Author Archive: Jennifer Allsup
RockabillyView – Ray Vizira
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup I hope everyone is having an amazing start to the New Year? Typically, I like to chat about the upcoming bands or even throw a little Rockabilly history your way. In the past years I have attended many, many shows and thrown numerous shows as well, in this process of being […]
RockabillyView – Rockabilly Rocks for Foster Kids
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Rockabilly Rocks for Foster Kids and Downtown Fun Seventy-five years ago Modesto Federal Credit Union started giving to our community. By giving over 100 foster kids clothing for the winter months. M.F.C.U is still giving to the community . There are so many years and so many positive spirits in Modesto. […]
RockabillyView – Who puts the Rocking Swing in your Town ?
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Who puts the Rocking Swing in your Town ? There are three powerhouse ladies that perform in our Rockabilly scene in Modesto. All lovely ladies with different backgrounds. Let’s start with Amie “Astelle” Alton. A freelance photographer for Lady Luck LLC is her day job. When, Amie is not shooting beautiful […]
Women’sMusicView – Northern Californian Women¹s Music Festival 2015
Northern Californian Women’s Music Festival 2015 By Jennifer Allsup The director of The Northern California Women’s Music Festival and our fearless leader, Victoria Boyington, has set quite a precedent for women in the Stanislaus County music community. Victoria started out on a small scale last year creating a festival with some local and regional acts […]
RockabillyView – X Fest Stage
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Modesto View and Jennifer Allsup are bringing back Modesto’s roots to XCLAMATION Festival 2015 for the third year. ModestoView has been a champion for celebrating Modesto as the birthplace of Rockabilly music and we all need to spread the word. We are going to bring it to life at Xclamation Fest […]
RockabillyView – Old School with a New Twist
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup OLD SCHOOL & A NEW TWIST Can you remember back to 1950’s & 60’s ? A man by the name of Kent Whitt decided to start a band called “Kent Whitt & the Downbeats”. Kent is the downbeat man on drums. From what I understand, Kent formed Modesto’s first Rock ‘n […]
RockabillyView – Summertime is Coming
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Summertime is Coming! The sun will beat down on the valley causing us to take out our beautiful swing dresses and Bobby Sox. Whether you go to a summer dance or even take a small vacation, where would your tiptoes take you? My favorite place to journey would be a place […]
RockabillyView – Amie Alton
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup SLAPPIN’ The UPRIGHT BASS Let us introduce you to Amie Alton born Feb. 27th, 1987 in Modesto Ca . Amie’s first passion is photography and of course slappin’ that upright bass. I have known Amie for some time now and have always been impressed by her talents. Including her humorous side. […]
Romantic RockabillyView
Romantic Rockabilly Top 10 Love Songs & Serenading Your Partner By Jennifer Allsup Music to the ears is always a great start to serenading your partner. Let’s begin with some Buddy Holly “Love Me” & “I’m Going to Love You”, Elvis Presley “All Shook Up”, Wanda Jackson “Rockabilly Fever”, Gene Vincent “Ain’t She Sweet”, Johnny […]
RockabillyView – Greasehounds
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Rockin’ the End of 2014 & Welcoming 2015 with a BANG!! In closing out Modesto’s Rockabilly Scene of 2014, I met up with three fine gentlemen. A newly formed Rockabilly/Psychobillly band just three months fresh to the scene. Let me introduce you to “Grease Hound” ! Frontman Rikki Romero has this […]
RockabillyView
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup ROCKIN HOLIDAYS IN THE PLAZA The holidays always seem to approach faster then we expect. This year ModestoView Rockabilly scene teams up with the City of Modesto to bring you and yours holiday tidings starting December 6th, after the downtown Rock’n Holiday Parade. We will be rocking the holidays on 10th […]
RockabillyView – Roddy Jackson
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Let’s stand-up and give a huge applause to Mr. Roddy Jackson, 2014 Rockabilly M.A.M.A. winner!! If, you weren’t lucky enough to witness a magical night of reuniting musicians on Oct 14th. You missed one heck of a party. Mr.Jackson reunited with some old friends Kent Witt and the Downbeats, taking the […]
Rockabilly MAMA
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup Rockabilly MAMA Even though the Rockabilly category is still fairly new to the annual Modesto Area Music Awards. The past three years have been fabulous to the genre. Let’s chat about this years’ 2014 nominees. First up ” Little Johnny & the Sleepwalkers” a Merced based trio that mixes sounds of […]
RockabillyView
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup In the words of Willie Nelson “On the road again” ! Yes, two Modesto View Crew, Michael J Mangano and me, along with Wayne Campbell (Threelle Internet Radio), Christine McGrew and Nicky Richardson (local artist) will be travelling to Cookeville,TN in late August for a 17 day road trip. We will […]
RockabillyView – Fair Music & History
RockabillyView By Jennifer Allsup July, our half way point of summer fun, let the fireworks begin!! Whether you are sitting lakeside in a vintage bikini or taking your fancy convertible out for a nice summer drive, carnivals, festivals and fairs are a place we venture to watch the children win the games that the carnies […]