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ON RBP this week we’re marking the release of Duran Duran’s first new album in six years with three great pieces by the gal who discovered the “Beau Brummies” in late 1980: New Romantic champion Beverly “Betty Page” Glick recalls her first enounter with Simon, Nick, John et al., plus we’re running her 1982 Sounds piece on the jet-setting video pin-ups.
Also free for a week are pieces about Radiohead’s radical self-reinvention at the dawn of this century: two great interviews with Thom, Jonny et al., plus reviews of Kid A andAmnesiac – expanded versions of which are released as Kid A Mnesia on November 5th. And you can read three pieces that reference departed legends Alan Hawkshaw,Ronnie Tutt&Dee Pop…
The week’s new audio interview finds Don McLeantalking to John Tobler in 1989 about his folkie years, the Weavers, recording in Nashville, and the American Pie album, which is 50 years old this week. Subscribers can also dive deep into the 50+ articles we’ve added to the RBP library this week, including…
- Robert Shelton reviewing Johnny Cash at Carnegie Hall n 1962;
- Lillian Roxon introducing her fellow Ozzies to T. Rex in 1971;
- Ed Jones interviewing Elton John’s managerJohn Reidin 1977;
- John Morthland reporting on the Parents Music Resource Centerin 1985;
- John Harris hanging out with Suede in 1993;
- Angus Batey revisiting DJ Kool Herc’s first-ever block party;
- and Bud Scoppa paying homage to Neil Young’s legendary manager Elliot Roberts in 2019.
Don’t miss the latest episode of the RBP podcast, with special guest Paul Morley talking about Joy Division, Factory’s Tony Wilson and krautrockers Faust.
Straddle the line in discord and rhyme
I’m on the hunt down, I’m after you…
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OK COMPUTERISED — How Radiohead reinvented themselves with the radical electronica of 2000’s Kid A and 2001’s Amnesiac: Devon Powers reviews Kid AforPop Matters and Andrew Smith interviews the bandforThe Observer. Plus Chris Ingham applauds AmnesiacinMOJO and Simon Reynolds talks to Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood about life after OK Computer in The Wire… and don’t miss our Radiohead “compendium” Present Tense, choc-full of great interviews & reviews.
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“I told social security to give the jobs to those that want them. I’d rather stay at home listening to music…”
— The Cure’s Robert Smith(NME, 1981)
PLUS pieces on…
•Johnny Cash live(1962)
•Beatles in USA(1966)
•Tomorrow(1967)
•Brenton Wood(1968)
•Jack Bruce’s Tailor(1969)
•Leonard Cohen live(1970)
•T. Rex(1971)
•James Brown(1972)
•Gladys Knight & Pips(1973)
•Jackson Browne live(1974)
•Little Feat(1975)
•Frank Zappa’s Allures(1976)
•Elton John’s manager(1977)
•Penetration live(1978)
•The Selecter(1979)
•The Stones’ Rescue(1980)
•Oingo Boingo(1982)
•The Fixx(1983)
•Beat Street OST(1984)
•The P.M.R.C.(1985)
•L.L. Cool J’s Radio(1986)
•Paul Johnson(1987)
•Stevie Wonder(1987)
•David Lee Roth live(1988)
•Dusty Springfield(1989)
•Loop’sEternity(1990)
•Lunachicks(1991)
•Omar @ Town & Country(1992)
•Suede(1993)
•Nirvana’sUnplugged(1994)
•Kirsty MacColl(1995)
•Flying Saucer Attack(1995)
•Merle Haggard live(1996)
•“Jump Up” jungle(1997)
•Metallica’sRe-Load(1998)
•Nigel Godrich(1999)
•The Crescent @ 100 Club(2002)
•Jim O'Rourke(2003)
•Johnny Cash’s Life(2004)
•Velvet Revolver/Datsuns(2005)
•The Knife live(2006)
•The Killers’ Town (2006)
•Kaiser Chiefs(2007)
•Dee Dee Sharp(2007)
•Robert Wyatt’s Misses(2010)
•DJ Kool Herc(2011)
•D-Train(2012)
•Kraftwerk(2013)
•Lita Ford(2016)
•Elliot Roberts(2019)
•Paul McCartney’s Pie(2020)
•Eric B & Rakim(2020)
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Inthe new episode of our podcast, the legendary Paul Morley joins us to talk about his native Manchester, Joy Division and his epic new biography of Factory Records founder Tony Wilson.
