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 …
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 2
On a private plane en route from the Van Nuys Airport to Seattle, the Rod Stewart Group is settling into a cozy 5 hour flight that is two hours too …
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 …
The Best Man
Kevin Savigar – Rod Stewart Group – circa 1981
Kevin Savigar played keyboards in the Rod Stewart Group when I joined in 1981. We met in Japan, hit it …
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 …
Memphis Blues – Deep in the Delta with Etta James
Note: Etta has currently stopped touring due to a serious medical condition. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.
In the summer of 2002 we started our annual …