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...
(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 Skull Art Featured on Eagles’ Best-Selling Album in U.S. History
Texas artlaw Boyd Elder's eagle skull art for Eagles' best-selling 'Their Greatest Hits' album is owned by 38 million US music fans who don't know his name.
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...
Monterey International Pop Festival: The Book – Summer of Love 1967
The Monterey International
Pop Festival Boxed Set
Rhino/MIPF, October 1992
Boxed Set Co-Produced and Book Written by
Stephen K. Peeples, Grammy Nominee, and
Co-Produced and Designed
by Geoff...
Derek & The Dominos ‘Layla’ Engineers Ron and Howard Albert: 1970 Flashback
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the August-September 1970 Derek & The Dominos' sessions for "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" at North Miami's Criteria...
Del Shannon on Tom Petty, ‘Drop Down and Get Me’
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame member Del Shannon of "Runaway," "Hats Off to Larry" and "Little Town Flirt" renown in the early '60s...
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....
Nokie Edwards Memorial a Fond Farewell to Ventures Guitar Hero
Pastor Andre Veluzat and his son Pastor Paul Veluzat hosted a memorial for Nokie Edwards, legendary lead guitarist with The Ventures, Rock 'n' Roll...
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,...