MULTI-MEDIA RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2022
From the mind of Rich Hopkins, co-founder and guitarist of the Sidewinders/Sand Rubies, one of Arizona’s most accomplished rock‘n’roll exports, comes “THE WHOLE ENCHILADA- The History of Desert Rock 1976-1994.”
This whopping three-LP multi-media set and paperback book, a who’s-who anthology of Tucson’s musical trailblazers and it’s woefully overlooked, arrives March 15, 2022 on Tucson, Arizona’s own San Jacinto label. The paperback book is now available on Amazon.com.
The painstakingly compiled collection is a veritable Tucson musical family tree, leading us from from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s, from the swoony Bob Meighan Band and the honky tonk of the Dusty Chaps (both whom signed to major labels in the 1970’s) to international indie giants Green On Red (Serfers), Howe Gelb and Giant Sandworms, Naked Prey, Al Perry and The Cattle, Desert Rock breakouts The Sidewinders, Yard Trauma, Black Sun Ensemble and many more.
Continue reading about the new release of “The Whole Enchilada: The History of Desert Rock, Tucson, Arizona, 1978-1994.”