1. It’s a fake. It’s in the right location, but the building is new, they tore down the theatre Stax was originally located in. History gets no respect in the U.S. We think young and new is best, and then, when the old is gone, it’s too late. 2. It was a theatre. Jim Stewart […]

Utterly astounding! They’re playing Monday night at Hotel Cafe. GO! With too many bands and too little time I’m relying on recommendations. And the problem is you can’t get into the hot rooms. Which are literally hotel rooms, which creak and cramp if you try to inject twenty people inside. But I did get to […]

It was devastating. You’ve got to understand, my first record was "Martian Hop", I loved the Four Seasons, in 1964 I became a Beatle fanatic. Elvis Presley was for old farts, even when he came back. Still, I remember exactly where I was when I heard he died. Waxing my car outside my apartment on […]

1. The Beatles recorded "Sgt. Pepper on 4-track, not 8-track. A miraculous feat. Of course I knew that, but thanks for keeping me honest, for correcting my brain fart. 2. Only one of Arlo’s kids is in the Guthrie Girls. The other woman is Amy Nelson, daughter of WILLIE! As one reader e-mailed me, if […]