Paul recounts his early pop epiphanies and discovery of the UK’s music press, culminating in the one & only issue of his 1976 fanzine Out There — not to mention his first reviews for the NME in 1976. The conversation then turns to “Anthony H.” Wilson and the formation of Factory, taking in Paul’s championing of Joy Division before leading into a discussion of Martin Aston’s 1986 audio interview with New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris.
From there we consider the week’s featured act Faust, spinning off from pieces about the German enigmas by Ian MacDonald, Andy Gill and David Stubbs, and prompting general thoughts on “Krautrock” from both guest and hosts. After saying goodbye to chief Chieftain Paddy Moloney, and to three veteran RBP writers on soul and R&B (Pete Grendysa, Bob Fisher andRoger St. Pierre), Mark leads us through his personal favourites among the 100+ articles added to the RBP library over the past fortnight, including pieces about the Stones’ pad in Edith Grove, Lorraine Ellison’s volcanic single ‘Stay With Me’ and Charlie Watts on drummers & drumming. Finally, Jasper talks us out with his thoughts on pieces about Primal Scream’s 2000 XTRMNTR and John Sinclair taking The Wire’s “Invisible Jukebox” text in 2003.
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It’s a Manchester special this week – with a bit of Krautrock and Celtic tradition added for good measure. To celebrate the imminent publication of his epic Tony Wilson biography From Manchester With Love, we’ve made Paul Morleywriter of the week and made three of his classic NME pieces free on the home page. All touch on the triumph and tragedy ofJoy Division…and the endurance ofNew Order, whose Bernard Sumner & Stephen Morris are (from 1986) the week’s featured audio interviewees.
The act featured in the Free On RBP section is the radical German kollectiv that was early ‘70s Faust. Interviews by Ian MacDonald (1973) and Andy Gill (1997) tell the wild and crazy story of Uwe Nettelbeck and friends, while Krautrock chronicler David Stubbs describes his teenage Faustian pact.
We’re saying goodbye to chief Chieftain and beloved Irish rover Paddy Moloney via interviews from 1998 and 2010, plus we’ve also lost three of RBP’s veteran specialists on rhythm 'n’ blues and soul: Bob Fisher,Pete Grendysa&Roger St. Pierre, pieces by all of whom we’re spotlighting on the home page.
RBP subscribers can enjoy almost 60 new additions to the library, including:
- Dusty Springfield getting personal with Penny Valentine in 1967;
- Rob Partridge visiting Atlantic’s London offices in 1974;
- Bill Holdship bidding farewell to Del Shannon after the latter’s 1990 suicide;
- Andrew Smith talking to techno magus the Aphex Twin in 1992;
- Former MC5 manager John SinclairtakingThe Wire’s invisible jukebox test;
- Kandia Crazy Horse questioning the New Afrophilia of Vampire Weekend et al.;
- andNick Cave bearing his soul to GQ’s Chris Heath in 2017.
If you could just see the beauty,
These things I could never describe,
These pleasures a wayward distraction,
This is my one lucky prize…
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Don’t Fear the Reaper
Chris Smith meets chief Chieftain Paddy Moloney, 1936-2021(Performing Songwriter, 1998) and David Burke looks back with Paddy in 2010. Plus we bid farewell to three veteran RBP specialists on Black American music: Pete Grendysaexplainsthe “making” of Rhythm & Blues in 1985, Bob Fisher reports on “Soul Style” in the midlands for NME in 1975, and Roger St. Pierre chats backstage at Hammersmith with the newly liberated Stevie Wonder..
