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Welcome to the Club – The Women of Rockabilly

Before Elvis was King, the pioneering women of rockabilly music were queens — rough and ready rebels in a world that was not quite ready for them, blazing a trail that's still on fire.

Premiere Date

March 1, 2002

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Beth Harrington

Producer

Beth Harrington is an award-winning independent producer, director, and writer, born in Boston and transplanted to the Pacific Northwest. She has been making media professionally since 1977. Her independent production Welcome to the Club — The Women of Rockabilly, a music documentary about the pioneering women of rock and roll, was honored with a 2003 Grammy nomination and has been seen on public television and at film festivals in the U.S. and abroad. In a previous lifetime, she was a rock & roll singer, most noted for her years as a member of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on the Warner Brothers Sire Records label. She is in post-production on The Winding Stream – The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music, a music history and performance film. The film features members of the Carter and Cash families and includes an interview with the legendary Johnny Cash.