Now Dig This
Now Dig This is an independent monthly magazine published in the UK since April 1983, and focusing on American rock 'n' roll music.
16 articles
List of articles in the library
The Beatles, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Hello Me Ol' Mateys: the BBC's Saturday Club
Retrospective by Spencer Leigh, Now Dig This, March 2006
Spencer Leigh returns to the BBC Written Archives for an appraisal of Saturday Club. ...
Bobby Charles, the Inventor of Swamp Pop and Songwriter Supreme
Obituary by John Broven, Now Dig This, February 2010
WITH ROCK 'N' roll exploding in austerity-ridden England in the mid-1950s, there was one hip phrase that stood out from the rest: "See you later ...
Retrospective and Interview by John Broven, Now Dig This, July 2010
WHEN BOBBY Charles recorded 'Later Alligator' for Chess at Cosimo Matassa's J. & M. Studio in New Orleans in autumn 1955, he was not only ...
Lee Hazlewood: "Compared To My Dad, I'm A Soprano"
Retrospective and Interview by Spencer Leigh, Now Dig This, February 2005
"I don't have to run if I want to stay, I don't have to do what the people say, I found my place ...
Jack Jackson: Ooh… It's Saturday!
Retrospective by Spencer Leigh, Now Dig This, December 2014
Spencer Leigh on a forgotten hero, the radio DJ, Jack Jackson ...
Jerry Lee Lewis: PBS-TV Special
Review by John Broven, Now Dig This, November 2006
JERRY LEE LEWIS came to New York on September 28 and 29, 2006, with typical flourish and élan to film live performances for a PBS-TV ...
Benny Spellman: New Orleans R&B stalwart Benny Spellman
Obituary by John Broven, Now Dig This, July 2011
BENNY SPELLMAN, the New Orleans R&B singer, died of respiratory failure on June 3, 2011, in Pensacola, Fla., at the age of 79. He was ...
Joe Tex: Buddy Killen, 1932-2006: Nashville record man and music publisher
Obituary by John Broven, Now Dig This, December 2006
BUDDY KILLEN, the highly successful Nashville music publisher, songwriter and record man, died of liver and pancreatic cancer on November 1, 2006 at age 73. ...
Jerry Wexler: Appreciating Jerry Wexler, the Supreme Atlantic Record Man
Memoir by John Broven, Now Dig This, October 2008
AS SOON AS Jerry Wexler's death was announced on August 15, 2008, daily newspapers and rock magazines had their already-written obituaries ready to go in ...
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