Rick Nelson
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Interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages audio, November 1973
A year after hitting with 'Garden Party', the former teenthrob talks about getting his new band together; his love of the pedal steel, and his steel player Tom Brumley; his new album Windfall; his against-type TV acting roles; the LA club scene and his favourite, the Palomino; leaving 'Hello Mary Lou' behind, and not being trapped by his past.
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Ricky Nelson: Now Ricky's Name Change Is Official!
Profile and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 27 April 1962
'YOUNG WORLD' is probably the last disc by Ricky Nelson you'll see in the NME Charts – but don't panic. At 21 Ricky has no ...
New Albums From Roy Orbison, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane et al
Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 6 April 1968
Some interesting LP's — a new and an old Orbison, powerful Move, brilliant Byrds, but a let-down from Jefferson Airplane, and an unexpected goodie by ...
Rick Nelson: How Ricky Became Rick
Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 4 March 1972
A YEAR and a half ago and full of enthusiasm for his new band, Rick Nelson set off for Europe and a tour of American ...
Rick Nelson: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Roy Hollingworth, Melody Maker, 4 March 1972
RICK NELSON at London's Royal Albert Hall on Monday is going to go down as one of the more curious events of the year. Curious ...
Rick Nelson: The Dirty Rock & Roll Smile
Retrospective and Interview by Lon Goddard, Record Mirror, 11 March 1972
RICK NELSON tells how he grew from being America's cute kid brother to rock 'n' roll teenage rage... and what happened after that ...
Rick Nelson: You're Not A Kid Anymore!
Retrospective and Interview by Todd Everett, Phonograph Record, December 1972
ROCK AND ROLL was here to stay. We knew it in 1957, and Danny and the Juniors put it into song in 1958. But what ...
Rick Nelson (1973) [transcript]
Transcript of audio interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1973
This is a transcript of John's audio interview with Rick. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Rick Nelson: Has it Really Been 2 Years Since Garden Party?
Profile and Interview by Arthur Levy, Zoo World, 11 October 1973
WHEN RICK Nelson walked onstage at Madison Square Garden for Richard Nader's Rock 'n Roll Revival: Volume VII, fully two years ago this October 15th, he ...
Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band: Bottom Line, New York NY
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 13 April 1974
Nostalgic Nelson ...
Retrospective by John Tobler, ZigZag, August 1974
Part 1: The Imperial Years ...
Review by Bud Scoppa, Phonograph Record, August 1977
BEFORE I RECEIVED a test pressing of the new Rick Nelson album, I was informed that this elpee marked a big change in direction for ...
Rick Nelson: High Sierra Theater at the Sahara, Lake Tahoe
Live Review by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 October 1978
THE CLUSTERS of signs reading "Rick Nelson Now" hanging in the Sahara Tahoe casino reveal the hand of Colonel Parker, the famed manager of Elvis ...
Rick Nelson: Lonesome Town Cheers Up
Interview by Susan Whitall, Creem, June 1981
Rick Nelson Goes Back On The Boards ...
Book Excerpt by Stuart Grundy, John Tobler, 'The Guitar Greats' (BBC Books), 1983
ONE OF THE GREAT rock'n'roll guitarists of the 1950s, but a man who remained virtually unknown to all but the cognoscenti until comparatively recently, is ...
Rick Nelson: The Irrepressible Ricky
Interview by Bill Bentley, L.A. Weekly, 27 October 1983
RICK NELSON is not an easily understood rock & roller, and even he's not sure why. Maybe it's because his initial prominence came from The ...
Ricky Nelson: Tragic Teen Idol And Rockabilly Tearaway
Profile by David Burke, Vintage Rock, Summer 2012
FOR SOMEONE who, in his pomp between 1957 and 1963, was almost as big as Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson appeared neither comfortable with or conscious ...
Restless Kid: Rick Nelson at the Cusp of Country-Rock
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, September 2016
IT'S TOO BAD Rick Nelson recorded a top 5 single called 'Teen Age Idol', not just because the song is dreary fan-pandering, but because it ...
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