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About Me

ROCKIN' RONNY WEISER started Rollin' Rock in 1970 as a magazine to promote the American Way Of Life, i.e., Rock'n'Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Western Bop, Doo Wop, Hillbilly, Bluegrass, Swing, Jump Blues, Cajun, Dixieland, etc.

Also Pink Cadillacs, Turquoise Thunderbirds, two-tone Chevys, Buicks, Pontiacs, blue-jeans, diners, hot rods, rodeos, pinups, Texas, Las Vegas, drag racing, Tex Avery cartoons, Western Wear, Hep Cat threads, the Honeymooners, Western movies, barbecues, pinball machines, cheeseburgers, Hot Fudge Sundaes, Jumbo Banana Splits, and many more aspects of the American Way Of Life, especially support for Americanism, Individual Rights, Personal Freedom & Rugged Individualism, and outspoken opposition to any form of totalitarian collectivism, be it racism, communism, fascism, socialism, nazism, or antisemitism.

When I was a teenager in Italy I was (verbally and physically) assaulted by both communist and neo-nazi thugs who despised America and my love for Rock'n'Roll, Country & Western and Rhythm & Blues. These types are still around today. The struggle goes on.
In 1971 the Rollin' Rock Records label was formed.

As far as I know Rollin' Rock Records was the first record label since the 1950's to use a Standup Slappin' Bass in Rock'n'Roll music.

RAY CAMPI & his ROLLIN' ROCK REBELS (later renamed Rockabilly Rebels) were the first Rock'n'Roll band since the 1950's to both record and perform on stage with a Standup Slappin' Bass.

The Rollin' Rock tour of England in 1977, with RAY CAMPI & HIS ROCKABILLY REBELS and MAC CURTIS, made a tremendous impression, spawning a whole new generation of teenagers who called themselves "Rockabilly Rebels" and "Hep Cats", and who eagerly awaited the arrival of each new Rollin' Rock Record.

Such a success was achieved that at one point in England Rollin' Rock Records had 7 hits out of 20 on the Rock'n'Roll charts, including the number one, two and four.

The label grew to such a cult level that across England you could read graffitis:" Rollin' Rock Rules!", "Rockabilly Rebels Forever!"

A song was written by Bobby Clifford (aka Al Roberts Jr.) of EMI Records, titled "Rollin' Rock Rock", which pays tribute by name to Rollin' Rock artists Ray Campi, Mac Curtis, Charlie Feathers, and to Yours Truly! It was released on a Sonet LP, titled (ironically): "The Best Of British Rockabilly" !!

In Finland Rollin' Rock crossed over to the Pop field with Rollin' Rock artists such as RAY CAMPI, MAC CURTIS, JOHNNY LEGEND, JIMMIE LEE MASLON AND JACKIE LEE COCHRAN competing on the charts with Elvis, John Travolta, John Lennon, Abba, Donna Summers, etc. The average age of our Finnish fans 8-14 !!!

In Japan Rollin' Rock fans formed a great Western Swing / Rockabilly band which twice already performed at Viva Las Vegas. The name of the band is, yes you guessed it, THE ROLLIN' ROCKS.

More recently QUENTIN TARANTINO used a Rollin' Rock song (recorded in 1974) "That Certain Female" by the great CHARLIE FEATHERS in his hit movie "KILL BILL 1".
Every year the day before VIVA LAS VEGAS we hold our International Rockabilly Rebels Meet & Greet here at my house, Rancho Ronny. Usually over 200 Hep Cats & Chicks show up to listen to over a dozen singers/bands and to chill out.The Meet & Greet became so popular that English singer R. Razor wrote a song about it, "Rockin' With Ronnie":
"We flew in to Sin City
Asked the cops is this the way
To 2460 Casey
Where The Rockin' Bands Do Play?
We were Rockin' with Ronnie,
Yeah...Rockin' with Ronnie .........."

This song appeared in a CD with Elvis, Little Richard, The Coasters, Chuck Berry, Duane Eddy, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis!! Wow, what a great honor to have a tribute song for me be with such company!!

If you wanna read more about the above, check out some of my 70 Columns at the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame:

www.rockabillyhall.com/COLRockRon.html

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ROLLIN' ROCK RECORDS has had the honor to record such Legends as: Gene Vincent, Ray Campi & His Rockabilly Rebels, Charlie Feathers, Mac Curtis, Alvis Wayne, Johnny Carroll, Sid King, Bill Haley's Original Comets, Chuck Higgins, Narvel Felts, Johnny Legend, Jimmie Lee Maslon, Mack Stevens, Jackie Lee Cochran, Tony Conn, Colonel Jim Silvers, Screamin' Scott Simon, The Blasters, Ravenna & The Magnetics, Rip Masters, Ronnie Mack, Cort Murray, Ezra Charles, Richard Berry, Merle Travis, Louie Lymon, Freddie Blassie, Mae West, Sarah Harris, Chuck E.Weiss, Nikki Corvette, Billy Zoom, etc., and also upcoming rockers such as Rip Carson, Johnny & The Blades, Dragstrip77, The Shuffle-Aires, The Chop Tops, The Starlight Drifters, The Sin City Surfers, etc.

