…or geezer grab bag? Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock And Roll Music The Beatles - Bad Boy Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie Hank Williams - Jambalaya The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do The Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) Bob Dylan - Simple Twist Of Fate Rickie Lee Jones - Sunshine Superman The Wailers - Out Of Our Tree The Battering Ram - Broad Black Brimmer...
Sad to learn that Chas and Dave have split up. I think Dave Peacock has retired but Chas Hodges still goes out on the road with his own band. (or is it the other way around') Anyway, a great rockney band who made some great music in the 80's but success spoiled them and they churned out loads of party records full of singalong hits which is a shame as they were fantastic early on. Wrote some catchy...
In 1980, music journalist Robert Palmer was invited to drop by the sessions for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy in New York. When Palmer arrived, Lennon was adding background vocals to “(Just Like) Starting Over.” Palmer noted that Lennon had sung his parts perfectly in key. Lennon, impressed by Palmer’s ear, said, “You’ll [...]
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A 4-hour special with highlights from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden will air on Nov.29th on HBO, beginning at 8pm. The show will be re-broadcast various times in December. It will include songs from the performances by Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Wonder, Metallica, U2 and others.It has been confirmed that the special will contain the following
Wherein 1958 was a good year Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots, Vaughn Monroe Blue Dress, Depeche Mode Blue Skirt Waltz, Jimmy Sturr Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins Boot-Leg, Booker T & the MGs Boots, Laurie Berkner Bring Your Clothes, Laurie Berkner Button Up Your Overcoat, Dick Haymes Buttons, Sia Chantilly Lace, Jerry Lee Lewis Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Paul Simon & Ladysmith...
Rockabilly.... is that different from honky-tonk, and if so, how? You get a line, I'll get a pole, baby- that seems to be an early version of 'I've got a brand-new pair of roller skates, you gotta brand new key.'
Come on Over Baby This author admittedly suggests that it’s obtuse speculation that Jerry Lee Lewis was a Vancouver real estate bear. However, if he had been and barring the intended essence of his song, some of his lyrics might well describe the current state of Vancouver Real Estate when he wrote ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ [...]
When I exited the unloading station at Son of Beast this past June, I felt like the coaster did to me what a wild night of boogie-woogieing does to Jerry Lee Lewis: It shook my nerves and rattled my brains--and every other part of me. It's no wonder. The mammoth wood coaster at Kings Island is notoriously brutal. In fact, it was closed for most of last season after a passenger claimed she suffered...
All this reminiscing around the career of the mighty ELO got me musing about something. Is Jeff Lynne basically the single luckiest/most fulfilled bloke in the entire history of rock music? Let's look at the evidence... Here's Jeff, a member of an obscure Brummy beat combo who's grown up being heavily influenced by a range of artists, each of which have blended to form a part of his musical DNA. There's...
Today’s music video is ‘Show Me The Way’ from Peter Frampton. This video was posted to You Tube by oxon68 Peter Frampton had long career already before his ‘monster’ smash album of 1976, ‘Frampton Comes Alive’. Prior to this, he was one of the founding members of the huge band Humble Pie. Leaving that band, he pursued [...]
The record producer and label owner Shelby Singleton is associated with several American hits of the 1960s but he will be best remembered for his re-marketing of the Sun Records catalogue in Memphis. He admitted that he had no great musical talent, but he knew what record buyers wanted to hear.
Via Shocklee comes this story of a company that claims to have created software that can recreate live performances by famous musicians (even dead ones). Basically, the software learns (or so its creators claim) exactly how certain musicians played, and then can mimic that style exactly. Here's how Pocket Lint describes it: Zenph Studio's approach is to work out how the musician and the instrument...
Photograph by Mark Seliger Over two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden last month, rock history was made again and again: Bono, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and more legends united on one stage to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary with a pair of concerts featuring some of the biggest talents [...]
Asia's leading 'environmental branding consultancy' Equal Strategy has helped New Balance to project a total sensory experience with a retro '50's and '60's look and feel in its Worlds first New Balance Experience Store in Beijing's historic Qianmen Avenue.