Dave Edmunds

Roots-rockers are seldom as purist as Dave Edmunds. Throughout his career, he (mostly) stayed true to 1950s and '60s rock & roll -- for him, rock & roll history seemingly 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 Sp...