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My Interests

REAL Rock'n'Roll of course, swimming, rodeos, stock car racing, hot rods, barbecues, Western Wear, pinups, the Wild West, bluejeans, electronics, diners, pinball machines, all kinds of Americana

I'd like to meet:

Rockabilly Rebels, Western Bop Loyalists, Rhythm & Blues Patriots and Americanists from all over the world.
Rollin' Rock Records recorded many different authentic American rockin' styles, from rockabilly to Blues to bluegrass to New Orleans, but some of the things that most of my Rollin' Rock recordings have in common are: INTENSITY of feelings, raw SWEAT, and especially the OUTPOURING OF EMOTIONS through that relentless driving BIG BEAT, indeed the very passion of the AMERICAN HEART & SOUL!!!

Rock'n'Roll Music was one of the major inducements to make me immigrate from Italy to America.

For over 35 years Rollin' Rock Records has been promoting the True Blue Cool Red Hot Big Beat Sounds of American Rock'n'Roll Music!

Check out some of my 70 Columns at:

www.rockabillyhall.com/COLRockRon.html

New site www.rollinrockrecords.com

Music:

ELVIS, LITTLE RICHARD, GENE VINCENT, FATS DOMINO, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, La Vern Baker, Chuck Berry, Johnny Horton, Sam Cooke, Chuck Willis, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley & The Comets, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, Jackie Wilson, Dee Clark, Sanford Clark, Johnny Carroll, Charlie Feathers, Clyde McPhatter, Fred Buscaglione, Tony Dallara, Adriano Celentano, Frankie Laine, Ronnie Hawkins, J.B.Lenoir, Johnny Burnette R'n'R Trio, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Curtis Gordon, The Cadillacs, Sid King, The Platters, Hank Williams, Ruth Brown, Moon Mullican, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Scott, Ben E. King, Ronnie Self, Lloyd Price, Onie Wheeler, Jimmy Beasley, Varetta Dillard, Jimmy Driftwood, Smiley Lewis, Patsy Cline, Benny Goodman, Mahalia Jackson, Count Basie, Marty Robbins, Tracey Pendarvis, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Martin, Bob Luman, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Jodimars, Gene Summers, Boyd Bennett, Sonny Burgess, Gene Summers, Warren Smith, Al Jolson, Janis Martin, The Cleftones, Bukka White, The Sparkletones, Duane Eddy, Glen Glenn, Sonny Fisher, Vern Pullens, Roy Rogers, Roy Brown, Ronnie Dawson, Elmore James, Tommy Sands, Teddy Redell, Leadbelly, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bob Luman, Percy Sledge, Ricky Nelson, Thomas Sowell, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Audie Murphy, Randolph Scott, Clint Eastwood, Gene Autry, Tom Mix, etc., etc.

Movies:

King Creole, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, The Girl Cant Help It, Go Johnny Go, Gunfight At The OK Corral, Tom & Jerry Cartoons, Tex Avery Cartoons, Swing Kids, Porky's, Cry Baby, Pulp Fiction, La Bamba, A Bronx Tale, Good Fellas, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, For A Few Dollars More, A Vegas Vacation, Exodus, Rio Bravo, American Graffiti, Stick, Sin City, etc.
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Audie Murphy, Marylin Monroe, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Jayne Mansfield, Gary Cooper, Dale Robertson, Randolph Scott, Clint Eastwood, Jack Palance, Mike Connors, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Matthau, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck, Charlton Heston, John Candy, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, John Ford, Steve Buscemi, Grethe Weiser, etc.

Television:

The Rockford Files, The Honeymooners, Rawhide, Deadwood, the Sopranos, Hitchcock, The Twilight Zone, Mannix, Riptide, 77 Sunset Strip, Gomer Pyle, The Untouchables, Big Valley,The Fall Guy, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Death Valley Days, Crime Story, The Gangster Chronicles, Wiseguy, Hunter, most anything by Stephen J. Cannell, etc.

Heroes:

Thomas Sowell, David Horowitz, Elvis Presley, The Founding Fathers, the American Cowboy & The American Indian, the American Soldier who fought decade after decade to keep us free.