{"id":693,"date":"2025-07-30T16:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mirrer.com\/MirrerView\/?p=693"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:10:38","slug":"how-dave-edmunds-changed-rock-n-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mirrer.com\/MirrerView\/2025\/07\/30\/how-dave-edmunds-changed-rock-n-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dave Edmunds changed rock ‘n’ roll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dave Edmunds in his native habitat: the recording studio.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Dave Edmunds didn’t invent rock ‘n’ roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he studied it. Absorbed it. Made it part of his very being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, once he blended it with his own unique style, Dave Edmunds made rock ‘n’ roll better<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An original, even when he copied someone<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Despite 50 years in the music biz, Dave was very good at staying out of the public eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m not in show business. I don’t have a manager, an agent or a publicist,” he said in a rare 1973 interview at Rockfield. “I just stay (in the studio) and make records.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His biggest hit was his first one: “I Hear You Knocking,” in 1970. 1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He retired in 2017, but has left us with a wondrous legacy of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What. A. Voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dave Edmunds was a breathtaking singer, easily one of rock’s best. He could slide from a low growl to a sweet pop sound – even in the same song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n