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From: Peter Noone Subject: Re: Tickets Not Streams Date: August 21, 2026 at 4:47:30?PM PDT As one of the oldest readers of your fascinating daily reveille I should say all of today’s letter appealed to me in that it was almost a description of the old music business where the groups of teenagers like me […]

Adam Weiner-This Week’s Podcast

Adam Weiner is the creative force behind Low Cut Connie. Listen to how he’s achieved success completely independently. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adam-weiner/id1316200737?i=1000786257342 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/eb6eba86-b25b-463a-b008-87d3d6056850/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-adam-weiner

Re-Dolly Parton

In 1977 I was on tour with Parker McGee as his synth player.  Parker was a successful singer songwriter (Tanya Tucker, Seals and Crofts, England Dan and John Ford Coley, others) who decided to launch a solo performing career. We  played on American Bandstand and toured the US for 7 weeks as an opening act for […]

Dolly Parton

1 What you’ve got to know is she WROTE those songs! So it’s October 1973. I’m driving with the top down on my 1963 Chevy Impala trying to get something on the radio. This was before cassette decks. Sure, you could buy an aftermarket 8-track, but they sat under the dash and were notorious for […]