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.

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EVENTS

The Burner Band • Growing up to the sound of his father’s banjo, Lewis ‘Burner’ Pugh took a detour through punk rock before returning to the rootsy artists that informed his youth. Now he’s stirring up country, bluegrass and rockabilly via his latest musical outfit.

BABY THIS IS Rock‘n’ Roll • Matchbox blaze their trail and serve up a fiery studio album, plus tales of life on the road with rock’n’roll legends Carl Perkins and Bo Diddley

Toto & The Raw Deals • One of the finest up-and-coming bands on the rockin’ circuit, frontman Salvatore ‘Toto’ Marziano tells us why he’s bristling with fresh ideas ahead of what looks set to be an exciting 2023

WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS • Vintage Rock salutes the Imperial phase of Fats Domino’s glorious career by taking a look at how his rich R&B hits added a touch of spice to the sweet-sounding gumbo served up in The Big Easy

Classic album A DATE WITH THE EVERLY BROTHERS THE EVERLY BROTHERS • A Date With The Everly Brothers was the Kentucky duo’s second album for Warner Bros, released at the end of 1960, an incredible year which saw them dominate the singles charts in both the United States and the UK. Featuring the brothers’ all-time best-seller, Cathy’s Clown, it marked the peak of their popularity…

THE RESTLESS YEARS • 65 years after Carl Perkins left Sun Records for Columbia, we chart the Rockabilly King’s efforts to get back on top and celebrate the victories he scored along the way

Johnny B. Goode CHUCK BERRY CHESS (1958) • The quintessential Chuck Berry rocker, his tale of a country boy axe hero was so sensational that NASA sent it into space just in case extraterrestrials were tuning in…

Tales Of The UNEXPECTED • Director Russell Caligari is readying a feature-length Joe Meek documentary that will shine a light on the impact of the legendary producer and update his work for a whole new generation of music fans

VINTAGE ROCK TOP TEN WEEK • The skiffle king, a slew of rockin’ teen idols, a record-breaking movie theme and more

Maybe Buddy is around somewhere, giving me inspiration through his guitar • Sixty years after lending his name to The Hollies, Buddy Holly continues to influence ex-frontman Allan Clarke. Not only does Allan write his songs using Buddy’s own guitar, he’s singing about the rock’n’roll great on his reunion single with former bandmate Graham Nash – and Clarke reveals to Vintage Rock he was even offered the chance to own Buddy’s wedding ring.

Rock ’n’Roll Heroes • They dubbed Chuck Willis ‘The King Of The Stroll’. But that moniker barely scratched the surface of the talents of the hit-making singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia, who died tragically young in 1958…

THE ARMY GAME • On 24 March 1958, the King Of Rock’n’Roll became Private Presley US53310761. Sixty-five years on from his induction we remember Elvis’ army years…

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