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Ballad of Eternal Love Brings ‘Hope’ for Mother’s Day 2017

As we prepare to honor women everywhere on Mother’s Day 2017 Sunday, May 14, a beautiful new ballad of eternal love titled “Never Let...
Tanya Tucker: Country Baby – Circus Magazine, June 1, 1976

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,...
Life Magazine, "Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam," mugshots of the 242 guys killed in Vietnam this week in 1969, published in the mag's Aug. 22, 1969 edition.

Life’s ‘Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam’

Life Magazine's "Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week's Toll" photo feature gathered portraits of the 242 guys killed in Vietnam during...
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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...
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‘John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band’ Book Celebrates Albums’ 50th Anniversary

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December 11, 2020, marked the 50th anniversary of "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" and "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band," John and Yoko's first studio solo albums,...
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Sgt. Pepper Spiced My Summer of Love 50 Years Ago

This is not a review of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 50th-anniversary package, out May 25, a week shy of 50...
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GIMME SOME TRUTH. 36 ‘Ultimate Mixes’ Rock John Lennon 80th Birthday

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Celebrating and released worldwide on October 9, 2020, to coincide with what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday, GIMME SOME TRUTH. THE ULTIMATE...
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Russ Les Paul Jr. Spotlight Q&A at Julien’s

URL SlugThe Les Paul Estate, the Les Paul Foundation, and Russ Les Paul Jr. tied in with Julien’s Auctions in downtown Beverly Hills on...
John Sebastian at Woodstock, Aug. 15, 1969. Photo: Henry Diltz, used with permission.

Photographer Henry Diltz Returns to Germany for 2025 Woodstock Events

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Henry Diltz, official photographer at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969, and three fellow veterans of the Woodstock production team will...

Brubeck Brothers Honor Dave Brubeck at Playboy Jazz Festival

Sons Honor Dad on Father's Day at Playboy Jazz Festival By Stephen K. Peeples Anchored by two of the late Dave Brubeck’s four sons, the Brubeck...