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“What I consider ‘me’ is a funky blues player.” From Dupree’s home in Ft. Worth, by phone August, 1995 Hang on and get ready for a super-funky-blues/soul ride thanks to some truly amazing video. Cornell Dupree, the subject of this interview, is the main man here and it’s a treat to hear and watch him…
Read More“It’s never easy to make a record.” March 19, 2004 On the road between Hot Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas, one week into Aerosmith’s Honkin’ On Bobo tour After years of talking about it, Aerosmith finally made good in 2004 on its promise to record a blues album. Nobody was more excited about it…
Read More“….that big terrible rubber band that was tied tight around my heart loosened up…” May 19, 1997 By phone from San Francisco In 2013 John Fogerty released “Wrote A Song for Everyone,” a guest-filled album consisting mostly of covers of classic songs he wrote for Creedence…
Read More“…the record started going up the charts. We were just dumbfounded.” By phone from his home in Nashville June 8, 1999 Not unknown but close to it, Gary Talley played guitar for The Box Tops, who had one of the indelible hits of the ‘60s, “The Letter.” And…
Read More“Our attitude is every tour could be our last tour.” At the Middle East Restaurant, Cambridge, Massachusetts February 10, 1997 As much as I (and many others) liked Morphine’s music, it was not a band anyone ever expected to see sign…
Read More“I’m the queen because there is no one else!” April, 2, 2002 By phone from her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey I traveled to Cuba for ten days in late 2001, an eye, ear and mind opening journey. It…
Read MoreWhen I heard that Johnny Winter had died on Wednesday, I flashed back to the first time I heard him play. But then whenever I thought of Johnny Winter, I thought back to that night – December 13, 1968 – which I am sure was just as…
Read More“If people tell me they’ve never heard “Never My Love,” I say, ‘That means you’ve never been in an elevator or a supermarket.’ You can’t escape the song. It’s just there.“ March 11, 2002 By phone from his home in Los Angeles In…
Read More“I’m just a working musician who’s struggling to play polo.” If you’ve seen the documentary “Beware of Mr. Baker,” you know interviewing Ginger Baker can be a dicey proposition, maybe even injurious to your health. When I met with Baker in Boston in 1994, he lived…
Read MoreMay 1992 Augusta, Georgia The sweetest words I ever heard an editor utter: “How would you like to go to Georgia to interview James Brown?”
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