Steve Samuels – the badass blues guitarist you’ve never heard of
Steve Samuels influenced the way I approach and appreciate music and how I run a band and conduct myself as a band member. Though we were at odds often I …
Roger and Me – Queen Memories
On a recent flight back from Mexico City I caught “Bohemian Rhapsody” the Queen biopic. It brought back some fond memories.
Full disclosure, in their heyday of the 70s and …
Moscow Nights
About 2 years ago in early 2017, I got a call from Digital Domain, Inc. founder Scott Ross inviting my wife Erica and I to a surprise birthday dinner …
The New Roseanne Show, John “Juke” Logan, and Me
My old pal, the late, great John “Juke” Logan was the harp man on the music for the original Roseanne Show for all those glory years from the late …
Weird Al, Rick Derringer and Jimmy Z in the Land of Scotti Bros.
In late 1983 I got a call from Rick Derringer asking if I could come down to Scotti Brothers Studios in West LA to record some sax for an artist …
Jimmy Z and Rick Springfield Revisited
In 1984 I was called for a session at the old Record Plant on 3rd St. to play harp for Rick Springfield. At the time he was a big …
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 …