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Manchester special, Pt 1: Paul Morley(pictured in 1977) reports on the rise of Manchester’s music sceneforNME in early 1979. Plus Paul sees Joy Division live at the city’s Band On The Wall in 1978, witnesses New Order’s 1981 “haunting” of London’s Heaven after Ian Curtis’ suicide, and pens the Guardian obituary for Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, the subject of his remarkable new biography From Manchester with Love…
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“Groups like the Who and the Stones are revolting. They have nothing to offer the kids anymore…”
—Johnny Rotten(1976)
PLUS pieces on…
•Elizabeth Cotten(1965)
•Lorraine Ellison et al. (1966)
•Dusty Springfield(1967)
•James Brown live(1968)
•Eddie Holland(1970)
•Janis Joplin’s Pearl (1971)
•The Jackson 5(1972)
•Bruce Springsteen live(1973)
•Atlantic Records(1974)
•Steely Dan’s Katy Lied (1975)
•Pink Floyd @ Wembley(1977)
•Steel Pulse(1978)
•Peabo Bryson(1979)
•B.B. King(1980)
•Kraftwerk live(1981)
•The Go-Go’s(1982)
•New Edition(1983)
•Was (Not Was)(1984)
•Rubén Blades à Montreux(1985)
•Rain Parade live(1985)
•Bon Jovi(1986)
•Meet Danny Wilson (1987)
•Voice of the Beehive(1988)
•Gloria Estefan live(1989)
•Del Shannon R.I.P.(1990)
•Vanilla Ice(1991)
•Aphex Twin(1992)
•Velvets in Edinburgh(1993)
•The Lemonheads(1994)
•Des-ree et al. (1995)
•Baby Bird(1996)
•Supergrass in Leeds(1997)
•k.d. lang(1997)
•The Flamingo Club(1998)
•Master P(1998)
•Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
•Primal Scream et al.(2000)
•Autechre(2001)
•Ash’s Angels(2002)
•John Sinclair’s jukebox(2003)
•Mamas & the Papas(2004)
•Bryan Ferry’s Mamouna(2005)
•Atari Teenage Riot(2006)
•Absolute Beginners (2007)
•Vampire Weekend et al. (2008)
•Steve Winwood(2010)
•Destroyer(2011)
•Leila’s U&I(2012)
•Zola Jesus(2013)
•Yellowman/Dillinger(2014)
•Mica Levi(2015)
•Lady Gaga’s Bowie(2016)
•Nick Cave(2017)
•Meg Baird/Mary Lattimore(2018)
•Tal Wilkenfeld(2019)
•Zappa’s Rats (2020)
•Sam Fender live(2020)
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THIS WEEK’s Rock’s Backpages home page is a San Francisco Special, with free pieces about so-called “Latin-rock” pioneers Santana(plus an audio snippet of Carlos in conversation in 1977); a wonderfully discursive audio interview with Quicksilver’s John Cipollina from 1984; and free pieces by the great Gene Sculatti, including his 1966 report on the S.F. underground for Greg Shaw’s trailblazing fanzine Mojo-Navigator.
Forsubscribers there’s a wealth of fascinating additions to the RBP Library, including:
- David Griffiths lunching with Pink Floyd’s Nick & Roger in 1967
- Lon Goddard discussing drums with Charlie Watts in 1969
- Stephen Demorest hearing about Patti Smith’s hallucinations in 1978
- Graham K. Smith’s dream date with Sade in 1984
- John Harris wallowing in the mud of 1994’s “Woodstock II”
- Bill Holdship on Guns N’ Roses’ cancelled tour in 2002…
- and Mark Rozzo meeting legendary pop scribe Nik Cohn in 2011…
We’re also saying goodbye to Barry “Eloise” Ryan, saxophonist/bandleader Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, and eccentric Jazz Butcher frontman Pat Fish.
