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,...
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...
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...
Waylon Jennings: Ramblin’ Man – Cash Box, July 12, 1975
Country music outlaw Waylon Jennings spoke with Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples at RCA Records in Hollywood for a Cash Box magazine feature...
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...
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...
Producer Jack Douglas: Flashback to ‘Double Fantasy,’ John Lennon Murder
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Double Fantasy” in November and December 2020, this is a slight update of a...
John Lennon: 40 for 40 Years, and Still a Voice for Peace
If it seems like a lifetime since musician and peace activist John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, that's because it has been....
Tanya Tucker: Country Baby – Circus, June 1, 1976
Country music superstar Tanya Tucker at age 17 spoke with Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples for this Circus magazine story, published June 1,...
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...