“The King of In Between”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hepRCtfJAkc 1 How did this guy stay alive? How did he pay the bills? That’s what I was thinking watching this movie. Then… This stuff is always pure hagiography. The worst was that Bee Gees documentary that said in the sixties they were as big as the Beatles. I lived […]

“Hung Up on a Dream”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctjMqtsFsU What do you do after the band breaks up? The records may be rich and famous, but you may be broke. That was my second favorite part of this documentary. The band expires and Colin Blunstone has to get a straight job. He’s working in an insurance office and […]

In the of 1969, between my 2nd and 3rd year in law school at UT in Austin, I got a summer job at ASCAP in the membership department. At the time, BMI had more rock acts on the charts than ASCAP. I talked my boss into buying two tickets to all the the Schaefer Beer […]

https://www.abramorama.com/film/rondelsenerpresents It’s hagiography, but… Unlike most of these documentaries, this one was not made on the cheap. There’s tons of footage to go with the narrative, but… You don’t learn a whole hell of a lot about Ron. He’s a hustler. That’s what we’re missing in today’s concert world. That was the music business from […]