FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 - The Untold Story

The Groundhogs guitarist and frontman Tony McPhee dies aged 79

The influential British rock guitarist backed John Lee Hooker, recorded with Jimmy Page and played with Eric Clapton and John Mayall

Guitar World · Jun 7, 2023

Watch Brian May, James Burton, Arielle, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and 11-year-old Britain's Got Talent star Harry Churchill rock Johnny B. Goode

Albert Lee, Ronnie Wood, Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter and Tommy Emmanuel were also on hand at the London Palladium for a tribute to Burton, a legendary guitarist most famous for his tenure as Elvis Presley's six-string sidekick

Guitar World · Jun 5, 2023

Don’t be scared — Black history is your history, too

Many Americans say “No” to most history, but particularly Black History — an unfortunate impulse being cemented into law in states all over the country.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2023

Letter: Kingsize Taylor obituary

Giles Oakley writes: He was a first-class rocker, who kept the joint jumping

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023

‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Chuck Berry's Gibson Firebird V guitar set to sell for £20,000 at auction

Berry headlined the 1972 London Rock And Roll Show

Wales Online · Mar 2, 2023

Gibson guitar used by Chuck Berry at Wembley could fetch £20,000 at auction

The 1964 Gibson Firebird V will be auctioned off in Wiltshire later this month

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

VIEWPOINT 2: Holly paved the way to Beatlemania

For many people, the most notable date in February is Valentine’s Day. But for those familiar with the history of rock music, two others stand out: Feb. 3, 1959 — “the day the music died,” as Don McLean described it in his 1971 hit “American Pie” — and Feb. 9,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023

Gene Collier: The King, the almost Queen, and another musical Christmas

From what I’ve heard (and heard and heard and heard and heard again), Mariah Carey doesn’t want a lot for Christmas, but she did want the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to grant her the designation “Queen of Christmas.”

Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022

Family, fans bid adieu to music icon Jerry Lee Lewis

Family, friends and fans are preparing to bid farewell to rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana home town

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2022