Rock out on this Fender Modern Player Telecaster PLUS guitar that was signed by Dave Edmunds!
You will also receive a copy of Brian Wilson's new album! For the release of his 11th solo studio album, titled No Pier Pressure, Wilson has returned to Capitol Records, his original label home with The Beach Boys. The album will be released April 7 in standard 13-track and deluxe 16-track editions, each available on CD and digitally, as well as a 16-track 2LP edition on 180-gram vinyl.
Roots rockers are seldom as purist as Dave Edmunds. Throughout his career, he stayed true to '50s and '60s rock & roll — for Edmunds, rock & roll history stopped somewhere in 1963, after the Beach Boys' first singles but before the Beatles' hits. After establishing himself as a hotshot lead guitarist in the blues-rockers Love Sculpture, he launched his solo career by painstakingly re-creating oldies in his own studio, usually recording every track by himself. Through all of his efforts, he learned how to uncannily replicate the sound of Sun, Chess, and Phil Spector records, which not only helped him garner several U.K. hits in the early '70s, but also led to successful production work with artists like the Flamin' Groovies and Brinsley Schwarz. In the late '70s, he hit the peak of his career when he teamed up with former Schwarz bassist Nick Lowe to form Rockpile. For several years, Edmunds recorded albums with Rockpile and toured relentlessly with the band, which resulted in a string of hit U.K. singles. After the group imploded in the early '80s, he slowly disappeared from the mainstream, even as he made his most commercial music with producer Jeff Lynne; Edmunds eventually retreated to cult status in the '90s.
During the early '80s, Edmunds produced records for rockabilly revivalists the Stray Cats, and in 1984 he produced the Everly Brothers' comeback record, EB 84. As his solo career stalled in the wake of Riff Raff, Edmunds concentrated on production, working on several acclaimed records, including k.d. lang's debut, Angel with a Lariat, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds' breakthrough Tuff Enuff. He returned to his own career in 1987 with the live I Hear You Rockin', which was ignored. Three years later, he released Closer to the Flame, his first studio record in six years, to mixed reviews. That same year, he reunited with Nick Lowe to produce Lowe's Party of One. Rhino Records released the double-disc compilation Anthology in 1993, and the following year Edmunds returned with Plugged In, his first set of one-man band material since Subtle as a Flying Mallet. Plugged In was received with good reviews, and Edmunds supported the album with his first tour in several years.
Following this tour, Edmunds went into seclusion, popping up for an occasional live gig, then releasing two albums on the Internet in the new millennium: 2005's Musical Fantasies and Alive & Pickin'. Toward the end of the decade, Edmunds showed up on Jools Holland's Hootenanny concerts as part of his semi-regular gigging. Eventually, Edmunds resurfaced in 2013, first supporting RPM's reissue of Subtle as a Flying Mallet and then releasing Again, a record that was largely culled from Plugged In but also featured five brand-new songs — his first new vocal recordings in nearly two decades.
This package has been donated in honor of Brian Wilson Fest, which is a star studded revue of the music of Brian Wilson featuring dozens of special guests and even a special appearance by Brian himself. Ticket sale proceeds will be donated to The Musicians Cancer Fund@SweetRelief, via the Jameson Neighborhood Fund and Best Fest Productions. The Musicians Cancer Fund@SweetRelief pays for medical treatment, prescriptions, food, rent and other vital living expenses for professional musicians and music industry workers suffering from severe illness and disability.