Shake, Rattle & Roll

Shake, Rattle, & Roll was a free Memphis music magazine published by Charles Mooney IV from May 1991 to December 1994. Besides providing a snapshot of the Memphis music scene in the early 1990s, these magazines feature articles about Memphis musicians from many decades, making them of interest to anyone researching Memphis music. Thanks to Charles Mooney IV, in addition to these digital holdings, the University of Memphis Music Library holds the complete run of the magazine in print.

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November 1992

Vol. II, no. 5 featured Todd Snider and Al Kapone.
October 1992

Vol. II, no. 4 featured Burning Blue.
September 1992

Vol. II, no. 3 featured Wendy Moten.
August 1992

Vol. II, no. 2 featured the Bar-Kays and the 6th Annual Elvis Impersonators Contest.
July 1992

Vol. II, no. 1 featured Shawn Lane, the Kronos Quartet, and an article about women in the music business.
June 1992

Vol I, no. 12 featured a special report on the Christian underground music scene in Memphis, as well as gospel artist O'Landa Draper.
May 1992

Vol. I, no. 11 featured Tora Tora, Come In Berlin, and the Suspicions.
April 1992

Issue 10 featured Larry Springfield, the 25th Anniversary Memphis Horns performance, and the schedules for the Beale Street Music Festival, Crossroads, and Memphis in May MusicFest.
March 1992

Issue 9 featured the Memphis Horns and Roxy Blue.
February 1992

Issue 8 featured S.M.K., Todd Snider, Lance Strode, Jimmy Davis, and Tommy Burroughs.
January 1992

Issue 7 featured Cordell Jackson, Good Question, and Bobby O'Jay.
December 1991

Issue 6 featured Keith Sykes, Ruby Wilson, and Jim Dickinson.
October 1991

Issue 5 featured DDT, Neighborhood Texture Jam, and Little Jimmy King.
September 1991

Issue 4 featured B.B. King and John Kilzer.
August 1991

Issue 3 featured Clearance Giddens, "The Black Elvis," Jimi Jamison, Todd Snider, and the Voodoo Village People.
July 1991

The second issue featured Memphis band Come In Berlin, guitarist Eric Gales, and a follow up on Sweet, Sweet Connie.
May 1991

The premier issue of Shake, Rattle, and Roll featured rock and roll groupie Sweet, Sweet Connie, who traveled and slept with countless rock and roll stars.