“One thing that really bothers me that I always hear in these, quote, histories of rock & roll is that from '59 to '64 rock & roll died."

Like a roller-coaster at apex, Michael Hurtt, guitarist, vocalist and indefatigable mouthpiece of the Royal Pendletons, is about to hurtle into another issue.

If Hurtt were a contestant on "Jeopardy!," his seven dream categories would be: Stupid Things Local Music Journalists Have Written, Clothing of the Late '50s and Early '60s, Obs...