Jazz Articles about Lee Rocker

Lee Rocker: Road Tested, American Made

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 10, 2006

If there's a club or a bar or a theatre that has a stage with electricity and amplification, no matter how obscure or winding the road it's on, it's almost a sure bet that Lee Rocker and his upright bass have played a gig there.

Rocker's stock in trade has been the American roots music rockabilly pretty much since the day he first picked up that upright as a teenager on Long Island, NY. He hooked up with ...