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...
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...
Klaatu Interview with Stephen K. Peeples – May 1980
Editor's note: This transcript of a May 1980 Klaatu interview with music journalist and Capitol Records Editorial Manager Stephen K. Peeples was first posted...
Buddy Guy & Quinn Sullivan Playboy Jazz Q&A, June 2011
By Stephen K. Peeples
Chicago blues legend, Grammy-winner, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer and Kennedy Center honoree Buddy Guy returns to the Hollywood Bowl August 10, 2016,...
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...
Texas ‘Artlaw’ Boyd Elder Mounts Skull Art Exhibit in Austin
Legendary Texas multi-media artlaw Boyd Elder mounts a rare exhibition of his original “American Fetish – RIP” painted and adorned animal skull art at...
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...
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...
Roger McGuinn Interview w/ Stephen K. Peeples, 4-2-99
Author's note, Oct. 11, 2014: The following is an expanded version of my Roger McGuinn interview, a shorter version of which was first published...
Reflections on Solid State Neon Faces
Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples comments on the transition of the neon jukebox from analog to digital for a Replay magazine story published...
