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 | 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...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 18, 2024 | Blog
The Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass has a significant history in Rock N Roll that began in 1961 when it caught the attention of the young 19 year old Paul McCartney. Previously McCartney had been playing the Höfner 500/5 President bass Stuart Sutcliffe had lent him before...
by Sean Passmore | Feb 18, 2024 | Album of the Week, Blog
Who: Temples What: Exotico Where: Kettering, England Why: Sean Lennon has been off quietly padding his resume, producing Fat White Family side project Insecure Men, Lana Del Rey and Temples, one of England’s first wave of 21st century nouveau psych bands. Dad would be...
