Pat Capocci melds punk rock, blues and gypsy jazz into his rockabilly sound
©DANIEL BOUD
I don’tlike putting barriers or rules on anything,” says Pat Capocci, a purveyor of fiery rockabilly music, but someone whose style draws upon a deep well of influences from Texas and Chicago blues to gypsy jazz. Growing up in Maitland, a working-class mining town in New South Wales, Australia, Capocci loved skateboarding, surfing and punk rock. His father always had a guitar or two in the house, which proved handy when Pat found his calling in roots music.