“Brand New Cadillac” is a 1959 12-bar blues song by Vince Taylor and The Playboys, and featured as the second song on The Clash’s album “London Calling“. It was the first song recorded by The Clash at London Calling’s Wessex studio. According to Marcus Gray’s Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and London Calling, Topper Headon called Cadillac “the first British rock and roll song.” Joe Strummer called Vince Taylor, who presented a leather-clad, wild man image, the beginning of rock and roll in England. Vince Taylor was born in Middlesex, England but moved to the States at the age of 7 wh… read more
“Brand New Cadillac” is a 1959 12-bar blues song by Vince Taylor and The Playboys, and featured as the second song on The Clash’s album “London Calli… read more
“Brand New Cadillac” is a 1959 12-bar blues song by Vince Taylor and The Playboys, and featured as the second song on The Clash’s album “London Calling“. It was the first song recorded b… read more
The Clash were a punk rock band from London, England, active from 1976 to 1985. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 70s, they incorporated rock and roll, reggae, rockabilly, and many other music styles into their repertoire. They were legendary for their uncommonly intense stage performances. From their earliest days as a band, The Clash stood apart from their peers with their musicianship as well as their lyrics, the passionate, left-wing political idealism in the lyrics by frontman Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones contrasting with th… read more
The Clash were a punk rock band from London, England, active from 1976 to 1985. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 70s, they incorporated rock an…read more
The Clash were a punk rock band from London, England, active from 1976 to 1985. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 70s, they incorporated rock and roll, reggae, rockabilly, and many other mus… read more
