{"id":2442202,"date":"2019-03-27T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=813853"},"modified":"2019-03-27T06:52:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:52:35","slug":"wanda-jackson-queen-of-rockabilly-retires-from-performing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/wanda-jackson-queen-of-rockabilly-retires-from-performing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanda Jackson, \u2018Queen of Rockabilly,\u2019 Retires From Performing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/shutterstock_9870758f.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/wanda-jackson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wanda-jackson\" data-tag=\"wanda-jackson\">Wanda Jackson<\/a>, widely hailed as the \u201cQueen of Rockabilly,\u201d has announced her retirement from performing due to \u201chealth and safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A representative for the singer-songwriter announced the news on Jackson\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/153386368021296\/posts\/2644364802256761\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, \u201cIt has been a wild ride. Thank you all for the years of continued fandom and support. This is not the end, just the beginning of a new chapter. Join us as we congratulate the \u2018Queen of Rockabilly\u2019 on over six decades of rip-roaring live performances, priceless stories and countless shimmies.\u201d The post did not elaborate on the musician\u2019s health concerns.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jackson\u2019s team also confirmed that she has canceled previously scheduled appearances at two upcoming events, Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend and Nashville Boogie Vintage Weekender. \u201cIn true rockabilly spirit,\u201d the statement continues, \u201cplease still go out to these shows and keep the spirit of rockabilly alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Throughout her decades-long career, Jackson found a signature style through mixing rockabilly and country. She racked up numerous awards \u2014 including a 1964 Grammy nomination for Best Country &amp; Western Vocal Performance (her album <em>Two Sides of Wanda<\/em>) and a 2009 \u201cEarly Influence\u201d induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jackson released her 31st and most recent album, the Justin Townes Earle-produced <em>Unfinished Business<\/em>, in 2012, followed by her 2017 autobiography, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/wanda-jackson-unveils-autobiography-every-night-is-saturday-night-195943\/\"><em>Every Night is Saturday Night: A Country Girl\u2019s Journey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/wanda-jackson-rockabilly-retires-813853\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wanda Jackson, widely hailed as the \u201cQueen of Rockabilly,\u201d has announced her retirement from performing due to \u201chealth and safety.\u201d A representative for the singer-songwriter announced the news on Jackson\u2019s official Facebook, \u201cIt has been a wild ride. Thank you all for the years of continued fandom and support. This is not the end, just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 03:05:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}