Here's us as the Honky Tonk Sweethearts!

Marc Bristol started out as a musician and writer in the 60s and has played roots music ever since. From 60s Rock to Folk & Country, later discovering Rockabilly & 50s Rock'n'Roll, Rhythm'n'Blues, Cajun & Zydeco. The 80s saw him writing music features for Mother Earth News and in 1986 he started to publish BLUE SUEDE NEWS - The House Organ of the church of Rock'n'Roll, decicated to all good roots music with a focus on Rockabilly. Performing all over the Northwest with his main band FILE GUMBO (check out their 5 excellent New Orleans style CDs), his music also took him to festivals in England (Hemsby), Germany, Holland and to the Rockin' Fifties Festival in Green Bay, WI.

Gaby grew up in Germany and used to publish the German ROCKIN' FIFTIES Magazine from 1991 through 1998 - also dedicated to 50s Rockabilly / Rock'n'Roll and related music styles. She's an avid photographer and has taken thousands of pictures, many became Blue Suede News cover shots.

We enjoy the excitement of live shows (Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, Jump Blues - you name it) and love to hunt for cool & weird 50s treasures at garage sales.

Here's one of our most popular issues of Blue Suede News!

Each issue of Blue Suede News has feature stories on and/or interviews with current artists and pioneers of American Roots Music, photo layouts from recent shows (in color since issue #67!), and a large review section covering CDs, DVDs, Books and occasionally Vinyl, live shows and other magazines covering the styles of music we love. We're currently at 52 pages each issue, but from issue #32 through issue #55 we were 68 pages. If you like Rockabilly, Real Rock'n'Roll, Honky Tonk Country, R&B (the 40s and 50s style). Blues and various related roots styles, we think you'll love Blue Suede News!