Oh, and don’t miss the new episode of the RBP podcast, with special guest Miles Marshall Lewis talking about Kendrick Lamar, Wynton Marsalis & Bob Marley…
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there…
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“My real world wasn’t so hot as a kid. I was unattractive and self-conscious and sort of a weirdo. Art gave me a whole other reality…”
—Patti Smith(Sounds, 1978)
PLUS pieces on…
•The Stones(1965)
•Ornette Coleman(1966)
•Pink Floyd(1967)
•Traffic @ Fillmore East(1968)
•The MC5(1969)
•Charlie Watts(1969)
•Hot Chocolate(1970)
•Love’s False Start (1971)
•Stone the Crows(1972)
•NRBQ @ Max’s(1973)
•Mick Jagger(1973)
•Todd’s ‘Hello’(1974)
•Labelle’s Nightbirds (1975)
•George Harrison sued(1976)
•Status Quo in Stafford(1977)
•The Jam’s Sons (1979)
•The Commodores(1980)
•Mötley Crüe live(1981)
•George Thorogood(1982)
•Material’s One Down (1983)
•Sade(1984)
•Associates live(1985)
•Ozzy Osbourne(1986)
•Trouble Funk(1987)
•Ticket scalpers(1988)
•Wendy & Lisa live(1989)
•Bonnie Raitt(1989)
•808 State(1990)
•Ralph Tresvant (1991)
•Mudhoney(1992)
•Shed Seven @ Marquee(1993)
•Woodstock II(1994)
•Buffalo Tom(1995)
•Oasis(1996)
•The Verve live(1997)
•Tina Arena(1998)
•Beat Junkies’ Vol. 2 (1999)
•Delirious? live(2001)
•Guns N’ Roses tour(2002)
•Kraftwerk’s Tour (2003)
•The Move’s Ace(2004)
•Liz Phair’s Miracle(2005)
•Deicide @ Music Box(2007)
•Ice Cube(2008)
•Fat Freddy’s Drop(2009)
•Delphic(2010)
•Nik Cohn(2011)
•Neneh Cherry(2012)
•Funkadelic’s Nation (2013)
•Phil Everly(2014)
•Cannibal Ox @ Oslo(2015)
•Morris Day(2016)
•Cock Sparrer(2017)
•Fast Eddie R.I.P.(2018)
•Bishop & Musselwhite(2020)
•The Electric Muse (2021)
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THEBUTTERFLY EFFECT — Kendrick LamarbiographerMiles Marshall Lewis(top left, with Lamar) raves about the California rapper’s sophomore album(Ebony, 2015), then explores the relationship between hip hop and jazz in Lamar’s and others’ music (The Fader, 2017). Plus Miles talks jazz and gospel with Wynton Marsalis(Ebony, 2013)…
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SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY — Exclusive audio of Bob Marley talking to Karl Dallas in July 1975, the day after he blew the roof off London’s Lyceum… and the Melody Makerpiece that resulted from it. Plus the MM’s Vivien Goldman meets Marley “in his own backyard” in the summer of ‘79…
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“We’re all foreigners. You can’t just stick in your little hole somewhere in England saying, ‘This is my castle’…”
—Cat StevenstoDisc in 1973
PLUS pieces on…
•The Remains(1965)
•Byrds @ Village Gate(1966)
•Roy Orbison(1967)
•Traffic(1968)
•Ronnie Hawkins(1969)
•The Band in Berkeley(1970)
•Al Kooper(1971)
•Valerie Simpson(1972)
•Sabs/Skynyrd live(1974)
•“Cash-in” albums(1974)
•Ohio Players(1975)
•Johnny Cougar(1976)
•Iggy Pop(1977)
•Whitesnake live(1978)
•Muscle Shoals(1979)
•The Blues Brothers(1980)
•Warren Zevon(1981)
•Gil Scott-Heron live(1982)
•Eurythmics(1983)
•Tom Waits’ ‘trombones (1984)
•Phyllis Nelson(1985)
•Sting in Manchester(1986)
•Living in a Box(1987)
•Robyn Hitchcock’s Frogs (1988)
•Phranc(1989)
•Faster Pussycat live(1990)
•Was (Not Was)(1991)
•Bobby Brown(1992)
•Junior Brown(1993)
•Reading Festival(1994)
•Take That(1995)
•LTJ Bukem(1996)
•Spring Heel Jack(1997)
•Royal Trux @ Garage(1998)
•Luscious Jackson(1999)
•Whiskeytown(2000)
•Eagles @ Earl’s Court(2001)
•Pink! & co.(2002)
•Bonnie “Prince” Billy(2003)
•Jacques Levy R.I.P.(2004)
•Mariah Carey’s Mimi(2005)
•Big Star’s Third (2006)
•Joanna Newsom live(2007)
•Radiohead’s Rainbows(2008)
•Viva Bananarama(2009)
•Gorillaz(2010)
•Tedeschi Trucks Band(2011)
•Mickey “Guitar” Baker(2012)
•Iceage’s You’re Nothing (2013)
•Coltrane’s Love Supreme (2015)
•The Get Down(2016)
•Magnetic Fields’ Memoir(2017)
•Run DMC(2018)
•Chaka Khan(2019)
•Billy Joe Shaver R.I.P.(2020)
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THIS WEEK we mark a half-century of Californian institution the Doobie Brothers with free archive pieces by Sounds’ Jerry Gilbert (1972) and – from the more yacht-friendly era of Michael McDonald – Creem’s Wayne Robins (1975). There’s also a long 1982 interview with Doobies/Little Feat/Van Halen “super-producer” Ted Templeman.
