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Jeff Apter book: "Carl Perkins The King of Rockabilly"

Book Review: Jeff Apter “Carl Perkins The King of Rockabilly”

November 19, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

If the Shoe Fits. “Life ain’t nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs/ Dammit Elvis, don’t you know.” Mike Cooley’s opening line on the 2004 track ‘Carl Perkins’ Cadillac’. A double sovereign […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Gordon Lightfoot “Early Morning Rain”

March 24, 2025 Andy Short 8

If the measure of a song is how often it is covered, then ‘Early Morning Rain’ by Gordon Lightfoot would be high in the chart. Factor in the calibre of the musicians who have embraced the […]

Book Review: Preston Lauterbach “Before Elvis (The African American Musicians Who Made the King)”

January 24, 2025 Gordon Mackay 0

In this new book, ‘Before Elvis‘, subtitled ‘The African American musicians who made the King‘ author Preston Lauterbach brings together the stories of five African-Americans who, the author suggests, were major influences in Presley’s early career […]

Paperback Riders: Peter Guralnick “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll”

September 6, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Sam Phillips was a single-minded visionary who some say invented rock ‘n’ roll. “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a million dollars!” This […]

Interview: Morgan Wade on “Reckless” and covering “Suspicious Minds”

August 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How channelling Elvis and bluegrass lyrical influences have helped mould a personal music style. Morgan Wade’s music is country pop but with an indie attitude. Her major label debut ‘Restless’ has exceeded all original expectations managing […]

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