1 I couldn’t sleep last night because Dave Mason died. At least that’s what I figured out. Oh, I was a Dave Mason fan. “Only You Know and I Know” was the breakout track from Delaney & Bonnie’s “On Tour” album, the one with Eric Clapton, but the definitive version came months later on Dave’s […]

1 You reach a point where you no longer believe. I was doing an interview and I was asked who my heroes were. Stunningly, I’ve never been asked this before. Normally you put a dime in my jukebox and you get endless spiel, these stories are embedded in my DNA. But I was stumped, I […]

The brand is bigger than the acts. Which is why so many festivals have failed recently, they believe it’s about the lineup. If you’re dependent upon the lineup to sell tickets, you’re screwed. You need to be selling more than music, you need to be selling CULTURE! Now my biggest takeaway from Coachella so far […]

This guy was one of a kind. Scratch that… There was a group of concert promoters, who built this business, who had personality, moxie and could tell a story that you’d repeat for the rest of your life! That’s what concert promoters have…stories. It’s not like working at a label, the relationship with the acts […]