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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …