Three Village's Rock-and-Roll Barbershop has Style

Blaine Horn got married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve. He plays bass guitar in a rock band called The Heartless Devils. He's got a sleeve of tattoos and he's even got a son named Vegas. Yeah, he's a pretty rock-and-roll guy ... who cuts hair for a living.

Horn's Rockabilly Barbers East in Stony Brook, is one of a handful of shops in Three Village but has set itself apart from the competition in a number of ways.

Years of collecting music memorabilia and rockabilly-style artifacts have yielded posters and records and tons of other cool stuff which Horn put up on the walls. Vintage rock music blares from the stereo system. There's neon and mirrors and a flat-screen TV.

"It's not your typical grandfather's barber shop," said Horn, who picked up and moved to Los Angeles when he was 18 to try and make it in the music business. "We're not a salon…It has that tattoo parlor feel to it, almost. Men come in here and feel comfortable."

Even the bathroom's got character, with a colorful old-school comic book decoupage lining the walls, created by Horn's wife, Heather.

The shop's target demographic is really just the average guy, anywhere between the ages of five and 65.

"You think about your average guy, or even someone who has some style who wants a modern haircut," Horn said. "They don't want to go to an 80-year-old barber and get their hair cut. They don't want to go to a salon and spend $50 on that haircut."

Neil Carlin of St. James is one of those guys. He has been getting his cuts at Rockabilly since it opened.

"It's a comfortable atmosphere and I get a great haircut," he said. "Blaine took his time. Nice attention to detail. We get terrific music. We get sports."

Horn partnered with Rockabilly's original founder, Robert Wagner, in 2006 to open the Stony Brook location. Wagner also has locations in Huntington, East Northport and West Islip.

It's the kind of place you can walk in and say "I'll have the regular," because they remember each regular customer's favorite cut.

Horn attended Wilfred Beauty Academy (now called Long Island Beauty School) in Hauppauge, and has done numerous classes with American Crew and Redken, but he picked up his practical knowledge working as a barber during the 12 years he spent in Los Angeles. Horn teaches classes in men's hairstyles at salons that would otherwise only offer cuts for women. He got his start through his mother, a hairdresser, by helping her out on weekends.

Haircuts at Rockabilly are $15, and $12 for seniors and kids under age 12. Hot shaves are $16. The shop accepts cash only.

Rock-and-roll lifestyle aside, what Horn really enjoys about his work is being around people and getting creative with his cuts.

"I really enjoy the creativity part of it, which at the end of the end of the day is really what does it for me," he said. "The detail that it takes to do a really good haircut. Seeing a finished product. It's a shame it has to grow out."