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Bill Conrad

Sunset Cowboys: Kinky Friedman, Bob Dylan & Co. (Circa '76)

SUNSET COWBOYS: KINKY FRIEDMAN & BOB DYLAN—A BURRITO FIESTA ON SUNSET STRIP By Bill Conrad Who rents an apartment nine floors above the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, throws a house-warming fiesta that attracts stars of music and screen, then vacates the premises the next day? Answer: the

Bonnie Raitt, John Prine & Tom Waits at Opryland (circa '74)

Bonnie, Johnny & Tom Visit Opryland, USA — an interview-article by W. Conrad for Buddy Magazine (March, 1976)      Backstage and on stage at Nashville's Opryland, Ben Fong-Torres, rock journalist from  Rolling Stone, was shadowing Bonnie Raitt, the star of the evening's attraction. In the shadows, lurking inside

The Last Time I Saw Gram Parsons

By Bill Conrad (His Prep School Pal) Summer of 1968, I was in London when I saw a flyer advertising the Byrds at Royal Albert Hall. Melody Maker, the local music news, suggested that a few Beatles and Stones might attend. That was incentive enough for me. The Byrds took