Chuck Berry

Jimmy O'Neill dies at 73; L.A. deejay hosted TV's 'Shindig!'

2013-01-14 20:38:00

Jimmy O'Neill, an Oklahoman barely out of his teens when he became Los Angeles' top-rated radio deejay and only 24 when he catapulted to national celebrity as the host of "Shindig!," one of the earliest rock 'n' roll shows on prime-time television, died...

Chuck Berry at the Hollywood Palladium

2013-01-09 12:54:06

Eastside record label still spinning out the music

2013-01-08 18:26:00

Hector Gonzalez straps a five-string bass guitar over his belly inside a music studio on a dreary stretch of Monterey Park. He plays as a smooth, prerecorded tenor joins a funky accordion through his headphones. Trying to bite a bullet, or sometimes...

Rolling Stones may face fine after violating London curfew

2012-11-27 11:53:00

This post has been updated. See note below for details. Maybe the Rolling Stones should work up Chuck Berry’s “Reelin’ and Rockin’ ” -- the proto-rock hit in which the singer keeps checking his watch -- now that the group...

Grammys 2013: John Fullbright's 'From the Ground Up'

2012-12-06 15:50:00

How surprised was Blue Door Records co-owner Greg Johnson when he got word that his Oklahoma-based artist John Fullbright had been nominated for a Grammy Award for Americana album, alongside roots-music heavyweights Mumford & Sons, Bonnie Raitt, the Avett...

Review: Jackson Browne, Bob Weir & friends in holiday benefit

2012-12-21 11:47:00

The great thing about the living-room jam session is that there are no rules, no set lists, no worries about when things start and when — or if — they’ll end. The potential downside? No rules, no set lists, no worries about when things...

Fontella Bass: An appreciation

2012-12-28 10:09:00

There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...

50 Johnnys

2012-06-01 16:39:52

Dick Clark dies at 82; he introduced America to rock 'n' roll

2012-04-19 00:00:00

Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock 'n' roll to much of the nation on "American Bandstand" and for four decades was the first and last voice many Americans heard each year with his New Year's Eve...

Review: Jack White magnetic at the Mayan

2012-05-01 16:36:36

Chris Ethridge dies at 65; bassist in 1960s band Flying Burrito Brothers

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Members of the International Submarine Band chose a name for their new group that practically ensured it would never rise above cult status, and sure enough, that band disappeared with barely a trace after making a handful of recordings in the mid-1960s....

Tom Ardolino dies at 56; former NRBQ drummer

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Members of the category-defying band NRBQ knew from the outset that their prospects of mainstream success were slim to none. With a sound and attitude that embraced the seminal rock of Chuck Berry and no-borders expanse of free-form jazz...

Rock legend Chuck Berry during a Southland visit to Irvine in 2010.

2013-02-18 17:47:56

Oklahoma singer-songwriter John Fullbright, shown during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's concert tribute to Chuck Berry, has been nominated for a Grammy Award for his album "From the Ground Up."

2012-12-06 10:38:45

Young upstart British Rockers the Rolling Stones and Gerry and the Pacemakers mingled with surf rock (the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean) and first generation rock and soulers (Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes).

2012-10-11 00:00:00