With her latest album, Encore, “Queen of Rockabilly,” Grammy Award-nominee, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Wanda Jackson exits retirement — does an artist ever really retire? — adding another compelling project to her essential oeuvre, a succinct […]
October 20, 1937: Wanda Lavonne Jackson is born in Maud, Oklahoma, almost smack in the middle of the pot of the Panhandle State. From the time she was a little black-haired girl, her musician father encouraged her to sing and […]
Those of you who have been reading my weekly No Depression columns over the years or following my daily Facebook posts hopefully view me as an observant musical news aggregator if not, perhaps, the occasional agitator. I usually spend an hour […]
It’s the time of year again when we look back and try to remember some of the books we’ve read and some of the music we’ve heard that has made an impression on us or somehow stayed for more than […]
Most of the time, when you hear “crowdfunding campaign”, you think of a new album. That has been, and still remains, the primary driver of music campaigns. But crowdfunding campaigns can be about much more, from archival releases to funding […]
The last time I saw Lemmy Kilmister, we were sitting in a small room just off the side of the stage at Amoeba Records on Sunset Boulevard. He was holding a bottle of Jack Daniels with one hand while a […]
Lemmy Kilmister, Wanda Jackson and Danny B. Harvey. Amoeba Records. November 2003.
She really does, and the result’s a good time for fans of them both. Presley appreciated Wanda Jackson’s talents, encouraged her to rock, and dated her for a spell. Having incorporated Elvis’ music into her vibrant live shows for years, […]
Ever listened to any of those live albums Elvis put out in the ’70s? They’re not bad. Oh sure, there’s the occasional unfortunate “contemporary” cover — “Never Been To Spain”, “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, “If You Love Me (Let Me […]
If Wanda Jackson’s place as the queen of rockabilly is now assured, and her key songs well-known via hits packages, it was not clear when she recorded those sides that many people cared at all. Teen male and female audiences […]
