Tag: Billy Burnette

Review: Bill Lloyd’s “Boy King of Tokyo”

By Ken Paulson –Bill Lloyd’s new album Boy King of Tokyo is a vibrant and hook-laden collection, rivaling the earlier and excellent Set to Pop and Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Lloyd took a cue from musical heroes Todd Rundgren and Paul McCartney by playing every instrument on the album. The high-octane title track was inspired by Lloyd’s early…

New to chart: Billy Burnette, Red Molly and Kenny Vaughan

Nashville is well-represented on this week’s Americana Music Chart, as Music City guitarists Billy Burnette and Kenny Vaughan enter the list. Burnette, the son of rockabilly legend Dorsey Burnette, and most recently a member of John Fogerty’s band, breaks in at #30 with “Rock ‘n’ Roll With It.” Vaughan, a mainstay of Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives, is at #37 with…

Celebrating the music of Muscle Shoals

The 2011 Americana Music Festival began last night with an event that illustrates the genre’s greatest strengths: outstanding performances and a respect for what has come before. The 90-minute concert celebrating the Muscle Shoals sound was equal parts energy and nostalgia, with legendary figures like Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Jimmy Johnson and David Briggs sharing the stage with some of…