(No) AMF, Boyd Elder: Texas ‘Artlaw’ Dead at 74
Legendary Texas multi-media fine artist and rock ’n’ roll “artlaw” Boyd Elder, who spent a lifetime expressing his artistic vision with often flagrant disregard for...
Boyd Elder – Encounters of the Southwestern Kind, 1978
A close encounter with the artist who created the skull art for Eagles' 'One of These Nights' and 'Their Greatest Hits'
By Stephen K. Peeples
Boyd...
Tommy Allsup on Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Bob Wills, Texas Playboys
Guitarist-producer Tommy Allsup, best-known as a member of The Crickets led by songwriter-singer-guitarist Buddy Holly, died in Springfield, Missouri on January 12, 2017, at the age...
Lone Star Beer: Texas Music and Texas Beer Join Forces (1976)
The Backstory: In late 1975, Lone Star Brewing Co. marketing executives Jerry Retzloff and Barry Sullivan spoke with this reporter at length about the...
Grateful Dead-Jefferson Starship at Lindley Meadows, 9/28/75
A very slightly edited version of a feature concert review of The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship first published in Cash Box magazine Oct....
Harry Nilsson: Remembering John Lennon (December 1980)
It's an honor to share this feature about singer and songwriter Harry Nilsson and his friendship with John Lennon written by Grammy-nominated music journalist...
Waylon Jennings – ‘Are You Ready for the Country,’ PUTT, 7-7-76
Texas country outlaw Waylon Jennings bids for a wider audience with his 'Are You Ready for the Country' LP.
The following is a feature album...
Boyd Elder ‘No AMF’ Marfa Bash a Feast of Family, Friends, Art
Nearly 100 family members, friends, and admirers of Texas artlaw Boyd Elder gathered at The Capri in Marfa, Texas, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018,...
Tom Waits Interview with Stephen K. Peeples, 9-4-80
With the appointment made to conduct a Tom Waits interview on the Zoetrope Studios lot in Hollywood on September 4, 1980, I listened to...
Lennon, Ono, Rubin Talk About ‘Mike Douglas Show,’ Feb. 14-18, 1972
John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jerry Rubin Q-A with Rock Media About Co-Hosting 'The Mike Douglas Show' Week of Feb. 14-18, 1972
Note: The following...