ROCK Sex: "Rebel Girl!" - Dean Carter > Bikini Kill

ROCK Sex thinks 'she's the queen of the neighborhood'.

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Today's connection is the running theme of rebel women.


Dean Carter straddled Rockabilly and Garage Music better than anyone in the mid-'60s.

Here's his roaring homage to his Rebel Girl.

"There's a strange quiet girl I long to meet/ wears tall black boots, walks down the street!"

(Dean also produced acts from his home studio, and the compilation "The Midnite Sound Of The Milky Way" includes two great covers of this cool song, by George Jacks and The 12th Knight.)

DEAN CARTER -"Rebel Woman" (1967)



Here's the dance band DNA sampling David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" behind their freestyle Rap:

DNA -"Rebel Woman" (1991)



And of course here's Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill adoring their favorite Riot Grrrl:

BIKINI KILL -"Rebel Girl" (1993)



Which undoubtedly inspired the group REBEL GIRL into action. And these cohorts.

MELVINS And TERI GENDER BENDER -"Rebel Girl" (2015)




"That girl thinks she's the queen of the neighborhood
I got news for you, SHE IS!"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1950s, with 2 Music Players!

• DON'T TREAD ON ME: The Original Punk of 1960s Garage Rock, with Music Player!

• THE RUNAWAYS, And Why Women Of Rock Are Essential!

• "Exile On GRRL Street", Or How THE STONES Can Tribute Riot Grrrls Tributing Them!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley > Dean Carter

ROCK Sex wants to stick around awhile and get its kicks!

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Elvis Presley swaggered one of the best rock anthems and dance sequences in pop history with the title theme for his film JAILHOUSE ROCK. It was written by the legendary duo of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and Mike can be seen tinkling the keys in the film scene:

ELVIS PRESLEY -"Jailhouse Rock" (1957)



Dean Carter is one of those criminally overlooked greats who deserved far more success than he got.

Throughout the '60s he recorded mayhem in his home studio that perfectly bridged Rockabilly into Garage rock. His frenzied take on "Jailhouse Rock" features the most manic psychedelic dobro solo of all time and a 13-year-old girl playing the clarinet like Morse code!:

DEAN CARTER -"Jailhouse Rock" (1967)




✭ Rockabilly and Garage Rock fans owe it to themselves to check out the Dean Carter retrospective CD, Call of the Wild". And also the compilation of his crazed bandmates and studio productions, "The Midnite Sound of the Milky Way".



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• Revolution 1950s: The Big Damn Bang of Rock'n'Roll!, with Music Player

• 1950s PUNK: Sex, Thugs, and Rock'n'Roll!

• DON'T TREAD ON ME: The Original Punk of 1960s Garage Rock, with Music Player!


• Bill Monroe > Elvis Presley > The Marcels

• "Mystery Train" - Carter Family > Jr. Parker > Elvis Presley > Jim Jarmusch

• LADIES FIRST: "Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton > Elvis > Jimi Hendrix


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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