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When the very sad news of the passing

“You can expect all of the Sun Records big-hitters.”

We meet Pete Tobit, the promoter and producer behind a very special show celebrating the legacy of Sam Phillips’ iconic label

Priscilla to reveal all on spoken-word tour

Priscilla Presley has announced her first ever UK

ROCK’N’ROLL SPECTACULAR GETS A SPECIAL FESTIVE MAKEOVER

The That’ll Be The Day rock’n’roll production has

EVENTS

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The Future Shape Of Sound

Songwriter, producer and guitarist Alex McGowan aka Captain Future reveals all about his band that’s serving up a powerful musical stew of rock’n’roll, gospel and the blues

BABY THIS IS Rock ‘n’ Roll

A last stand with Gene, backing Chuck and Bo in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley, and a near miss with a classic Brit rock’n’roll movie

Ichi-Bons

Formed to play at a party, Ichi-Bons have exceeded their wildest expectations to break out of the Canadian scene while drawing inspiration from the deepest cuts in the rockin’ vaults

VINTAGE ROCK TOP TEN

WEEK ENDING 23 NOV 1960

Walking The Long Road

As he publishes his first book of musings collected from a life devoted to American music, ex-Blasters frontman Dave Alvin reflects on facing cancer, learning to be a frontman and the lessons learned from the many musical legends that he’s met along the way

Vinyl LP Reviews

The Queen Of Rockabilly, space-bound lifts, blood and daggers, UK neo-trash… and, of course, the best of the late Killer’s output on Sun

Singles & EP Reviews

The DC5 box clever, South American surf, Scottish and Finnish rockabilly, a red hot duo, Hayden Thompson gets jaunty, plus a handful of cult rockers and a headful of Texan tunes

CD Album Reviews

A Del Shannon best of, Brits and the Brill, CCR at the Albert Hall, a plush Beach Boys boxset and tweaking a Beatles masterpiece...

SOUNDTRACK Of My Life Lobo Jones

Fast-rising UK rockabilly star Elliot ‘Lobo’ Jones selects his favourite picks from the pack

FATS DOMINO ENTERS HIS IMPERIAL PHASE

10 DECEMBER 1949

JERRY LEE LEWIS

29 SEPTEMBER 1935 – 28 OCTOBER 2022

BLAZING A TRAIL

In celebration of the life of Jerry Lee Lewis, we look back at the thrilling rise of one of rock’n’roll’s most volatile originals 65 years after Great Balls Of Fire topped the UK singles chart

A Rock ’n’ Roll Renaissance

Loved by fans and critics alike after an array of country hits, the later years of Jerry Lee Lewis saw him back in favour and returning to his first love of piano-pounding rock’n’roll

“I knew, if I got to Sun, it would happen”

In 2019, Jerry Lee Lewis granted Vintage Rock a rare interview that took in his early influences, Sun Records, family, religion, The Beatles, self-belief and – of course – rock’n’roll

TOP 20 LESSER-KNOWN JERRY LEE LEWIS GEMS

The Killer released so much great music that his B-sides, album tracks and outtakes outclass most people’s best. Here is our deep dive into the hits that should have been…

ACE OF CLUBS

There was a time when some of music’s biggest names flocked to a modest mill town in West Yorkshire. We throw open the doors of Batley Variety Club where the likes of Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers helped shape the ‘Las Vegas of the North’.

Classic album

FIGHT BACK

Rock ’n’ Roll Heroes

LAVERN BAKER

He’s A Rebel THE CRYSTALS PHILLES (1962)

One of the music industry’s first sleight of hands, Phil Spector’s competitive streak meant that he bypassed The Crystals to rush-release a hot new song under their own name and steal a march on the competition

NEON And Fishnets

Vintage Rock retreads the pulsing streets of London’s Soho, the infamous bohemian quarter that’s provided a hedonistic playground for everyone from aristocrats to pleasure-seekers, as well as being the birthplace of UK rock’n’roll

Paul McCartney Choba B CCCP / Run Devil Run

A double whammy of retro rock’n’roll action as the former Beatle reconnects with his roots

A Hunk Of Burning Love

With a new boxset celebrating Elvis’ 1972 concert run about to be released, Vintage Rock remembers those electrifying performances and the film that captured the King in his thirtysomething glory

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