So at the time I was a massive Mellencamp fan. Scarecrow and Lonesome Jubilee were, and still are, great records. So he comes to the UK for a one-off show and Polygram call and ask if they can have a window display at the Virgin London Oxford Street Megastore. Of course they can, and I...

The only time I saw Zappa. He opened with the Black Page, and did a killer Stairway to Heaven and I am the Walrus. So glad I got to see the...

I scrounged this, and another different one that I can’t find yet, from the Spinning Disc in Sunderland. It’s quite a special one for...

This was Steve and the boys in the middle of the headband, biker, Vietnam vet, heroin and double neck SG phase. He’s rather different...

Townes is still, and quite rightly, a huge hero in Austin. This is a large painting in a bar on the South side of the...

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...

A lovely limited edition print capturing the spirit of the Beach...

I interviewed Greg Lake when I was at KRSH. He’s really open about talking about the past, and I learned a lot. I also put him on the spot a bit about why Pictures At An Exhibition was recorded live (at Newcastle City Hall no less!) rather than as a studio record. Dax and I went to see...

Flash was former Yes guitar player Peter Banks’s band of the early 70’s. This is an ad based on the record sleeve. It’s a cheesy concept, but a real period piece. It’s also interesting that the sleeve was allowed in the US, when equally semi-naked shots on the covers...

While being huge in Europe, The Stereophonics never really got a lot of traction in the US. They were on v2, so we did a lot of work to promote all of their records. This is a tasty wee promotional booklet for the Jeep (Just Enough Education to Perform)...

I was a huge supporter of the Darkness in the US. We did a lot of promotion around them at Virgin and this was from a signing session at the Sunset store. I remember running into Dan Hawkins in a fire exit. He was looking around a bit nervously and asked me quietly if there was somewhere...

This is a gorgeous print for the Who’s LA dates in 2011. It’s 23/100...

I flew over from LA to London to see the Who at Shepherds Bush Empire on Dec 22nd 1999. It will always be in my top 5 shows of all time. On the way out, I “liberated” these railing boards. Even though they don’t look it in the pic, they’re about 3 and a half to...

Wow this brings back memories. WEA flew us to Dublin where Elvis was rehearsing for his tour. There were about 10 of us and we sat on couches and were provided with Guinness while watching the band. Elvis was charming, telling stories about the songs and taking requests. Afterwards, the label...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...