rockintheblues.net - Informed by Blues,Jazz, R&B, Hillbilly ,Country Music, Rock 'n' Roll And Rockabilly became the first music to aim directly at a teenage audience, and it hit. Rock 'n' Roll extended an unparalleled influence around the world.
Naomi Carman / Rockin'Rocket
Naomi Carman
Naomi Carman is a rising country star with a vintage soul and a voice that can stop a room in its tracks. At just 22, the Cincinnati native is already a seasoned performer, having spent over a decade onstage alongside her father, Blair, playing everything from honky-tonk bars to packed festivals across the country. Now stepping confidently into her own spotlight, Naomi is carving a lane that blends classic country tradition with her own bold, hook-driven songwriting.
Influenced by legends like Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and the raw energy of Sun Records icons like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, Naomi brings a magnetic mix of charm, grit, and authenticity to every performance. A true multi-instrumentalist, she plays guitar, lap steel, piano, and drums — often switching between them mid-set. Her songs carry timeless melodies and memorable hooks, wrapped in stories that resonate far beyond her years.
In 2024, Naomi signed with BMG songwriter and Haptic Management founder Brent James, becoming the only female official member of the Nashville Steel Guitar Social Club — a historic nod to her skill and respect in the scene. She’s currently recording her debut album and gearing up for the release of her first single, “Cross My Heart,” set to hit radio in late 2025.
With over 25,000 loyal Instagram followers and growing momentum, Naomi is poised for a breakthrough. Catch her this summer at the Sycamore Music Festival and supporting Chayce Beckham on October 10th at the Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, with more dates to be announced soon.
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Jerry Reed / Rock and Roll
Jerry Reed Hubbard March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008, known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", "A Thing Called Love", "Alabama Wild Man", "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male), "Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "East Bound and Down" (the theme song for the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, in which Reed co-starred), "The Bird", and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)".
Reed was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. He was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame in April 2017, and he was officially inducted by Bobby Bare on October 24.
Reed was born in Atlanta and was the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard. Reed's grandparents lived in Rockmart and he visited them from time to time. As a small child running around strumming his guitar, he is quoted as saying, "I am gonna be a star. I'm gonna go to Nashville and be a star." Reed's parents separated four months after his birth; his sister and he spent seven years in foster homes or orphanages growing up. Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944
Reed graduated from O'Keefe High School, an Atlanta city school. The O'Keefe building still exists today; it was sold to Georgia Tech and is now part of the university's campus. By high school, Reed was already writing and singing music, having learned to play the guitar as a child. At age 18, he was signed by publisher and record producer Bill Lowery to cut his first record, "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise".
At Capitol Records, Reed was promoted as a new "teenage sensation" after recording his own rockabilly composition, "When I Found You", in 1956. He recorded both country and rockabilly singles and found success as a songwriter when labelmate Gene Vincent covered his song "Crazy Legs" in 1958.
By 1958, Bill Lowery signed Reed to his company, National Recording Corporation. He recorded for NRC as both an artist and as a member of the staff band, which included Joe South and Ray Stevens, other NRC artists.
Reed married Priscilla "Prissy" Mitchell in 1959. They had two daughters, Seidina Ann Hubbard, born April 2, 1960, and Charlotte Elaine (Lottie) Zavala, born October 19, 1970. Mitchell was a member of folk group the Appalachians ("Bony Moronie", 1963), and with Roy Drusky was co-credited on the 1965 country number-one hit "Yes, Mr. Peters".
Sanford Clark / Rock and Roll
Sanford Clark October 24, 1935 – July 4, 2021was an American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist, best known for his 1956 hit "The Fool".
Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, from the age of nine. He first began performing in the Phoenix area in the early 1950s. He spent time in the Air Force in the South Pacific; he formed a band there which won a talent show in Hawaii.
Returning to Phoenix, he and his friend Al Casey met Lee Hazlewood, then a local DJ.
Clark, with Casey on guitar, recorded one of Hazlewood's songs, "The Fool", in Floyd Ramsey's Audio Recorders studio on MCI Records in 1956.[Dot Records picked the song up for national distribution after a Philadelphia deejay tipped them off.
The song became a hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 14 on the Country Singles chart, No. 5 on the R&B Singles chart, and No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100.
Following the song's success, Clark opened on tour for Ray Price and Roy Orbison.
Clark's 1957 follow-up single, "A Cheat", gave him a second minor hit, peaking at No. 74 Pop.He and Dot Records' owner Randy Wood quarreled over the singer's image, and he eventually signed to Jamie Records in 1958, continuing to work with Hazlewood. In 1959 Clark recorded a song, "Son of a Gun", about the son of a western gunslinger. This song is also referenced in Keith Richards' book Life, published in October 2010. He credits the song as being one of the first songs he learned and performed on stage prior to forming the Rolling Stones.
Moving to Hollywood, he recorded for several other labels and had several almost-comebacks; his 1964 version of Hazlewood's "Houston" was eclipsed by Dean Martin's version, and in 1965 he re-recorded "The Fool" with Waylon Jennings on guitar.Hazlewood, by now an established songwriter, signed Clark to his own label, LHI, on which Clark released "The Black Widow" b/w "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" in 1967, and "Farm Labor Camp #2" and the album Return of the Fool in 1968.
A few years later Clark left the music business and worked in construction, though he occasionally recorded in later decades on his own label, Desert Sun Records.
On July 4 2021 Clark's publicist and fellow performer, Johnny Vallis, said that Clark died at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, where he had been receiving cancer treatment before contracting COVID-19 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri, according to NewsTalk KZRG radio.
