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 …
Richard Marx and the Fine Line Between Humor and Unemployment – Part 3
[To get caught up, read Part 1 first, then Part 2]
UNEMPLOYMENT
We did our show and I was backstage downstairs when I see Jeff on a TV monitor on stage. I …
Richard Marx and the Fine Line Between Humor and Unemployment – Part 2
[If you have not read Part 1 of this story, you should click here now]
The Next Morning…
I wake up with every part of my body in pain. I could barely lift …
Richard Marx and the Fine Line Between Humor and Unemployment – Part 1
It began this way…
Around 1988 I did a basic cable TV interview in Santa Monica, CA. It was a favor for a buddy. I was to come in to the …
Jeff Beck Chronicles – Part 1
Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart. Truth. Beck-Ola. Classics. Kinda set the mold for heavy metal power groups.
Jeff Beck + Rod Stewart = TENSION
I met Jeff in Los Angeles while recording …
Jack & Me
Jack & Michelle
EURYTHMICS REVENGE TOUR, – WORCESTER, MA, 1986
I first met Jack Nicholson with Eurythmics.We were in Worcester, MA playing to the sold out arena which was brand new …
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
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 …
NWA – Straight Outta Compton… then Torrance & Westlake
WIth Dr Dre during Funky Flute fliming
Meeting Eazy E and Dr. Dre
In 1989 I was playing with my band Jimmy Z and the Soul Lips at the China Club …