Sound and Vision
Sound and Vision: music and fashion photographed by Francesco Mellina, Liverpool, 1978 - 82. An exhibition at the National Conservation Centre, 1 May to 31 August 2009.
© Francesco Mellina
"We were all members of the Merseyside Rock 'n' Roll Appreciation Society. Clubs we used to visit included Rumford's Coach House, Brady's and The Warehouse. The newer Rockabilly groups, like the Shakin's Pyramids, played places like Brady's."
Joe McKeown, second from left in this photograph"Rockabilly is really part of our background... it's a cousin to the blues and country."
Brian Setzer, lead singer, The Stray Cats