John RossinTell It Like It WasOne Ghost Too Many: Buddy Holly Lives OnThe author goes where many have gone before and can’t tell if his story is different or the same.Jun 10, 20192Jun 10, 20192
John RossinTell It Like It WasI Wanna Hold Your Hand Comes Back AroundRobert Zemeckis’s first film is the best we’ll ever have about Beatlemania-and so much more!Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
John RossinTell It Like It WasWhen the Funk was Flamin’ - Interracial Funk in the ’60s and ’70sBlack music was great, white music was great, and in Rock & Roll America, they were even better together.Apr 5, 20191Apr 5, 20191
John RossinElvis: That’s The Way It WasHow Much Can One Record Mean?On the importance of “In the Ghetto” to Elvis Presley’s career (Part 1)Mar 26, 20193Mar 26, 20193
John RossinTell It Like It WasThe Scottish Lass and Major Tom: Lulu, David Bowie and What Might Have BeenA brief history of British rock & roll’s “odd couple”Feb 25, 2019Feb 25, 2019
John RossinTell It Like It WasWhen Lulu Went South“My only sadness is that it didn’t continue until the day I die.” Lulu (on her time at Atco Records).Feb 11, 20193Feb 11, 20193
John RossinElvis: That’s The Way It WasWhy Elvis?Fight the powers that be! Okay, but remember, only one man ever made the ground shake under their feet. (Summarizing the “Stupid About…Jan 28, 20191Jan 28, 20191
John RossinElvis: That’s The Way It WasStupid about Elvis (2010 through 2018)Subtitle: The New Millennium rolls on…but nothing stops the Elvis Stupid.Jan 21, 20191Jan 21, 20191
John RossinElvis: That’s The Way It WasStupid about Elvis (2002 — 2009)After 9/11, with the world on the brink, Elvis Stupidity spreads like peanut butter (or kudzu)Jan 19, 20192Jan 19, 20192
John RossinElvis: That’s The Way It WasStupid about Elvis (1980 through 2001)Elvis Stupidity enters the Frozen Silence.Jan 18, 20192Jan 18, 20192