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Country Music 1975: Progressive Elements Gain Foothold in Conservative Bastions

Rewind to fall 1975: After writing about Texas music and the progressive country "outlaw" scene there and in Southern California for much of the...
All Strings Attached - The Shemanski Family Bluegrass Band

All Strings Attached – Shemanski Family Plays ‘House Blend’

Bluegrass Quintet from Leona Valley Makes TV Debut with High-Lonesome Classics By Stephen K. Peeples All Strings Attached, the all-acoustic vocal-instrumental quintet featuring members of the...

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...

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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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...
Texas icons Doug Sahm, Big Red & Lone Star

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,”...
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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...
Schwab's postcard, Hollywood, 1940s

Schwab’s & Obits & the Mortality Heebie-Jeebies

Schwab’s is 'a combination office, coffee klatch and waiting room.' – William Holden, 'Sunset Boulevard,' 1950   By Stephen K. Peeples The world-famous Schwab’s drugstore at the corner of...
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UPDATED: Lewisohn Beatles Bio ‘Tune In’ Paperback Out October 2016

By Stephen K. Peeples Beatles Historian Provides Inside Look at Best-Selling First Installment of 3-Volume Fab Four Biography Exclusive VIDEO Interview w/ Stephen K. Peeples The long-awaited...
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...