Jimi Hendrix Rocks Gulfstream: Reliving First Miami Pop Festival, 1968
In 1998, editor Steve Pesant at Experience Hendrix Magazine (published by the Hendrix family's Experience Hendrix, LLC from 1996-2000) invited yours truly to contribute...
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...
ZZ Top: 1975 Flashback with That Li’l Ol’ Band from Texas
ZZ Top kicked off their 50th-anniversary tour of the States in summer 2019, prompting me to revisit the feature I wrote about the "Li'l...
Cohen’s Spotify Playlist: The Ultimate Bob Dylan Chronology
American songwriter and performer Bob Dylan has been relatively prolific in a creative life that's spanned almost 60 years.
Since his eponymous debut album in...
Beatles 1 Reissue Sights & Sounds Rock Grammy Museum
Grammy-Winning Audio Producer Giles Martin, Filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg Discuss New Mixes of Beatles Hits, Restored Film Clips Spanning 1962-1970
By Stephen K. Peeples
"Beatles 1" and...
‘John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band’ Book Celebrates Albums’ 50th Anniversary
December 11, 2020, marked the 50th anniversary of "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" and "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band," John and Yoko's first studio solo albums,...
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,...
Artlaw Boyd Elder ‘No AMF Tour’ Rocks Justine’s in Austin
Austin, Texas resident Shaula Elder, on behalf of older sister Flaunn Elder-Jamieson of Kona, Hawai'i, honored their departed father, Texas artlaw Boyd Elder, aka "El...
Author Dana Grae Kane – Close Encounter on Gough Street
Dana Grae Kane, author, editor, ghostwriter, foreign language diction coach, tobacco pipe aficionado, pet-sitter, philanthropist and advocate of the homeless both human and four-legged,...
Lennonology Author Joins John Lennon 75th Birthday Party
Noted Beatles author Chip Madinger publishes Lennon-Ono chronology spanning 1966-1980
By Stephen K. Peeples
Just in time to help celebrate what would have been rock music...