Hal Blaine is irreplaceable – I met him on a couple of occasions and interviewed his for an additional two hours by phone. He was funny as hell, finally got his dues after a dark period on the 80’s when he went through a nasty divorce and ended up working as a security guard in Scottsdale Arizona, before people re-discovered ... Read More »

If you missed  my Peter Tork/Monkees special, you can access it right here. And please tell your fellow Monkees friends about it too.  Appreciate it – Steve Read More »

This morning at 11 and again this evening at 6 I have an hour long special on Peter Tork: Life With The Monkees. 90% of the dialogue will be spoken by Peter, who I last spoke with in 2013. Lots of Monkees hits and lots of stories… …Stephen Stills connection to the group true or false …did he really have ... Read More »

Peter Tork was the friendliest of the four Monkees I met. Davy was great to his fans, Mike was quiet and reserves, Micky was, well, just Micky, but Peter was the most down to earth. A a few weeks before they came to Mesa, Arizona in August 2013, I spent the good part of an hour on the phone with ... Read More »

JD McPherson’s “SOCKS” is the best Christmas album I’ve heard since Shakin’ Stevens released his in 2009… JD McPherson is a 41 year old rocker from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (my neck of the woods) who draws from artists like Fats Domino, Joe Turner, Led Zeppelin, and Little Richard. He’s the real deal, and this album (his 4th) just mkes me ... Read More »