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ALL Mama’s CHILDREN

Main photo: Jerry Allison behind the drum kit

Mimi And The Miseries

The fabulous foursome from the West Country made a splash with their debut EP. Now they’re bringing their party-loving garage rock to beat fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

BABY THIS IS Rock ‘n’ Roll

French fans riot when Gene Vincent’s concert fee goes missing and running repairs keep The Houseshakers on the road in North Wales

Jason Starday

Emerald Records’ latest protégé releases his first studio work this month. He tells Vintage Rock about his love of the musical giants of the 50s and their influence on his forthcoming EP.

Rockabilly and me… Bob Cotton Of The Jets

When Britain went rockabilly crazy at the dawn of the 80s, The Jets were in the thick of the action. The band’s lead singer recalls the days when they were bona fide chart stars.

TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 19 SEPT 1962

Elvis on top, Bobby Darin’s new style and a Neil Sedaka classic

Vinyl LP Reviews

Red-hot unsung rockabilly, cult psychobilly at Klub Foot, Italo rock’n’roll, heroes of 50s country and western, and the first tantalising offerings from Joe Meek’s archive…

Singles & EP Reviews

Hidden gems from the King Of Rockabilly himself, bands fighting it out in the ring, limited Link Wray, Teutonic rockabilly, plentiful garagerock goodness and an archive wonder that’ll have you floating on a sea of love

CD Album Reviews

Graham Fenton and Darrel Higham team up, we take a trip inside the Brill Building and possibly the best rockabilly album of 2022

SOUNDTRACK Of My Life

Greg Townson

FANS RIOT AT BILL HALEY SHOWS IN GERMANY

OCTOBER 1958

When Rockabilly Shook The World

By celebrating its forefathers and pioneers, Vintage Rock digs deep to untangle the roots of rockabilly and reveals why this monumental music could only have come from Tennessee

Classic album

HONKY TONK MAN JOHNNY HORTON

Dig The New Breed

From Rotterdam to Shetland, from Nashville to California, the rockin’ scene is in rude health. We meet the artists who are keeping rockabilly’s flame burning brighter than ever in the 21st Century.

Restless Spirit

Danny B Harvey has already packed a lifetime of rockin’ into his career but his recent projects with Cleopatra Records have ensured that his workload has increased at a dizzying rate

20 Best Rockabilly Albums

From the pioneers of the golden era to the faces of the rockin’ revival and through to 21st century roots stars, this is Vintage Rock’s rundown of the cream of rockabilly long-players…

Matchbox CARL PERKINS SUN (1957)

A few hours before the Million Dollar Quartet gathered around the piano, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis laid down a stone-cold rockabilly classic, one whose history stretched back over 30 years...

Rock’ n’ Roll Heroes

GLEN GLENN

CHEST FEVER

After trawling through almost 2,000 Joe Meek tapes that were stored in tea chests for more than half a century, the fruits of this mammoth undertaking are finally about to see the light of day. Producer Alan Wilson and drummer Clem Cattini reveal all about the project and Meek’s extraordinary working methods.

HARLEM NIGHTS

“Where stars are born and legends are made” – we visit Harlem’s Apollo Theater – acornerstone of the Black music scene for decades

Liquorice John Death

Ain’t Nothin’ To Get Excited About