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 RONNIE TUTT 12 MARCH 1938 – 16 OCTOBER 2021

Gibson unveils replica Chuck Berry guitar

Bailey Dee • Since arriving in Chicago with only $40 to her name, Bailey Dee has covered multiple musical bases with her various bands

Guest stars shine on new album from John Mayall

BOOK REVIEW: DOIN’ MY OWN THING ALAN WILSON

Rockin’ Ringo revisits Bill Haley classic track

EVENTS

Get RHYTHM • Johnny Cash’s contribution to the fabled Million Dollar Quartet jam session 65 years ago is still hotly contested, yet what can’t be denied is that he never rocked harder than during his early work for the Sun Records label

Sonic Boom • His own bandmates were the first to admit that Luther Perkins was no guitar virtuoso

The Ace Of Bass • Cash’s ever-loyal sideman who brought the energy

Let The Trumpets Sound • How Cash’s Ring Of Fire was the stuff of dreams

Classic album • TEXABILLY JOHNNY CARROLL

TEXABILLY

BONDING WITH GENE

ALIVE AND KICKING

WANDERING STAR • Sixty years on from hits such as The Wanderer and Runaround Sue, Dion is in his prime. The New Yorker explains how he’s still evolving and what it was like working with the world’s best guitarists on his new LP.

STAR GUITARISTS • Stomping Ground’s famous guests

FROM THE BRONX TO BROADWAY • The Wanderer makes his way to theatreland

20 ESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS ROCK’N’ROLL SONGS • Forget Silent Night and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, the finest Christmas songs should have rock’n’roll in their heart. Here’s our guide to the best alternative festive hits to get you bopping this December…

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Amazing Gracie • 70 years after Charlie Gracie released his first single, the singer who landed in the charts with songs such as Butterfly and Fabulous, tells us how he was trading in rock’n’roll before the term was coined

Thumbs up from Macca

Guitar man is still rocking

ROCK’N’ROLL WIG OUT! • As the rockin’ stars of the 50s attempted to chase the trends of the following decade, some headed out into uncharted psychedelic territory with mind-bending results…

Five Far-Out 45s • As they navigated their way through the choppy waters of the music biz from 1964-74, many 50s acts let their freak flags fly on some spaced-out slabs of 7" wax.

Song Of A Baker

VINTAGE ROCK TOP TEN

Rock ’n’ RollM Heroes SONNY BURGESS • In a new series looking at some of music’s most cherished cult figures, we kick off with an appreciation of the Arkansas Wild Man, Sonny Burgess

A Rockin’ Renaissance

King Of The Festivals

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FOREVER EVERLY • In memory of Don Everly, who passed away in August, his friends reflect on the Everlys’ legacy, as 35 years after their historic homecoming show, Don’s son Edan performs back in Shenandoah

The Legacy Continues

Blueberry Hill FATS DOMINO IMPERIAL (1956) • In 1956,...