2017 has been a challenging year in many ways. The symbolic turning of the first page of the calendar into the first day of the new year represents for many a chance to start over with a clean slate and […]
0
There surely is tremendous inner tumult when you know you’ve got something extraordinary, know you’ve got something important to say — and can mentally hear it portrayed in a definite manner — but are restricted by auxiliary commitments. Quentin Jones founded Pennsylvania’s Lanark Records. While […]
Albums reviewed: I’m Coming Home, The Reconciliation, How Do You Plead, Rockabilly Deluxe, Servin’ It Up. Blue Plate Specials, Reach Around Rodeo Clowns, My Darling Clementine, Robert Gordon. Back in the day, if you wanted to get up close and personal […]
(A quick note: Some call this an “unauthorized bootleg,” none of whose sales profits go to Robert Gordon. On the other hand, I’ve been assured that the tapes were in fact paid for, and that release is entirely proper. I understand players […]
Unfortunately, terms like “inventive,” “refreshing,” and “clever” have too often been used to describe musicians not nearly as worthy of their imprint as is Quentin Jones. Those already fans of the man’s red hot-gunning guitar-play — with, most recently, Charlie […]
Quentin Jones is at the spinning wheel of a lightning-bolt hot rod. Under his knowing guidance, the Pennsylvania-based Lanark Records has launched a new era of wildcat rockabilly. And yes, that genre’s usual country, blues, and jazz inflections crowded along for […]
As an RG fan who first heard The Voice on 1975’s “Live at CBGB’s” double LP, I couldn’t be happier with this disc – a strapping reaffirmation of supremacy. Robert has for years percolated on undersung releases (like 2006 Last […]
It’s hard to know where Robert Gordon fits now. Gordon, king of the late-’70s rockabilly revival, has been mostly dormant over the past fifteen years, and though rockabilly continues to wax and wane, he doesn’t much resemble the latter-day pomade […]
Robert Gordon released his first album 27 years ago, and like all of us, hes done a lot of living in the interim. That album, 1977s Robert Gordon With Link Wray, presented him as a raw, upstart talent aimed starward. […]
1
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
SUBSCRIBE NOW
SUBSCRIBE NOW
