by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 30, 2025 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Riding a cresting wave of popularity that had not yet broken on the shores of the US, the Beatles embarked on a 21 date UK tour paired with Roy Orbison in May of 1963. The Beatles had scored a number one UK hit with the “Please Please Me,” single in January and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Dec 7, 2024 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
The night before the Beatles famed February 9, 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, Francis C. Hall, owner and president of Rickenbacker Guitars met with the Beatles at the New York City Savoy Hilton to introduce the group to several different models of their new...
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 12, 2024 | Now Showing, Reviews
Nicky Hopkins played on over 250 records over the course of his career. A supremely talented pianist who tapped the black and whites as a child prodigy at age 3; by his teenage years Hopkins had won a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London. He...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jul 25, 2015 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
In today’s Tools of the Trade feature the ‘rock room’ will rant about one of the most famous guitars in the annals of rock and roll history. John Lennon’s 1958 Rickenbacker Capri 325 (serial numbe V81) is not only one of the most recognizable instruments...
