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Pioneering rockabilly musician Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell was born on June 8, 1933 in the small Texas town of Saspamco and grew up listening to all the strains of country and Tex-Mex music that were then popular in the San Antonio region. Although he originally aspired to be a baseball player, picking up a guitar at the age of 13 bounced his life in a different direction. Now all about playing music, Grayzell formed a country band called the Silver Buckles with friends while he was still in high school. The band, which morphed into the Texas Kool Kats, garnered enough of a local reputation to land a daily spot on a radio show broadcast from San Antonio’s KMAC station. A DJ there, Charlie Walker, recognized Grayzell’s talent and took him to see Fabor Robinson, who signed the musician to his Abbott Records imprint. Grayzell recorded three singles for the label, all country-styled, and ended up playing on high-profile country shows, including The Grand Ole Opry and Louisiana Hayride. But Grayz...