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 | Dec 9, 2018 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
Vox first started to build guitars in 1961, and in 1962 in order to compete with American instrument makers Vox introduced their iconic Phantom guitar. Most if not all British aspiring and popular rock and roll musicians were using the Vox AC-30 amplifiers as a...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 8, 2017 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Rolling in the ‘rock room’ today is one of only of a few circulating recordings hailing from the Rolling Stones original line up and early era. The aptly named ‘So Much Younger Than Today’ finds the Stones performing the last date of their 1966 American tour in...
