Champion Jack Dupree’s startling life story took in everything from early tragedy to transatlantic success. John Howard remembers a chance encounter with the blues icon when he returned home for…
Vince Eager lifts the lid on tales of touring with the legendary Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, including the perils of letting an American Rock ‘n’ Roller take over the…
Available at WH Smith, Tesco and independent newsagents, our lavishly illustrated 132-page tribute to the King of rock’n’roll picks up the story from his legendary ’68 Comeback TV Special onwards…
Paul Barrett has been a mainstay of the UK rock’n’roll scene for more than 50 years, not only managing and promoting homegrown talent butalso bringing over many top-drawer American rockers. He…
Unlike The Miracles, Diana Ross and her winsome young group were just starting out when Motown pressed up their debut LP Meet The Supremes in that same year, 1962. The…
Kim Roberts’ recording career began at Joe Meek’s RGM studio in London’s Holloway Road after Heinz, his principal protégé, lodged at her parents’ guest house in Halifax. Until then, her…
First, he was one of The Dominoes, a Sheffield duo of Everly Brothers persuasion, and then victor of a holiday camp jiving contest before his absorption into The Chuck Fowler…
Light In The Attic Records are celebrating a half-century of blistering Pacific Northwest rock’n’roll with a three-LP boxed set by the Sonics – easily one of the most…
The guitar that changed the world has been silenced. Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley’s legendary guitarist has died at 84. Scotty, a semi-regular visitor to the UK, had been in poor…
The new issue of Vintage Rock is out now! This month marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Ricky Nelson, his band and tour manager…