Sleepy LaBeef, singer and musician, died the day after Christmas at the age of 84 at his home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The musical world and all of us are poorer for the loss. For decades LaBeef ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR Veteran rockabilly musician Sleepy LaBeef died this week at the age of 84. His first ...
AMESBURY – While rockabilly legend Sleepy LaBeef, who died just before the new year at age 84, is known as one of Arkansas’ most recognized and accomplished musicians, there’s a soft spot for him in ...
Another of the Sun rockabilly greats has passed. Sleepy LaBeef had a repertoire of more than 600 songs. His smile was as big as his girth, and his music was the real deal. Below is an article I wrote ...
Rockabilly guitarist and vocalist Sleepy Labeef started in Louisiana and Texas, gunning the same rockabilly circuit as Elvis. A half-century later, he’s still touring, bringing his brand of “Flying ...
Born Thomas LaBeff in rural Arkansas in 1935, roots-rock legend Sleepy LaBeef sang in church as a child. At home he listened to recordings by gospel pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and he absorbed ...
At the right wee hour, a good jukebox can make time disappear–every song feels present tense, direct and personal. When you hear Sleepy LaBeef referred to as “the Human Jukebox,” think of him in that ...
"Goose-bump music" is 67-year-old Sleepy Labeef's immodest if utterly accurate self-description of his craft. A six foot seven, 270-pound behemoth of a man, Labeef hollers like a mountain giant and ...
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