I’ve Got Dreams
Three of us have been going to the Beacon shows for as long as …well for a long time. We always drag along a ‘rookie” as the fourth. It usually turns out to be a night to remember for him, and increases the fun for us. We go back-way back to the shows in the […]
Bobby Whitlock & Kim Carmel
An Interview By Bill Thames Bobby Whitlock began his career as a musician’s equivalent to a supercharged Ferrari racecar; laying rubber and burning-up stage, studio, and sensibilities, chasing, and finally capturing that fleeting star. Like many other successful Southern musicians, Whitlock seemed to go from “chopping cotton in Mississippi to being a rock star,” as […]
Reflections on the Macon Scene & More, An Interview with Les Dudek
by Oldcoot “You have to realize,” guitarist Les Dudek begins, “that when I arrived in Macon, there was a big hole in the bottom of the bucket.” Dudek is referring to the untimely passing several months earlier by Allman Brothers Band founder and leader, the late Duane Allman. Then 19, Dudek had first traveled to […]
Gregg Allman’s Search for Simplicity Has Found a Home
Photo & Story By: James Palmer For: Macon Magazine It’s not what you’d expect. Here’s Gregg Allman, legendary rocker with deep Macon roots, moving force of one of Southern rock’s most enduring bands, cradling a toy … poodle? “This is Jasmine,” Allman said of the 14-year-old poodle the singer/songwriter holds as he and his wife, […]
Warren Haynes: Everyguitarist
By Anthony DeCurtis 6 June 2004 The New York Times (c) 2004 New York Times Company ”I’M 44 years old, and I have a brand-new career ahead of me in the same way that a 25-year-old might,” said Warren Haynes as he sat in his living room, the expanse of downtown Manhattan framed in the […]
My Baby Girl’s Heart
By: Billy Hollems Today I watched my baby girl’s heart break into a thousand pieces. My daughter Marisa, who is now nine years old, and coming to the end of the third grade, experienced today a moment in her life she will hold in her memory forever. Several weeks in anticipation, Marisa awaited her annual […]
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 […]