This poster is from a pre-release screening I went to in LA. Great movie. During the mid 90’s, I sat on a panel as a judge for the Music Week (UK’s Billboard magazine) Creative Awards, and Tony Wilson (played by Steve Coogan in the movie) actually presented Madchester to us. He...
Sonoma Country Music...
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While living in Sebastopol in Northern California, I handled marketing for a great country festival. The Luke Bryan record, Tanlines and Tailgates was released that very week, so he went down a storm. The record has gone on to be one of the biggest country sellers of the last few...
ZZ Top Concert Poste...
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I bought it at the Hatch printing store in Nashville. I especially love the coarseness of the brown paper stock it’s printed on. Strangely enough, I was outside the store a few weeks later when a town car stopped and out climbed Billy...
Dave Grohl – P...
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This was in the green room at Sundance straight after he’d played for 3 and a half hours. This was the first live show he did to promote the Sound City movie and the show featured Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Rick Nielson, Chris Goss and the Foos. Lots of stories from that...
Tommy Steele Poster ...
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Original poster for the 1957 movie, Rock around the World. Tommy Steele was positioned in the UK as the Brit Elvis. He became more of a Dick Van Dyke, but there’s nothing wrong with that. At least the Cockney accent was genuine, me ole cock...