Also free on the RBP home page are three interviews by Jamming!founder-editorTony Fletcher, who this week publishes an anthology of pieces from that pioneering publication: read Tony here on Scritti Politti,the Special AKAandSniffin’ Glue’s Mark P. We also wave sad goodbyes to Labelle’s Sarah Dash, Cabaret Voltaire’s Richard H. Kirk and Delta 5’sJulz Sale.
The week’s new audio interview is Martin Aston’s 1989 chat with the extraordinary Mary Margaret O'Hara, whose Miss America remains a cult ‘80s classic. Subscribers can also enjoy the 50+ new articles we’ve added to the RBP library, which include great pieces about:
- The Weavers (1963)
- L.A. after Manson(1969)
- Adam & the Ants(1981)
- Blue Note (1985)
- Dinosaur Jr. (1991)
- Larry Levan(1993)
- Jim Dickinson (2009)
- and (from this year) Vivian Stanshall.
Hear Mark, Martin & Jasper talking in the new RBP podcast episode about Buena Vista, Fleetwood Mac and Creem’s Jaan Uhelszki.
As he rises to her apology,
Anybody else would surely know…
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Bidding farewell on RBP
BELLE STAR — Remembering Sarah Dash (1945-2021):Blues & Soul’s David Nathan meets the Labelle nightbird as she goes solo in 1979. Plus Sounds’ Jon Savage meets Richard H. Kirk (1956-2021) and his Cabaret Voltaire comrades in spring 1978 and the same magazine’s Phil Sutcliffe hangs out with “Rough Trade artsy-feminist Leedsite” Julz Sale and her Delta 5 bandmates…
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INTERVIEWS TO REMEMBER — Jamming!founderTony Fletcher discusses ‘The “Sweetest Girl’” and Songs to Remember with Scritti Politti in 1982, hangs out with the Special A.K.A.’s Jerry Dammers in 1984 and meets Sniffin’ Glue/Alternative TV legend Mark P(erry) in 2001…
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The new Rock’s Backpageshome page celebrates 25 years of Buena Vista Social Club with a trio of pieces: Nicholas Jennings reports on Ry Cooder in Havana, Joel Selvin considers the impact of the album and Wim Wenders’ film, and Fred Schruers hears from Ry and son Joachim about recording with the Cuban veterans…
We’re also featuring the writing of CreemlegendJaan Uhelszki, whose open letter to Smokey Robinson, candid conversation with Suzi Quatro and on-stage jaunt with KIϟϟ are all free to read for a week…
For subscribers, we’ve lined up a Lindsey Buckingham audio interview from 2011, to coincide with the release of his first album since that year’s Seeds We Sow. Hear him talk to Bud Scoppa about his solo career, Fleetwood Mac past and present and his relationship with Stevie Nicks.
Oh, and naturally we’ve added over 50 new articles to the archive this week, including pieces about:
• hooliganism at the Who’s Bristol Hippodrome show;
• “little skinny kid” Jackson Browne;
•A Certain Ratio;
•KurtCobain & co. pondering whether they’re cursed; and…
•Rammstein stoking the flames of outrage in 2019…
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Bidding farewell on RBP
THE UPSETTER — Remembering sonic revolutionary Lee “Scratch” Perry (1936-2021): Vivien Goldman phones reggae’s “mad scientist” in Amsterdam in 1980 and Daryl Easlea looks back with the self-proclaimed “alien starman” in 2004. Plus Simon Reynolds questions the “apotheosis” of Perry in a long 2000 essay for The Wire…
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On the RBP home page this week, we present aMelody Maker‘80s/'90s special:Simon Reynolds on UK music journalism & on his former MM colleague Bob Stanley’s Saint Etienne. Plus Saint Etienne pieces by Simon Price& Pete Paphides… and Reynolds pieces on Joy Division & Monsters of Rock!
