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Ron Geesin: It can't be long before Ron Geesin takes over the world

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 8 March 1969

"A RAVING bloody loony" he may be, but there is no call for the Scots Jimi Hendrix of the banjo to be accused of being ...

Vanilla Fudge: Fudge Slow Down To Hang On To Success

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 14 October 1967

JIMI HENDRIX slowed down 'Hey Joe', previously always recorded as an all-out tear-up, and came up with a giant hit. Then Vanilla Fudge slowed down ...

George Benson: Breezin' with Benson

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 5 February 1977

"HE (MILES Davis) was one of the first smart guys in this industry. I love him a lot and every time I speak to him ...

Fishbone: Truth and Soul (Epic)

Review by Everett True, Melody Maker, 15 October 1988

FISHBONE'S PROBLEM is obvious. They're rooted in bitter redundancy and are trying to please too many of the people too much of the time. At ...

Goldie: Judge Dread

Interview by David Bennun, Melody Maker, 5 August 1995

GOLDIE is being called the Jimi Hendrix of jungle, the charismatic centre of an extraordinary new music. His debut album, Timeless, is a hugely inventive, ...

Janis Joplin: The Agony of Janis

Comment by Geoffrey Cannon, Melody Maker, 10 October 1970

Update, 2020. Yes, the deaths of Brian Jones in July 1969, then of Jimi Hendrix in September 1970, then of Janis Joplin a couple of ...

Taj Mahal: The Natch'l Blues (Direction 8-63397)

Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 15 March 1969

AMERICAN MUSICIANS have always scored over their British musical cousins, in their ability to RELAX, and still show off their mastery of whatever medium they ...

Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix Today

Interview by Roy Hollingworth, Melody Maker, 5 September 1970

Rock's most influential guitarist on music, drugs, politics, and his plans for a new big band ...

Action, The, Byrds, The, Donovan, Lee Dorsey, Jimi Hendrix, Lovin' Spoonful, The, Paul McCartney, Move, The, Gene Pitney, Alan Price, Paul and Barry Ryan, Small Faces, The, Dusty Springfield: Beatle Blind Date: Paul McCartney reviews the new pop singles

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 25 February 1967

LEE DORSEY: 'Rain Rain Go Away' (Stateside) Lee Dorsey. It's in the same old vein and it'll be a hit. Sometimes I wonder if he ...

Taj Mahal: At Last — A Welcome New Voice

Profile by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 22 March 1969

A NEW VOICE on the music scene and a very welcome one, belongs to Mr Taj Mahal a young blues singer and guitarist from Massachusetts. ...

Deep Purple: The Smashing-Up Bit Is Valid!

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 26 September 1970

WHEN DEEP PURPLE smashed up their equipment on a TV show recently, here were howls of protest throughout the land. A flood of complaints hit ...

Doors, The, Jim Morrison: Jim Morrison: This is the End, Beautiful Friend

Obituary by Al Aronowitz, Melody Maker, 17 July 1971

Al Aronowitz on the death of Jim Morrison ...

Beach Boys, The, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Herd, The, Albert King, Jimmy Ruffin, Vanilla Fudge, Ken Dodd: Beach Boy Bruce Johnston reviews new singles in Blind Date

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 19 August 1967

VANILLA FUDGE: 'You Keep Me Hanging On' (Atlantic). Oh! I love it. Oh it's great. I didn't recognise the beginning at first. Yeah, Vanilla Fudge. ...

La's, The: Interview with the La's

Interview by Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, 10 June 1989

THE LA'S ARE NOTHING if not perfectionists. After two years work they've just completed their debut LP - no wonder they look knackered as they ...

The Move: Disgusting, That's Our Stage Act

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 17 February 1968

"IS OUR stage act sexy? It's disgusting! There's no doubt about it, it's vulgar and obscene, and if I was a father I wouldn't let ...

Husker Du: Candy Apple Grey

Review by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 22 March 1986

LISTENING TO THIS vast, volatile music, up in its power and space, I suddenly realised that these attributes are the precise opposite of the experiences ...

Randy Newman: The Man They All Dig Doesn't Dig Himself

Interview by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 25 January 1969

BEATLE PAUL McCartney phoned to say how much he likes his work; Frank Sinatra wants him to write an album but the man himself doesn't ...

Fleetwood Mac: How to Upset the Blues Purists

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 16 March 1968

AMONG BRITAIN'S young blues fans Eric Clapton was once hailed as a god, then discarded by the ethnics when he left John Mayall's Bluesbreakers for ...

Defunkt: Trax, New York

Live Review by Roy Trakin, Melody Maker, 9 February 1980

EVEN THE decidedly old-wave, uptown industry water-hole Trax has caught the Funk Flu that's hit this borough like an epidemic. People are dancing to progressive, ...

Jimi Hendrix: Mitch Mitchell: 'We're Only Friendly Little Gnomes After All'

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 9 September 1967

MITCH MITCHELL TALKS ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA ...