Vintage Rock

VINTAGE ROCK celebrates a time when music changed the world - 45s, youth culture and the odd thrusting pelvis. Vintage Rock chronicles all the stellar artists and music, the enduring legacy of those early pioneers - and why it’s still the best way to live. Spanning the dawn of the 50s to early Beatles (pre Eastern mysticism!), Vintage Rock covers a time of Mods and Rockers, crinoline skirts and blue jeans, rock star movies and screaming-girl concerts. This special magazine rejoices in the music and verve of Elvis, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and a host more, and speaks to a contemporary audience that relishes the vitality and flair of the era.

Vintage Rock

WELCOME…

OBITUARY MARY WILSON 1944-2021 • MUSIC WORLD MOURNS SHOCK DEATH OF SUPREMES FOUNDER MEMBER

Dickey Lee • The Memphis songwriter fills us in on Dewey Phillips, Jack Clement, Sun Records, The Collegiates and writing I Saw Linda Yesterday

Red Hot Riot • Making waves with a fresh take on rockabilly, the Forest of Dean three-piece have unleashed their debut album…

Live music returns as lockdown lifts

CASH DEBUTS ON VINYL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE

MRS goes deep on The King’s Vegas rehearsals

ROCK’N’ROLL RARITIES FROM LENNON

BOOK REVIEW AN A TO Z OF ELVIS BY JOE SHOOMAN

McKinley James • With father Jason Smay in his touring band, the New Yorker is part of a fresh wave of young talent evoking the spirit of vintage soul and R&B

OBITUARY GENE SUMMERS 1939-2021

The Beach Boys Add Some Music for charity

EVENTS

THE 50 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE 50S • From the jukebox and radio hits of its dawn, rock’n’roll quickly grew into a bright day of LPs that brought the music more easily to the masses. Stand by as we spin a superb 50 from the 50s…

Lockdown Rocker • Some artists don’t just produce a new album, they live it. So it is with Lee Rocker and his latest studio effort that has been inspired by a cross-country journey down Route 66…

TRACK BY TRACK • Authentic yet fresh and contemporary… sit back and bend an ear to these 10 rockin’ showstoppers. The songs are as cool as the signature Vince Ray cover artwork…

ROCKER’S ROLL OF HONOUR

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Classic album • LONELY AND BLUE ROY ORBISON

ROY ORBISON • LONELY AND BLUE

CONTENTED STATE OF MIND

THE GIBSON CONNECTION

THE GOOD LUCK CHARMS • They wrote and produced some of the most iconic hits of the rock’n’roll era. Seven decades after they met, we look back on the stunning back catalogue of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

END OF THE LINE

DEFIANCE & UNITY

MEN ON THE MOON • Sixty years after doo-wop classic Blue Moon topped the charts, group member Walt Maddox recalls the hits and misses of The Marcels

UNCOVERING MUSICAL GEMS

Darryl W. Bullock • We meet the author of The Velvet Mafia, a new book that reveals how gay managers shaped the UK music scene of the 50s and 60s

THE STATE OF ROCK’N’ROLL • Boasting both the Surf Ballroom and the Everly Brothers’ childhood home, Iowa is proud of its iconic landmarks. Music heritage scholars Sherry and Sheryl Davis tell VR why they are dedicated to preserving rock’n’roll’s Midwest American presence.

THE EVERLY BROTHERS AND THE BOYS TOWN CHOIR • SHERRY DAVIS REVEALS THE NEW RESEARCH SHE UNEARTHED REGARDING DON AND PHIL’S MEMORABLE, YET SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS, RECORDING SESSION WITH THE BOYS TOWN CHOIR FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS ALBUM IN 1962

THE BALLAD OF RICKY NELSON • One of the first to make the leap from the small screen to rock’n’roll stardom, we profile the definitive teenage icon with help from his son Gunnar Nelson

THE TEEN IDOL’S IDOL – CARL...