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The Rock History Archive is coming to British Music Vault
This is a deeply personal post. For years after Mark Rye’s passing (or Dad, as I knew him) I’ve been carrying the responsibility of all of the people who shared their story with Rock History, and the legacy that Dad had left, unfinished. Dad had always planned to do more – to write more books,…
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Announcement: RIP Mark Rye
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mark Rye, founder of RockHistory.co.uk Mark was traveling with his family in Australia in February 2018 when he passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. He is survived by his wife, two children, and two grandchildren. In 2003 Mark started the Rock History…
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Aliki sang with loads of fellow musicians back in the day
And lots of happy memories she has too of touring with the likes of Long John Baldry and Ginger Baker’s Airforce back in the day. It is all so long ago but working at the Speakeasy Club, ‘THE’ private club for the great and the good, which was certainly a great way to meet fellow…
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Tony Bell’s dad did not appreciate his son’s love of the 2Is
The joys of all this new music to a youngster in the 1950s was far too powerful for the older generation and resulted in Tony being kicked out of his dad’s house
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Rob Burns and bass playing memories
From starting touring aged just eighteen with the The Stylistics as they topped the charts in Britain as well as more soul legends such as Sam & Dave, Rob has made career of playing bass guitar with numerous parties such as David Gilmour, Albert Lee and Vivian Stanshall. His marvellous tales will be following on this…
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Ray Connolly was a Fleet Street legend
Hailing originally from Liverpool, he eventually met The Beatles and interviewed them many times for the Fleet Street papers as their pop specialist
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Top Topham gave The Yardbirds the Blues
Well they were all kids in those days messing about with instruments and trying to learn to play them. Top wanted to play in the group but his parents had other ideas
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Zoot Money – The Book Of Life… I’ve Read It
Saw Zoot in fine form last night with the overview of his life so far with a band and the musical soundtrack to match. He went back to days of the Flamingo Club and a young Andy Summers on guitar playing R&B and Chuck Berry & Ray Charles numbers though those late, late nights till…
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John Preston starts in the business at Bruces Records
JP as he was known to many has just gone to the great gig in the sky for too early – here he related his start in the business at Bruce’s Record shop
