From: Buddy BuieSubject: Ronnie’s funeral Dear Bob, Your words were read at Ronnie’s goodbye. Arnie Geller, record executive and my former partner, gave an elegant and moving reading of your tribute. Barry Bailey, J.R. Cobb, and Dean Daughtry were there. Robert Nix and Paul Goddard were not there because of health issues. The Atlanta Rhythm […]

Sometimes you only have to hear a record once. And this I heard on the only rock station in Salt Lake City.  It was entitled "Dog Days".  There was a moodiness that always appeals to me, but mostly it was the vocalist, and the chorus: The dog days were scorchersSouthern torture Living out of a […]

Remember when it was fun to fly? Two things Canadians love.  Their BlackBerries and hockey.  They testify about both, because they’re homegrown.  Funny that all the teams are south of the border, because the passion up north is palpable.  I’m on the shuttle to the airport and the woman with an unidentifiable ethnicity starts speaking […]

JIMMY’S VIDEO Jimmy Iovine describes the start of Beats by Dre I want you to watch this, you’ll learn more about the music industry than you will in four years of college.  You’ll see why Jimmy Iovine wins. He’s smart. And he’s a motherfucker. What did John Hummer so famously say? "Before they close Napster […]