Archive for 2009/06


Lewi’s Clusterf@&%

Liveworks newsletter I don’t know why Lewi is self-flagellating, I thought it was GREAT! The problems he delineated were real. But people came.  In droves.  Something we used to count on in rock and roll.  We didn’t need publicity, we just announced the show on the radio and it sold out.  But now, we beg […]

Mailbag

Subject: Barry B. Bob… This is Steve Buckingham in Nashville. Our friend, Bob Kirsch, sent me the many statements about Barry Beckett that you posted. I am going to forward all of these to his sons, Mark and Matthew. Diane, his wife, doesn’t do email but I will make sure she gets a copy of […]

Springsteen/Ticketmaster

What’s worse, overpaying to be inside the building or not being able to go to the show at all? I’ve got no desire to get involved in the pissing match between Ticketmaster and Springsteen, but I will say, as per usual, the fan is the loser. Jon Landau’s defense that it’s standard industry practice to […]

It Might Get Loud

Ross didn’t want me to sit next to Jimmy Page.  Based on what I’d written on my WEBSITE! But I love Led Zeppelin!  I just didn’t want to see them reunite and ruin the legacy.  It’s tragic that John Lennon and George Harrison are deceased, but we’re saved from the spectacle of old men traipsing […]