Sam Phillips Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

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Phil Spector’s Selfish Symphonies

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Axel Stordahl, Brian Wilson, George Harrison, Guy Stevens, Jack Nitzsche, Jerry Wexler, John Hammond, John Lennon, Mitch Miller, Mutt Lange, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, Ringo Starr, Sam Phillips, Shadow Morton, The Beatles, Tony Hatch

His classic 1960’s productions feature everything and the kitchen sink, but omit any room for us or our experience

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Blues Music Journalism

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

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Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 11: September 2020

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Depeche Mode, Famous Quotes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jim Sullivan, Juliette and the Licks, Juliette Lewis, Les Paul, Martin Gore, Mini-Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Richard Thompson, Sam Phillips

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Country and/or Western Rock Roots

Chuck Mead: All The Way to Memphis

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments BR549, Chuck Mead, Memphis, Nashville, Plowboy Records, Sam Phillips, Sun Studios

A Honky-Tonk hero creates another classic with Close To Home

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