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

John Carter Cash • Songwriter, the new unearthed Johnny Cash album, celebrates the Man In Black’s craftsmanship rather than his celebrity status. It’s a well-overdue reappraisal, says his son.

MARK JAMES • 29 NOVEMBER 1940 – 8 JUNE 2024

New Collection Fit For The King

JERRY LEE LEWIS RANCH EXPERIENCE TO LEAVE FANS BREATHLESS

Eliza Stark & The Dappers • Born from the same St. Petersburg scene that spawned surf revivalists Messer Chups, Eliza Stark & The Dappers left Russia for the sunshine of Montenegro, bringing their love of rockabilly to the Balkans

DUANE EDDY • 26 APRIL 1938 – 30 APRIL 2024

EVENTS

Shannon And The Clams • In the face of a life-changing tragedy, Shannon Shaw was determined to hold up a light against the darkness, finding comfort, healing and strength in the making of The Moon Is In The Wrong Place

“MY DAD WAS THE LIGHTNING BOLT IN THE FAMILY, THE ONE THAT PUSHED EVERYTHING FORWARD • On 14 August 1964, the hot-rockin’ career of Johnny Burnette was tragically cut short when he died in a boating accident on Clear Lake, California. Now 60 years on, Vintage Rock meets his son Rocky to celebrate the Rock’n’Roll Trio’s lasting legacy.

THE TIES THAT BIND • “Through my music and family, I have had the honour of sharing the same space in life with some truly memorable folk,” says Rocky. Here’s just a handful of the artist anecdotes Rocky Burnette shared with Vintage Rock during our two-hour conversation.

WIGGING OUT

A NATURAL EVOLUTION

They call me Big Mama • She recorded the originals of both Hound Dog and Ball And Chain, but the singer with the big voice at the birth of rock’n’roll was buried a pauper. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 40 years after her death, will Big Mama Thornton finally get the recognition that she so richly deserves?

WALK THE WALK • THE BLUES QUEEN THAT DISCOVERED BIG MAMA AND TOOK OVER NYC

INFLUENCED BY BESSIE • DUBBED ‘THE NEW BESSIE SMITH’, BIG MAMA THORNTON HAD BIG SHOES TO FILL – THE ‘EMPRESS OF BLUES’ WAS THE GREATEST FEMALE BLUES STAR OF THE 30S

Clasic album • First generation British rock fans have never lost an affection for Buddy Holly, but the arrival of compilation double album Legend presented his genius to a younger audience in the mid-70s…

BUDDY HOLLY

BARGAIN BASEMENT BUDDY BONANZA

A BOBBY DAZZLER

EDDIE COCHRAN Summertime Blues • The singer-songwriter’s first US Top 10 hit, written with manager Jerry Capehart, elevated him to worldwide fame. We rewind the clock back 66 years to remember the making of a classic rock’n’roll cut about teenage frustration.

Bluff City Kingmaker • Dewey Phillips was the rockin’ deejay who first introduced Elvis to the public and cleared a path for all the spin jockeys that followed. Vintage Rock recounts the story of the Memphis Hall Of Famer who lit up the US when the sun went down.

“Ladies and gentlemen – Elton Preston!” • When Elvis got his first on-air exposure live on Red, Hot & Blue…

Superstar Deejays • Dewey Phillips set the ball...