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WOW!! And here I was, gonna do some fancy-talkin’ to welcome you cats to the new Relicsite! But nooo! I hadta find some news in the RelicMail that’d pre-empt my openin’ line!
But, hey …. when I heard that Cheech and Chong were reuniting, I figgered, “Hey … I can run my yap any [...]
And just when ya thought it wuz safe to come outta the bathroom and back to yer PC, …
Actually, I told you yardbirds that Uncle Relic wouldn’t letcha down, right??
Soooooo … we’re over here on the Great Presser of Words, ready to ROCK like we did before … welllll, maybe a libbit better, ’cause [...]
Man, I toldja and toldja to keep yer eyes on The Fore, ’cause they are gonna hit BIG!!
But didja listen?? Well, I hope so, ’cause they’ve just taken the next step up that ladder!
Yep … just got the email from one of their managers, David Jordan: The lads have just signed with NOMA [...]
First, just a quick word to remind ya that, after the rockrelic.com (ie, “other site’s”) gig is over (got about ten more days, more or less, whichever comes first), the new one’s gonna start at a different venue! I’ll give ya more 411 in the next few days, so be ready to gear up [...]
“Old Shea, could you see/by the kleig’s burly lights/what so proudly we hailed/as two legends were teaming?”Okay … not exactly the National Anthem, but Friday night, New York did have a star-spangled banner of greats onstage. Yep … it was a bittersweet night at Shea Stadium as Billy Joel headlined a card that knocked the [...]
Over the past coupla issues, we talked a bit about The Cavern Club in Liverpool … but, over on London’s Wardor Street, there was a club that was equally exciting, especially to R&B buffs.
The Flamingo Club, or “Old Mingo” (as some of the regulars called it), actually was run out of a dingy basement in [...]
INTERESTING “JULY” FACTS: Didja know that, 48 years ago this comin’ Friday, Roy Orbison had his first hit, thanks, in part, to the Everly Brothers … and Elvis? Y’see, they turned down a song called Only The Lonely, so he recorded it! It proved to be a good move, ’cause, over [...]
Who in their right mind hasn’t heard of the Mathew Street madness in Liverpool? On one side, you’ve got Lennon’s Bar, and, on the other, the famously-rebuilt Cavern Club.
In fact, it’s just beside where the old one — where The Beatles, Searchers, Big Three and many other top bands cut their musical teeth — [...]
With the first-ever Beatles Day less than 24 hours away in Liverpool, I thought ya might wanna read a bit more about it. Just click on this link to read more! And getcher Beatle wigs outta storage, yardbirds … ’cause this deffo ain’t gonna be the last one!
THE SPECTRE OF SPECTOR
Seems like, no [...]
From a coupla years after The Beatles left the charts for good to just after the disco years, there was a new “style” that was heavily-promoted — and took early-teen America briefly by storm.
Here’s what happened: by early ‘74, some industry moguls began seeing anything disco, psychedelic or metallic as unappealing to the massive fan-base [...]
