WELCOME TO ROCK 101

While he’s finally back at work on the Solid Gold ROCK!&#8482 new Spaper (and, due to a few unexpected delays, it’s gonna debut this Fall … and, from the articles, pics and 411 we’re getting, it’s gonna be AWESOME!), The Relic’s starting ROCK 101 in Room 67849320194856893605983935766102938 (down the hall, to your left. Take [...]

THE MAGICAL MUSICAL HISTORY TOUR

In just a few days, I’ll be revising the frontpage of the RELIC’S website (what … AGAIN?!?!) for a very special reason …We’re gonna go on a Magical, Musical History Tour … all the way back to rock’s earliest beginnings (lonnnng before Elvis; wayyyy before Ellington; in fact, Keith Richards was just an infant …). [...]

TURN IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE

Ladies and gentlemen … rockers of alllll ages … let me now turn your attention to the newest incarnation of the Rock Relic’s site, which you’ll find here.Now, there’s a reason behind everything, so I wanna take a minute to explain:
Y’see, the Relic’s got a heavy schedule right now, and I know you’ve got a [...]

A HALF-CENTURY LATER …

It’s been about that long since I updated this, hasn’t it?? Ah, well … that’s not what the title refers to.Actually, it’s been fifty years since a young upstart named Elvis started bridging the gap between the old rocking, gospel-tinged soul and country, transforming it into the first breaths of a phenomenon called “Rock-and-Roll.”Obviously, [...]