One of a number of original Zeppelin black and white 8×10″s I’ve picked up in Northern California. This one came as part of a group of 10, most of which are from the Oakland ’77 show. I’ll post the others over time, along with an original poster from the...

Troubadour, raconteur and all round good guy, Americana artist Jim Lauderdale at the Magfest on the Suwannee River with my lady. If you get the chance to see him, don’t...

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...