Hmph … seems that more than a few Rockaholics are pisse — er, aghast — at Rolling Stone™ mag’s #1 choice for “solo rock artist”.
Ya had greats like John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elvis, Dylan and others on the list. But to choose ARETHA??
Hey … make no mistake about it: Aretha Franklin was definitely [...]
November 21, 2008
Categories: personalities, rock memories, rock news . Tags: Aretha Franklin, best rock singer, Dave Clark Five, Mike Smith, Ron Ryan . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment
Dude, say it isn’t soooooooo …
About a year ago, The Relic was the first to letcha know that Dave Clark — leader and producer of the Five — didn’t play the drums on their studio hits (he’d hired a session drummer named Bobby Graham to do it.).
Well, since then, we’ve also learned that he’d put [...]
November 8, 2008
Categories: Ron Ryan, personalities, rock memories, rock music, rock music fans, rock news, television . Tags: British Invasion, Dave Clark, Denis Peyton, Lenny Davidson, Mick Ryan, Mike Smith, Rick Huxley, Ron Ryan, royalties, songwriting, T. Griffin . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment
JUST DISCOVERED: The VMA has concluded that teachin’ cats to form their own rock band keeps them from those ungodly mating calls (ie, country music …). You dunno what the results would be? No kitten … really? Sheesh …
Anyway, on the heels of the introduction of a new Rockaracter in the act, Cat-Man (who’ll have [...]
August 3, 2008
Categories: Baby Boomers Observations, rock music . Tags: Angela Betts, Baby Boomers, Dave Clark Five, Good News Week, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Jackie DeShannon, Mike Smith . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment