Bonnie’s Back
By: Barry Gilbert For: St. Louis Today Singer Bonnie Bramlett went to school in St. Louis. No, not high school, although the then Bonnie Lynn O’Farrell of Alton attended Granite City High. Bramlett’s school was the streets and clubs of East St. Louis and Gaslight Square, where she sang as a teenager in the late […]
Hospitality Sweeties/Left Coast Crew Charity Cosmic Auction Raises $1,210.00 for Hepatitis Research
March 25, 2004 Lisa L. Fishler, Director of Development Hepatitis Research Foundation 553 Salt Point Turnpike Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Re: Beacon Hotel 2004 Dear Lisa: Enclosed please find a check in the amount of $1,210.00 made out to the Hepatitis Research Foundation. This check is donated by the above in the name of Jody Daddio […]
Bill Cook, Martinique Owner Passes Away
By: Bill Thames Sometimes the phone rings and even though the person on the other end is an old and cherished friend, you know right off the bat that it’s not good news. Well, this morning I received just one of those phone calls. Yesterday, Bill Cook, the former owner of the Martinique, and the […]
Allman Brothers Band to perform at Fox Cities fest
The Post-Crescent Posted Feb. 04, 2004 Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famers the Allman Brothers Band will be the headlining act for this summer’s Great Fox Cities Celebration at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. The annual concert sponsored by Neenah/Menasha Professional Firefighters is slated for July 17. An opening act has not yet been […]
Where It All Begins Artist Launches Web Site
Ioannis, the artist who did the album cover for Where It All Begins and the art that appears at the top of this page, has just launched his personal website: www.dangerousage.com. In addition to his ABB work, Ioannis has created album covers for such legendary acts such as Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, […]
Gregg Allman, Yo-Yo Collector
By David Lindquist The Indianapolis News/Indianapolis Star It’s fitting — and perhaps also surprising — that Gregg Allman collects yo-yos. The “Midnight Rider” rock star knows ups and downs, ranging from drug arrests and a stormy marriage to Cher to transcendent performances with the Allman Brothers Band and induction to the Rock and Roll Hall […]
Band Leader Duane Allman Dies in Bike Crash
By: Jon Landau For Rolling Stone “Ol’ Duane was married to his music, the truth be known,” a close friend reflected after the funeral rites. “I guess him dyin’ so young, though, was almost inevitable. He had a wild and reckless streak in him, and apart from pickin’ his git-tar, he’d get…bored. I guess you […]
A Lesson Carved in Stone
By: William M. Thames III Even today at age fifty-three, on rare occasions, that vague nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach returns—that unpleasant feeling that my stomach is trying to crawl up into my throat, and empty its bounty of churning butterflies. To a young teenage musician, stage fright can be a terrifying, […]
Tom Dowd in Spotlight on Sundance Channel
By: Dean Goodman For Reuters 10/3/2003 Tom Dowd, a physics wiz who helped develop the atomic bomb during the 1940s, went on to create a series of bigger explosions that rocked the world. No one was hurt in the process. For Dowd found his calling as the engineer or producer for such acts as Charlie […]
ABB on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 9/2/2003
By: Brent From: The Banks of the Left Coast First things first: Greatest of leftcoast vibes out to Neil and Rich. You guys are class, and I am sure the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Second thing: Scotty, thanks a ton for the hookup for the Tonight Show passes last night. What a […]