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Beatles on Sullivan Changed My Life for 50 Years

An Appreciation by a First-Generation Fan who's Touched the Dream We've heard lots of famous and not-so-famous first-generation American Baby Boomers talk about how seeing...

‘Mama’ Cass Elliot Honored with Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Congratulations to the late Cass Elliot across the universe and to her family, friends, and colleagues still with us here on her new star...
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Music Photographer Henry Diltz: A Lifetime of Painted & ‘Unpainted Faces’

In October 2011, renowned music photographer and 2020 International Photography Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement honoree Henry Diltz and his partners at the Morrison...
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Waylon Jennings: Ramblin’ Man – Cash Box, July 12, 1975

Country music outlaw Waylon Jennings spoke with Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples at RCA Records in Hollywood on May 14, 1975, for a...

Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses ‘Blow’ Hard on Second Album

Party Band Updates Classic  Jump-Swing Style with New Originals on Second Album, an Out-of-the-Box Jazz Hit On "Blow," Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses'...
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Groovin’ Doug Sahm Film Premieres in L.A. July 30

UPDATE: Now-closed Kickstarter campaign to pay for music licensing surpassed $75,000 goal by $15K By Stephen K. Peeples “Sir Doug & The Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove,”...

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....

Louis Prima Jr. and Band to Jump, Jive ‘n’ Wail in H’wood, Malibu

Visit the Peeples Place at KHTS front page. Las Vegas-based jump-swing party band Louis Prima Jr.  and The Witnesses featuring singer Sarah Spiegel swing west...
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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...
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Roadshow Revival a Ripping Roots-Rockabilly Rave-Up

8th annual festival inspired by former Ventura-area rockabilly raconteur Johnny Cash 2016 Roadshow Saturday Photo Gallery By Stephen K. Peeples The 8th Roadshow Revival rocked seaside Mission...