“I’ve always found them to be extraordinarily versatile guitars – you can play any kind of music on them”: Rockabilly great Darrel Higham on why he uses only Gretsch guitars – and that time he bought a 6120 he found lying around Jeff Beck’s house

“The White Falcon is a guitar of extreme beauty... there’s just no other way of looking at it. But I really couldn’t get on with it”: Darrel Higham on his Gretsch highs and lows – and why a 21st century rockabilly ace has a cheap Zoom multi-FX in his rig

DARREL HIGHAM :At 17, he was playing lead guitar with such bands as the Baskervilles and Offbeats, and he landed the most unlikely of breakthrough gigs, portraying Eddie Cochran in the London stage musical Elvis. In the years since, with his own band the Enforcers, Higham has been one of the top rockabilly enthusiasts that you don’t want to miss live. Performing Friday night at the Bienville Stage. | Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend