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Hands up those among you who love old-school rock’n’roll

VIVA LAS VEGAS WEEKENDER

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The Roots of Rock’n’Roll

WHEN BLUES, COUNTRY, JAZZ AND R&B COLLIDED, ROCK’N’ROLL

WIRED FSOORUND

UK ROCK’N’ROLLERS WERE FORCED TO CUT THEIR TEETH NOT

50 GREATEST Rockabilly TRACKS EVER

When the raw, primal beat of That’s All Right by Elvis

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RECORD LABEL Guide to…

It all started with a humble market stall selling secondhand

HEMSBYHOP

THE FAMOUS HEMSBY WEEKENDER IS A TIME FOR ROCKABILLY FANS TO GATHER EN MASSE. SLICK BACK YOUR HAIR, FIRE UP THE CHEVY AND GET READY TO RUMBLE – WE’RE GOING IN!

ONE OFA HELL DO

WHEN YOU THINK OF ROCKABILLY, YOU PICTURE TEDDY BOYS, JUKEBOXES, DRIVE-INS, CHEVYS AND THE ARCHETYPAL COIFFURE – THE QUIFF. WE PAY A VISIT TO ROCKABILLY’S ANSWER TO SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF CARNABY STREET, IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT CLASSIC ROCKABILLY HAIRCUT

Coda

BEATLEMANIA GOES STATESIDE, 1964

RoyalMale

A ‘SHY BOY’, A ‘MAMA’S BOY’, A BOY SO NERVOUS THAT

THE SHADOWS

FOUR STEPS TO HEAVEN

THE Diamonds GEEZER

JET HARRIS’S TENURE IN THE SHADOWS BEGAN A CAREER THAT

The KING of TWANG

AFTER A 20-YEAR GAP, DUANE EDDY IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE

Sharp Dressed Man

OFTEN MENTIONED BUT LITTLE PRAISED, THE MAN BETTER

CARL PERKINS

Real Real Gone

BIG BRUVVER

THE GENIAL JOE BROWN IS A TUFTY-HAIRED ROCK’N’ROLL INSTITUTION – YET SOME ARE UNAWARE OF THE PIVOTAL CONTRIBUTION HE MADE AT THE BIRTH OF BRITISH ROCK

READY STEADY BO!

THE INSPIRATION BEHIND MANY A UK R&B BAND, BO DIDDLEY WAS THE MAN WHO GAVE US THAT IRRESISTIBLE BEAT. BO DIED IN 2008, BUT IN 1996 PAUL TRYNKA FOUND HIM ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL

BQSELECTA

LADY BO WAS MORE THAN JUST BO DIDDLEY’S SIDEKICK, AND SHE’S PROVING IT TO THIS DAY BY ROCKING THE ROOM ON A REGULAR BASIS. MARIE KEATING HAS AN APPOINTMENT

In the Blues Korner

NOT SO LONG AGO MUCH OF BRITISH SOCIETY THOUGHT R&B WAS AN EVIL FORCE – BUT FOR BLUES FANS, ALEXIS KORNER WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS. IN 2005 DAVID GALLANT MET HIS SON DAMIAN KORNER…