News and Reviews

News and reviews about music, concerts, events, technology and more by Stephen K. Peeples.

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Walk of Western Stars Honors Andre & Renaud Veluzat, Bo Hopkins

Capping the 2017 Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, the city of Santa Clarita honored celebrated character actor Bo Hopkins and Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studios...
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Henry Diltz: Photography Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Honoree

"Surprised and honored to learn I am receiving the International Photography Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award," legendary lensman Henry Diltz noted on his...
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Lewisohn Beatles Bio Vol. 1 Done; Due Oct. 2013

In our extensive August 2011 Skype interview, as he was heading down the home stretch writing the first volumes of what's expected to be...
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Willie Nelson, Lone Star Jerry Retzloff & The Texas Music Conspiracy

Former Lone Star Brewing Co. district sales manager Jerry Retzloff flashed back half a lifetime to Austin and the Texas music scene in the...
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Dickey Betts: Ramblin’ Man Jams with Great Southern (1977)

The article "Dickey Betts: Ramblin' Man Jams with Great Southern" written by Stephen K. Peeples first appeared in Gainesville, Florida's "Great Southern" magazine in...
Donald Trump at Iowa State University, January 19. 2016. Photo: Max Goldberg (Wikimedia Commons)

Trump-Pena Nieto Mexico Summit – First (Fake) News Dispatch

Breaking News: Trump Earns Illegal Alien Status, Detained in Mexico By Stephen K. Peeples Businessman and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña...

Mike Douglas Recalls Co-hosting Shows with John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Making its online debut on October 9, 2024, John and Sean Lennon's birthdays, the following Q&A with renowned talk show host and singer Mike...
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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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Bernie Leadon, Henry Diltz and Epix ‘Laurel Canyon’ Rockumentary

"This is my photograph of Bernie Leadon at the top of Laurel Canyon some years ago," said renowned rock photographer Henry Diltz in a...
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Lennon ‘Double Fantasy’: Producer Jack Douglas Flashback, Pt. 1

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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...