I keep mid-century American music alive and progressing by being a rock and roll/rockabilly songwriter, guitarist, and singer with the mindset of an alternate timeline in rock and roll history.  

When I was 7 to about 12 or so, I would take road trips from Ohio to Tennessee with my Grandfather. I sat on the floor of a large recreational vehicle passing PBRs to him while we listened to early Sun Records and similar music from the 50s, especially Elvis, so much Elvis. It was a very different time back then.  We went to Elvis impersonators, car shows, stock car races. He always had two classic cars. I was raised as a rockabilly kid, but  I did not know it.  

With that influence, I keep my perspective that the 1960s "British Invasion" of rock and roll never happened.  The music I make is fun, up-tempo, and it has swing. The lyrical content is authentic, humorous, to the point, and simple.  The key elements are an upright bass, simple drums, a clean-ish guitar tone, and a little slap-back echo. I write a song or a riff and stop to think, "Does this piece support my perspective?"  I am challenged by the thought experiment of “what would have been” if the early rock and rollers had the technology we have now.