“In the ’50s, when I had the nerve to jump out there and be the only girl recordin’ this stuff, and singin’ this wild stuff, and with my fringe flyin’ and my guitar twangin’, and breakin’ strings, I didn’t ever get any recognition for that then, which was okay. But now with a whole generation of rockabilly fans, and ’50s rock music, I have a new career at this point in my life. It doesn’t get any better than that, does it?”

That’s Wanda Jackson, raven-haired and still wearing fringe at age...