A warm, interior portrait of rockabilly artist Shaun Young. They are sitting in a cozy room, smiling broadly at the camera while holding a vintage-style sunburst hollow-body electric guitar. They are wearing a black t-shirt and a classic tan fedora. Behind them to the right, a second acoustic guitar rests in a red armchair in front of a brick fireplace. The room is filled with musical instruments, including a piano and a wooden bookshelf, creating an intimate, home-studio atmosphere.
Shaun Young Credit: Shaun Young Music / Facebook

Break out a black leather jacket and those jeans that barely fit.

Shaun Young, vocalist and rhythm guitar for ‘90s-era Austin, Texas rockabilly trio High Noon brings a new band to Tampa’s 11th annual Rockabilly Battle Royale.

The get together is a full on revival of the storied American sound, and Young will be joined by bassist Lara Hope who is in a band with Hey Y’alls frontwomen Andrea Maddox, plus old-timey Rhode Island picker Jonny Safford and St. Pete’s own Hot Rod Hornets.

Tickets for Rockabilly Battle Royale Round 11 inside the music hall at New World Brewery in Tampa on Saturday, March 28 are still available for $20.

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This article appears in Mar. 26 – Apr. 1.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...