(Vocal/instrumental group, 1996–present) The Wirral’s most innovative and carefree band, The Coral – James Skelly (vocals), Ian Skelly (drums), Bill Ryder-Jones (trumpet), Nick Power (keyboards), Lee Southall (guitar), Paul Duffy (bass) and John Duffy (drums) – have become something of the market leaders in the ramshackle if wholly enjoyable modern folk scene. Hugely prolific, any one of their ...
Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas, on 7 September 1936. Buddy got a guitar in his mid-teens and started practising with friend, Bob Montgomery. They liked country and western but also had predilection for the blues. An Elvis gig in Lubbock in early 1955 alerted them to new possibilities. Buddy and Bob, as ...
Buddy Holly helped define and popularize rock’n’roll in its earliest days, when its future was in doubt and its existence was under attack. Strumming a Fender Stratocaster, he brought an extra dose of country to a sound that was still closely related to pure blues and rhythm and blues. He blazed a trail for white artists who, unlike ...
Head, ‘In My Place’, ‘Clocks’ 2005 X&Y, ‘Fix You’ 2008 Viva La Vida, ‘Viva La Vida’ Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | The Coral | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
high volume, but does not make extensive use of effects pedals. Essential Recordings 1988 My Bloody Valentine: Isn’t Anything 1991 My Bloody Valentine: Loveless 2008 with Patti Smith: The Coral Sea 2013 My Bloody Valentine: m b v Personalities | Alex Skolnick | Testament to Remember | Guitar Heroes ...
1954–57) Johnny (1934–64), brother Dorsey (1932–79) and guitarist Paul Burlison (1929–2003) were roughnecks from Memphis who played the local clubs during the early 1950s. They earned a recording contract with Coral after winning a televized talent show in New York, and cut some classic rockabilly before disbanding in 1957. Johnny and Dorsey later enjoyed successful solo careers. Paul toured extensively ...
next in a long line of British acts that can be traced as far back as The Kinks, taking in the likes of Supergrass, Blur and even The Coral on their list of influences. Formed and signed by Virgin on the same night at a gig at a pub in their hometown, they had released two best-selling albums ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 2001–present) Liverpool’s Zutons – Dave McCabe (vocals), Boyan Chowdhury (guitar), Abi Harding (saxophone), Sean Payne (drums) and Russell Pritchard (bass) – found their inital press coverage through a songwriting style indebted to their city’s 1960s musical ancestry. McCabe possesses a vocal snarl and lyrical deftness that has seen both the band’s albums – Who Killed... The Zutons ...
Alternative experimental guitarist Thurston Moore (b. 1958) was born in Coral Gables, Florida. Inspired by New York’s punk and new-wave scene, Moore moved to the city in 1977. While playing in a band called The Coachmen, he met Lee Ranaldo, an art student and member of Glenn Branca’s avant-garde guitar orchestra. Moore assembled a band with bassist ...
Shoes’ that gained rockabilly worldwide recognition, encouraging major labels such as Capitol, Columbia, Decca, Mercury and RCA to jump on the bandwagon and exploit the genre. Coral signed The Johnny Burnette Rock’n’Roll Trio, Capitol signed Gene Vincent and RCA even signed ‘the female Elvis Presley’, Janis Martin. For its part, Sun served as the main ...
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