https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/magazine/greatest-american-songwriters-alive.html Chris Willman wrote the definitive piece on this in “Variety”:  “Where in the Actual Hell Is Randy Newman? And Other Questions Raised by the New York Times’ Greatest Living American Songwriters List” https://variety.com/2026/music/columns/new-york-times-greatest-songwriters-list-missing-randy-newman-1236733511/ Now I’ve known Chris for a long time. He takes his music seriously and is especially knowledgeable about country for a […]

Mr. Train. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pat-monahan/id1316200737?i=1000764682141 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/234ce748-18a7-4316-b8af-43ad455edd01/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-pat-monahan

Subject: RE: Mike Vernon Bob, John Mayall never used my service to find musicians but his wife’s all female band “Maggie Mayall and the Cadillacs” used me several times.  Anyway, Sammy, Mayall’s 10 year old son, (this was in 2005) was on my kid’s Little League baseball team. John would attend most every game in […]

I thought I’d top off my tank at Costco. Now what you’ve got to know about gasoline is you must buy Top Tier, which Costco gas is. Gas is gas is gas, only it’s not. You may be saving pennies at your off-brand locale, but there’s a good chance you’ll pay for it in the […]