OFTEN MENTIONED BUT LITTLE PRAISED, THE MAN BETTER KNOWN AS TINA’S HUSBAND HAD MORE INFLUENCE ON ROCK’N’ROLL THAN 100 BETTER KNOWN MUSICIANS. IN 1998, RICK BATEY GAINED A RARE MEETING WITH IKE TURNER
Ike Turner, who died in 2007, was for a long time one of the least-recognised great forces in twentieth century music. In 1951, aged barely 20, he cut a record that virtually invented rock’n’roll. He played on, wrote, arranged or was the driving force behind an astonishing run of ’50s blues records from the greatest names in the business – BB King, Elmore James, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Howlin’ Wolf and many more. In the ’60s and ’70s he directed and ran one of the most terrifyingly funky rock’n’roll/soul revues of all time. As a guitarist, Ike’s stinging intros and fearsome whammy excursions stand among the hippest and, crucially, most committed of all time – and yet guitar was not even his first instrument.
Leggete l'articolo completo e molti altri in questo numero di
Vintage Rock
Opzioni di acquisto di seguito
Se il problema è vostro,
Accesso per leggere subito l'articolo completo.
Singolo numero digitale
FREE Sample Issue
Questo numero speciale non è incluso in un nuovo
Vintage Rock abbonamento. Gli abbonamenti comprendono l'ultimo numero regolare e i nuovi numeri pubblicati durante l'abbonamento.
Abbonamento digitale annuale
OFFERTA SPECIALE: Era
€29,99
Adesso €19,99
fatturati annualmente
Abbonamento digitale di 6 mesi
€16,99
fatturati due volte l'anno