The women who out-rocked Elvis got erased. This doc finds them.
Sure, Elvis was the King, but who was the Queen? The Women Of Rockabilly – Welcome To The Club is a documentary search for the "Female Elvis", as we meet the women of rockabilly music and explore the "what-if’s?" and "what-now’s" of their careers. Brenda Lee, Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin and a sassy cast of lesser but no less colorful pretenders to the throne describe their trailblazing days when they were the embodiment of exuberance, sexuality and defiance in a world that wasn’t quite ready for them. A rockin’ feature documentary by Beth Harrington.
Production
Rare archival footage of women who actually invented the attitude.
Writing
Rosanne Cash's narration carries weight—she knows this fight.
Director
Beth Harrington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Beth Harrington spent years tracking down these women, many living in obscurity despite literally inventing a genre's stage presence.
Wanda Jackson's 1958 single 'Hard Headed Woman' was banned by some stations for being too sexually aggressive—by a woman. The men doing the same thing? Radio gold.
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