Rockabilly Gifts for Guys
Rockabilly music first became popular in the 1950s with artists such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash. Rockabilly combines rock 'n' roll with country music. Today, rockabilly music, clothing and other items from that era are still popular with some people. If a guy friend of yours is a fan of rockabilly, shopping for him proves simple because of the amount of rockabilly items available today.
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Clothing
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Outfit your rockabilly guy with shirts, hats and '50s-style wingtip shoes. Hats include fedoras, which were popular in the '50s, and baseball hats with rockabilly logos. Shirts of all types feature pictures of hearts, daggers, crossed pistols, musician, pinup girls, aces of spades, jukeboxes, motorcycles, artists such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, or related sayings such as "Rockabilly University" and "Guitar God." Some websites even sell rockabilly baby clothes. The variety offers something to please a rockabilly fan of any age and with any taste in clothing.
Household Items
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Spruce up your rockabilly guy's bachelor pad or home office with rockabilly-themed household items such as a clock, decorative pillow or mug. Some mugs have sayings such as, "Just a hunk o' burnin' love." Rockabilly guys who are also cooks might appreciate an apron. Get a rockabilly bib for a rockabilly baby boy.
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Decorations
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Stickers, buttons, decals, signs and bumper stickers also come with rockabilly sayings and images. Get these for your friend to decorate an instrument, car, notebook, wall or whatever his imagination comes up with. Manufacturers even make cell phone and laptop cases feature rockabilly-themed images. Websites sell these accessories and decorations at various prices. Many items feature pictures of skulls, some with cross bones, pinup girls, cherries and tattoos.
Books
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Plenty of books on the rockabilly era and biographies of bands or artists are available at book stores and online. Calenders that portray photos of pinup girls from the '50s also are easy to find online.
Music
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A music-related gift is likely to please a rockabilly fan. Find out what artist or artists your friend likes. Buy a CD or a vintage record. Ultimate collections containing several works by the same artist is a thoughtful, but expensive present. Signed copies of records, concert tickets or posters are specialty items to consider. If your friend is a musician then get him rockabilly sheet music, a new instrument or a signed instrument from a rockabilly artist. A tote bag with a rockabilly decal for carrying items like sheet music, drum sticks or guitar picks works for a guy (See References 3).
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