New York City!!! SNL with Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Eddie Murphy
My first trip to NYC was in 1981 with the Rod Stewart Group to perform on Saturday Night Live. We’d just finished up the first album I recorded with …
Remembering Chris Stone
My first professional double scale session
I recorded my first professional double scale session in LA in 1981 at the Record Plant on 3rd St. in Los Angeles with Jack …
The Hucklebucks
The Sammie Award winning Hucklebucks will be backing me up again this June 11th at the VFW hall in Sacramento. There is a whole lot history with some of …
Working with Big Swede and Downtown Art Dreams
I’ve known Big Swede over two decades now and whenever he calls I know I’m in for something different.
He is coming from a musical place that I literally …
Some Other Sides to NWA
[Read more about Jimmy Z & NWA – NWA – Straight Outta Compton… then Torrance & Westlake]
Doing some house cleaning recently, I came across this legal document signed by both Eazy E …
April in Paris and the Road Back to Montreux – Part 2
[Read Part 1, here]
The young lady finally arrives in my suite and immediately it was on. This girl knew what she wanted and as Rod Stewart used to say, “I was …
April in Paris and the Road Back to Montreux – Part 1
Springtime in Paris can be highly overrated. It can rain for days with a freezing dampness that seeps into your bones and won’t let go. The best remedy I’ve come …
Stevie Wonder & Whitney Houston at Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium, London
Disclaimer: In the following, I discuss my use of illegal drugs. Let me be clear, I no longer do illegal drugs or have plans to ever do them again, nor …
Not So Fast Times with Cameron Crowe – Part 2
[Read about my first encounter with Cameron Crowe in Part 1]
Georgia
Fast forward to 1995. I’m in Seattle shooting a movie called “Georgia” starring Jennifer Jason Lee who also co-produced …
Not So Fast Times with Cameron Crowe – Part 1
I first met Cameron Crowe in 1985 while on the Pack Up the Plantation Tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Cameron wrote the book and screenplay for the movie “Fast …