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...
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...
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...
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...
Presidential Speechwriters Swap Stories at Library of Congress Roundtable
URL Speechwriters for United States Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Carter, Reagan, and George Bush gathered to share some of their favorite stories in a roundtable discussion...
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...
‘Starting Over’ by Ken Sharp Recaps Lennon-Ono ‘Double Fantasy’ Sessions
This is a slight update of a feature I wrote about Ken Sharp's 2010 book, "Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon and Yoko...
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...
(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...
Lennon ‘Double Fantasy’: Producer Jack Douglas Flashback, Pt. 1
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy" album in November 2020, this is a slight update of the first...