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

Stars turn out for Buddy Holly book launch • New hardback offers a definitive celebration of the rock’n’roll icon

If AI can dream

JOHNNY TILLOTSON • 20 APRIL 1938 – 1 APRIL 2025

Beating the drum for Parkinson’s charity effort

MIKE BERRY • 24 SEPTEMBER 1942 – 11 APRIL 2025

Thee Sinseers • The East Los Angeles outfit are on a quest to bring classic soul and R&B to a new generation. Joey Quiñones explains his journey from aspiring punk rock guitarist to bandleader and musical mastermind.

Putting his stamp on Fabs fan mail project

EVENTS

Howlin’ Ric And The Rocketeers • As the rocket-powered, Leeds-based band celebrates their third album, frontman Howlin’ Ric discusses the benefits of euphonium practice, lo-fi recording techniques, and his duets with Aisha Khan, The Hey-Las, and Les Greene

The Shadows: Apache & beyond • Sixty-five years after Apache’s electrifying riff first revolutionised British rock’n’roll, we catch up with Bruce Welch, Brian Bennett and friends to explore why The Shadows’ timeless music still resonates with fans and continues to inspire artists

A ROARING TRADE

THAT’S A RAP

HANK MARVIN’S SPEC-TACULAR STORY • The Hank Marvin Documentary is a new film delving into the influence of The Shads’ lead guitarist. Led by his son, Ben Marvin, the celebration is directed by Australian filmmaker, Mat de Koning.

“IT NEVER SEEMED UNCOOL TO SAY YOU LIKED THE SHADOWS”

RED LIGHT FEVER • When rock’n’roll arrived on these shores, British record companies clamoured to emulate the intoxicating sound. But it took a new wave of gifted session musicians to inject feel and dynamism into the music.

ANXIOUS MOMENTS

THE NAME’S BOND

Classic album • LAST MAN STANDING JERRY LEE LEWIS

JERRY LEE LEWIS LAST MAN STANDING • 2006 – ARTISTS FIRST, SHANGRI-LA

THE BALLAD OF BING

IT’S “HOO!” YOU KNOW

ELVIS PRESLEY Baby Let’s Play House SUN RECORDS (1955) • In 1955, a 20-year-old Elvis Presley hit the Billboard national charts for the first time in his career, reshaping an acoustic blues song into his own electrifying rockabilly style

The Long And Winding Road • Forty years on from the decommissioning of the iconic US Highway Route 66, Vintage Rock charts the creation of an enduring Bobby Troup-penned R&B classic covered by Chuck Berry and The Rolling Stones and written in tribute to the most iconic roadway in North America

CEMENTING MYTHICAL STATUS

KEITH RICHARDS ON ROUTE 66

Experience: FATS DOMINO • Though sometimes outshone by more abrasive contemporaries, his New Orleans sound was a cornerstone of early rock’n’roll…

10 KEY SONGS • Domino worked magic within a formulaic template of slow blues, R&B shuffles and rock with the stress on roll

KEY ALBUMS • Essentially Fats Domino was a singles artist. His Imperial albums majored on previously released material.

THE DOMINO SOUND • Primarily recording in New Orleans, Fats Domino’s studio output rested on trusted session players

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