Being just a couple of months after 9/11, this was one of the most emotional shows I’ve ever attended. v2 act The Stereophonics were opening for them, so I went to the show courtesy of their label. U2 have always been massive in New York. At this show, they totally tapped into all of...

Jayhawk Gary Louris did a solo acoustic tour and played an extremely intimate date at UT Austin. There was about 40 people there and it was a wonderful evening with a lot of banter between artist and fans. I distinctly remember him saying that he loves The Jam, and that he fancies recording a...

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...

It was Halloween and we went to see Ian McLagan first and then Rocky Erikson at the Continental. Mac was brilliant. Rocky shouldn’t have bothered. Sorry...

The Crazy World leader himself on stage with the Pretty Things. I have no doubt he lives up to his moniker. He came out, sang Fire and did a knee-led hippie dance, legs spread and eyeballs revolving. Too much of, ahem anything, can be a bad thing. Too late for...

The one and only Nik Turner of Hawkwind. He played most of Space Ritual at a bar in Austin. There were about 30 of us die hards there – all blokes with one exception. He was so nice when we chatted sonically….. I’m an Orgone Accumulator...