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But you MUST learn that Travis-picking style
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I don't agree with that. While there were a plenty of players in the 50s who used that technique, a lot of them didn't. Carl Perkins is one who didn't...at least not on his classic Sun recordings.
In my opinion, rockabilly has become a little too generic...all the bands tend to play and sound alike. In the 50s, everyone tried to have their own unique sound. The guitar playing tended to be much simpler than modern rockabilly, which stresses technique too much for my tastes.
I think you should check out the best 50s rockabilly artists like Carl Perkins, Warren Smith, Sonnny Burgess, Billy Lee Riley and Charlie Feathers. You'll find the guitar parts on these recordings are fairly easy to learn.