Rockabilly 82
2016
$49.00
First edition of Rockabilly 82 by Gil Rigoulet. First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition. Text in French.
About
A couple of six-packs of Kro sit on the boot of the blue Chambord with a white roof. Saturday afternoon in a dead end street of St Michel. Detached houses from the Fifties stand all around us. The car’s backlight needs to be changed. The mohawks look sharp. We are discussing the rusty patches, the Ranch where the gang is to meet that evening. A young girl with a headscarf dating from another era sits next to us. Two Arondes pull in. The afternoon is slipping away. From the Chambord’s tape player tunes from Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers fill the air. The six-packs are gone, not a Kro left. The V8 of the Simca Versailles is purring like an American one. We all cram into the cars about to roar off. My Nikon F burns the Tri X.
These pictures are like a tale brought to life from my archives after a thirty-year sleep. - Gil Rigoulet.
