TIMES.One of the album's songs is feutured on UK's NERVOUS records compilation "Streets of fear" released in 1994.
Now it is the time for THE BLUE JEANS to play one of the UK's top rock'n'roll festivals in Europe (Thanks Willie!!!) HEMSBY ROCK'N'ROLL WEEKENDER no 15 and so they did in 1995. The festival's line up includes RUTH BROWN, THE PENGUINS, PUT CUPP and DON & DEWEY among many other bands from Europe and the United States.
Back in Athens the band decides to stop playing live for a while in order to concentrate on their future plans. They take a short brake that lasts up to this day...