How We Killed Classic Rock Or The Idiot Killed Radio’s Star
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
OK, I’ll admit it here and now — with very few exceptions do I purchase, listen to, or enjoy new music artists. I hear the term...
Leonard Cohen & The Catechism Of Immeasurable Delight
Watching Leonard Cohen sing with U2 in the documentary I'm Your Man brings one a catechism of immeasurable delight, a divine connection of art and communion: Irish/Canadian, Christian/Hebrew, outward/inward,...
Feature Article: C’est La Vie ELP
By Shawn Perry
On September 9, 1998, Emerson, Lake & Palmer played their last show together. I was sitting four rows away from them, in the cozy confines of the...
The Great Band Scandal
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
Here’s a question that may be on nobody’s mind but mine: Just who is left of the original “beach boys” in The Beach Boys? The 60s...
Modern Gems For The Vintage Rocker
To quote a very good friend of mine from Indiana, who happens to be white: “Buenos tacos everyone.” Welcome to Modern Gems, a new column on finding those new,...
1988: Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Experience
Vanilla Fudge with Lanny Cordola perform at Madison Square Garden
By Shawn Perry
What can I say? It was one of the most exciting events in my life. As a life-long...
My Evening With Roy Orbison
by Ronnie Lyon
I arrived at the Travelodge in Anaheim (corner of Ball and Harbor behind Disneyland) at around 5:00 or 6:00 PM. It was still daylight. The...
Vintage Rock Adverts
By Shawn Perry
One of my greatest rock and roll memories is when I used to peruse the Los Angeles Times' Calendar section -- which only came out on Sunday...
The King is Dead… It Ain’t Nice To Wake the Dead
The King in better days...when he was alive!
by Shawn Perry
August 16, 1997 - Twenty years ago, Elvis Aaron Presley stopped breathing and seemingly fell off the throne of his...
The Psychedelic Sounds of San Francisco
by Dave Gardner
The late sixties was surely a peak in the short history of Vintage Rock. Perhaps there was no better location to spring forth the exuberant sounds that...