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“The Mothers of Invention are designed to come in the back door and kill you while you’re sleeping…”
—Frank Zappa(N.Y. Times, 1966)
PLUS pieces on…
•Dylan @ Forest Hills(1965)
•The Troggs(1967)
•Ravi Shankar(1968)
•Gary Puckett & Union Gap(1969)
•Stooges @ Ungano’s(1970)
•Three Dog Night(1971)
•Slade Alive! (1972)
•Chris Spedding(1973)
•Stevie Wonder live(1974)
•Apple Corps R.I.P.(1975)
•Laura Nyro’s Smile (1976)
•Erroll Garner(1977)
•Ian Dury @ Bataclan(1978)
•The Nips(1979)
•Linton Kwesi Johnson(1980)
•Bob Marley R.I.P.(1981)
•Roches @ Dominion(1982)
•The Smiths(1983)
•Johnny Thunders’ Diary (1984)
•The Blasters(1985)
•Earl King/Johnny Adams(1986)
•Stanley Clarke(1987)
•Gerry Rafferty(1988)
•David Crosby’s autobiog(1988)
•Pop Will Eat Itself(1989)
•Barry Manilow live(1990)
•Madonna(1991)
•Robert Wyatt’s Dondestan (1992)
•Manics tour(1993)
•Auteurs @ Astoria 2(1994)
•Massive Attack’s Protection(1994)
•L7(1995)
•Kelli Hand’s Journey(1996)
•Roni Size & Reprazent(1997)
•Dubstar live(1998)
•The Offspring(1999)
•David Bowie(2000)
•Victoria Williams(2003)
•Todd Rundgren(2004)
•Paul Weller(2006)
•J.D. Souther(2008)
•Euros Childs’ Son(2009)
•Tea with Zappa(2010)
•Vince Clarke/Martin Gore(2012)
•Palma Violets’ 180 (2013)
•Brian Wilson’s Pressure(2015)
•The 5th Dimension(2016)
•Salt-N-Pepa et al. live(2017)
•Celtic Frost(2020)
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THIS WEEK’S Rock’s Backpages home page focuses on two extraordinary women. One is Aaliyah, the R&B “princess” who tragically died 20 years ago; the other is one-woman song factory Diane Warren…
There’s a 1995 interview with the 15-year-old Aaliyah plus tributes to her by Miles Marshall Lewis & Michael A. Gonzales. RBP subscribers can meanwhile hear Steven Daly’s 1990 audio interview with Warren, who’s just released her first solo album The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1…
Free for a week are three pieces by featured writer Guy Stevens, most famous for producing the Clash’s London Calling. With Ronnie Wood’s tribute to Jimmy Reed out next month, we’ve included Guy’s 1964 interview with the Chicago blues legend. Wood’s name inevitably reminds us that we’ve lost Charlie Watts, the man who once bopped Mick Jagger on the nose for referring to him as “my drummer”. And of course the news came in yesterday that the great “upsetter” of Jamaican roots music Lee “Scratch” Perry had passed away aged 85. We’ve pulled out archive pieces on both men…
Subscribers get to peruse the usual 50+ additions to the RBP library, including notable pieces about:
• The Grand Ole Opry (1961) • Kim Fowley (1969) • AC/DC (1977) • Donna Summer (1983) • Ray Davies (1987) • Prince (1991) • Jah Wobble (2009)… and (from 2015) Lizzy Mercier Descloux.
Don’t miss the latest RBP podcast episode, with special guest Richard Williams professing his abiding love for Laura Nyroandthe Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up.“If you down with the clique,Let me hear you say, I’m down with it…”
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STEVENS CALLING — Clash producer Guy Stevens, who died 40 years ago this week, speaks to Jimmy Reed(Record Mirror, 1964), sees Smokey Robinson & Solomon Burke live at Chicago’s Regal (RM, 1964) and explains how country met rock'n'roll at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records(International Times, 1969).
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