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Peeples Cash Box Magazine No. 1 – 5/24/75

URL SlugThe May 24, 1975, edition of Cash Box magazine with Texas rockers ZZ Top on the cover marked my professional writing debut, when...
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Santa Clarita Remembers Good Vibes with Rod Bennett

Family, Friends, Students & Bandmates Flood Social Media with Tributes and Memories By Stephen K. Peeples Longtime Santa Clarita resident and Arroyo Seco Junior High School...

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...
Sir George Martin in 2006. Photo: Adam Sharp.

Sir George Martin Tribute – Mark Lewisohn, Beatles Biographer

By Stephen K. Peeples U.S. Exclusive: Beatles Author and Sir George Martin Collaborator Talks About Legendary Producer's Life and Legacy Sir George Martin, the legendary British...
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Kardashian Killed My Rolling Stone Subscription

First-generation reader and ex-music biz pro now finds Rolling Stone as irrelevant as RS now finds first-generation readers UPDATED 8/4/15 with news about Jason Fine and Peter Travers By...
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Eulogy: Michael J. White (1953-2020)

By Nicholas M. White When I was little, I thought my dad was Superman. This is common enough to be a cliché, but Hollywood could...
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan performed at the civil rights "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" on August 28, 1963. Photo": Rowland Scherman - U.S. National Archives and Records.

Book Review: On the Tracks: Bob Dylan ‘Chronicles Vol. 1’

On the Tracks: Reflections on "Chronicles Volume 1" by Bob Dylan, a book review by Stephen K. Peeples, Santa Clarita Valley Signal Staff Writer, was...

Santa Clarita Journalist Stephen K. Peeples Launches New Website

New StephenKPeeples.com Site Built with Chaz Key of Nine Eye Interactive on WordPress Platform Award-winning Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples has produced a new...

Playboy Jazz Festival 2013 Swings June 15-16

Father’s Day Weekend Lineup Stars Sheila E., Naturally 7/Herbie Hancock, Trombone Shorty, the Brubeck Brothers, George Duke/Jeffrey Osborne and 15 More from Legends to...

Firefall: ‘Greatest Hits’ – Liner Notes by Stephen K. Peeples, 1992

The following is the set of liner notes for Firefall: Greatest Hits, a single-CD compilation released by Rhino in 1992. Excerpts of the notes...