by Sean Passmore | Feb 27, 2024 | Album of the Week, Blog
Who: Zach Bryan What: American Heartbreak Where: Oologah, Oklahoma, USA via the United States Navy via Okinawa, Japan Why: Even with one of the most hyped origin stories in recent memory, it still takes stones to make your major label debut a triple album. With...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 25, 2024 | Blog
For over 65 years now music historians have acknowledged the importance of Rocket 88 in the development of Rock N Roll. Several, in fact, consider it to be the very first Rock N Roll record ever. Here’s why. Rocket 88 was produced in March 1951 by Sam Phillips...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 21, 2024 | Album of the Week
Who: Ringo Starr What: Rewind Forward Where: Beverly Hills, California, USA via Monte Carlo (Monaco) on the French Riviera via Chelsea off King’s Road, London, via the village of Cranleigh southeast of Guildford, Surrey via Tittenhurst Park off London Road at...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog
An American in Paris? Not quite. Nick Wheeldon, the Parisian Englishman from Sheffield, England, recorded his third solo album, Waiting For The Piano To Fall live on a Tascam 388, 8-track tape recorder, during a week-long session in the countryside of Normandy,...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 19, 2024 | Blog
Melinda Ledbetter (October 3, 1946 – January 30, 2024) Known in the annals of Rock N Roll for her significant role as the second wife and longtime partner of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Melinda Ledbetter passed away January 30, 2024, at the age of 77...