I Was 15 and Interviewing Fleetwood Mac: A Memoir
Sometimes a door is unlocked and you’re meant to open it.
On a cold October night in Manhattan, the way to the Beacon Theatre box office wound around a square block on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Walking behind the historic theater on Broadway two hours before showtime, I
One Hit Wonders? Hardly.
Folks of a certain age no doubt remember when Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" blew across the music world, with its easy, masculine twang and inherent sensuality. It was a huge hit for Isaak in 1989, but hardly the only trick up his sleeve. A dozen albums
Extra Large Pizza Tapes Serve Up Tasty Seconds
As the story goes, The Pizza Tapes, originally released in 2000, got its name after a pizza delivery boy lifted Jerry Garcia’s copy. That the enterprising crew found the name amusing speaks to the conviviality of the sessions, as warm and intimate as an informal living room jam.
That
Stapleton Kicks Down The Door Of Country Music
On October 27, 1975 Bruce Springsteen changed the face of rock ‘n roll when he appeared on the cover of two news magazines simultaneously. Forty years later, Chris Stapleton changed the face of country music on November 4th, 2015 when he won three CMA Awards for Best New Artist, Male
Big Joe and the Dynaflos with Anson Funderburgh
In the beginning, there was the beat. Some possessed, it, some were possessed by it. The sound was unmistakable. The rhythm was alive -- a throbbing pulse that got under your skin, spreading through your body like a wave.
Around these parts, they call it beach music. In its original
Kinky Friedman on Dylan, Diddley, and Bernie Sanders
It’s impossible to define Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman in a word or two, but maybe “a character” is the quickest summation. There are other words too, of course: musician, singer, songwriter, irreverent humorist, novelist, columnist, politician, cowboy, dog rescuer, pro-marijuana activist, cigar manufacturer, tequila maven, chess master,