For a few years in the 1980s, the coolest guy in Washington was a tall, deep-voiced rockabilly singer with the cognitively dissonant name of Tex Rubinowitz. Fronting a band that included some of the District’s best musicians — including agile lead guitarist Bob Newscaster — Rubinowitz was a regular at the Psyche Delly, the Wax Museum and Twist & Shout. “We both wanted to do rockabilly music, even if no one cared,” Rubinowitz said. In 2012, he reunited with Newscaster, and they started recording “The Old Man Mississippi,” a “Dixieland rock” album released last year by Patuxent Music. “Then I’m gonna go take a nap,” said the Hot Rod Man, who never — well, sometimes — moves slow.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2018 20:15 UTC