Shindig!
Issue 171
Features The Monkees: Micky Dolenz reflects on the audition that changed everything. 20 Questions: Brinsley Schwarz. Sixty years since Kippington Lodge formed and 50 since the pub-rockers that bore his name split up, the storied guitarist tells all. Ann-Margret: The shy Swedish actress's encounters with fame and notoriety as she embraced the counterculture and made forays into the music world. Eddie & The Hot Rods: Caught up in the fertile pub-rock movement and early punk scene, the Essex lads who were always more MC5 than Feelgoods. Bert Decoteaux: The hardest working, most unsung producer/arranger in late '60s soul? Grateful Dead: Changing their name from The Warlocks as 1966 dawned, the fearless San Francisco warriors embarked on the longest, strangest trip. The Herd: How a south London mod band morphed into 56 goth-pop poster boys before crashing in a mire of business and personal upheavals. Regulars Thoughts & Words: Your letters, tweets and emails. Shindiggin' What's hot on the Shindig! turntable. Subscribers' Prize Draw: Subscribe now and you could win a Morgan Blue Town vinyl haul. It's A Happening Thing: Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection, The Studio 68! & Dani Turner, The Decadent Dayze, Midlake, Trolley, Neil Soiland, Clémentine March, Jane Weaver, Mia Wilson, ROVR Radio with Keb Darge. Family Album: The strange saga of The October Cherries, Truck and Col Truck. Deep Cuts: "Buy me!" Psychedelia, garage and sunshine-pop in commercials and sponsorship. Songbook: Barbara Dane's folk-jazz statement of empowerment 'Way Behind The Sun'. Reviews: The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows. Prize Crossword: Win a copy of Ace's superb Safe In My Garden: American Pop In The Shadows 1967-1972. Vinyl Art: Spooky Tooth with Pierre Henry's career-derailing Ceremony. Vinyl Clicks: Derek Newark's self-financed prog-pop odyssey Francesca Suite.