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ALL MAMA’S CHILDREN

Rock’n’roll legend Don Everly, who died on 21

Jimmy Dale Richardson

From recording an album in Nick Curran’s bedroom to winning the Ameripolitan Award for Best Rockabilly Male, Jimmy Dale Richardson flies the flag for Oklahoma’s rockin’ scene

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SINGLES AND EP REVIEWS

Prepare yourself for a rockin’ riot of new sounds and vintage reissues to fatten up your singles collection, including collectable European Elvis releases and some killer split 45s

VINYL LP REVIEWS

A quartet of Ricky Nelson releases, plus Gene Vincent, Elvis, The Strays and The Lancashire Bombers top your vinyl shopping list this issue

Dalbum Reviews

Wanda bows out, Brian Setzer gets ready to rumble and Memphis Recording Service treat us to an unreleased Elvis set from Las Vegas

A LIFE IN ROCK’N’ROLL

Working with guitar gods James Burton and Albert Lee, and riling President Mugabe is all in a day’s work for Vince

SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE

The seasoned DJ and new man at the helm of Hemsby’s rock’n’roll weekender goes crate digging

LITTLE RICHARD RENOUNCES ROCK’N’ROLL

12 OCTOBER 1957

Estelle Brown

The Sweet Inspirations vocalist on Elvis Presley’s healing hands and coming to terms with singing rock’n’roll

The King Of Stadium Rock

Sixty-five years ago, Elvis played his first stadium gig –a landmark event – and it was all down to Kay Wheeler, the savvy 16-year-old who ran his fan club…

A VOICE TO Thrill YOU

For decades, he was the mystery voice on an acetate that outfoxed Elvis Presley, but an intriguing compilation album reveals Jimmy Sweeney as an extraordinary stylist in his own right

THE LAST GOODBYE

Wanda Jackson is back with what she says is her final and “most revealing” album. Produced by Joan Jett, it’s a grand finale from the First Lady of Rock’n’Roll

The Wanda Years

We salute the Queen of Rockabilly on her seven memorable decades of unrivalled and unbridled sounds…

STRAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

Sixty years after the release of their debut album and iconic signature hit, the legacy of The Shadows and their Strat-wielding lead guitarist is as potent as ever. Vintage Rock recalls the early years of the world’s most influential instrumental guitar band.

ROCK’N’ROLL REBEL

This October marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of Gene Vincent. Half a century on, his influence remains undiminished. We look back on the legacy of ‘The Screaming End’ and how his black leather-clad shadow has fallen upon other rock’n’roll enthusiasts and artists through the years

Sherri Vincent

On the 50th anniversary of Gene Vincent’s death, his daughter Sherri is working to establish a charitable foundation in his honour

The Train Kept A-Rollin’ VARIOUS ARTISTS

In 1951, bandleader Tiny Bradshaw recorded a bawdy, laid-back boogie that wasn’t a hit but never quite stopped rolling, playing a major part in the evolution of heavy metal

Band Of Brothers

Germany’s biggest party-starters The Lennerockers have rebooted as The LenneBrothers Band. Singer Michael Ele Koch tells Vintage Rock about the quartet’s switch and their brand new album of old favourites

aces high

A promoter at the vanguard of Ireland’s beat scene who went on to distribute rare wax in London and helm reissue giant Ace Records, rockin’ legend Ted Carroll looks back at 50 years in music

Pride comes before a fall

To mark what would have been his 80th birthday this October, Vintage Rock reflects on the life and career of Dickie Pride. His contemporaries believed the singer possessed one of the finest voices of his generation, yet he died in obscurity aged just 27…

IT MIGHT GET LOUD

No tours, ears ringing night and day, and working with musicians he couldn’t meet during the lockdown, Brian Setzer defies adversity with his latest studio album Gotta Have The Rumble

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