Gary James Presents
More Rock 'n' Roll
Interviews


Gary James has interviewed over 2,100 entertainment personalities since 1978.
During that time he has interviewed everyone from
Donny Osmond to Ozzy Osbourne, from Henry Mancini to Kiss.
He has also interviewed actors, authors, dancers, politicians and entrepreneurs.
Here you will find his fascinating talks with some of rock and roll's greatest stars.


       


Rock 'n' Roll's Unsolved Mysteries
Elvis Presley
Dead or Alive?
Bobby Fuller
His Mysterious Death
Jim Morrison
What Really Happened?
Kurt Cobain
How Did He Die?
John Lennon
Why Was He Killed?
Jimi Hendrix
A Drug Related Accident?
Buddy Holly
Foul Play or Horse Play?
Ritchie Valens
The Day The Music Died
Brian Jones
Death Of A Rolling Stone
James Dean
Was His Death An Accident?
Gerald Pitts
says Jim Morrison is alive!
Paul McCartney
The Death Hoax of 1969
John Ceperich
says Jim Morrison is alive!
Wanda June Berry Hill
Elvis may be alive
Joel Gilbert
Paul McCartney Is Dead
The Last Testament Of George Harrison
David Logan
says Jim Morrison is alive
Michael Jackson
Was His Death A Hoax?
Stacey Lynn
(Spiritual Medium)
Wanda June Berry Hill
says Elvis may be alive
Major Bill Smith
says Elvis faked his death
 
 
 
 
Danny Garcia
(producer of Rolling Stone: Life And Death Of Brian Jones)
 
 
 
 


Tribute Acts and Cover Bands

Live At The Fillmore
(Allman Brothers Band Tribute)
Eaglemania
(Eagles Tribute Band)
Bon Jersey
(Bon Jovi Tribute Band)
Jimy Bleu
(Jimi Hendrix Tribute Artist)
Britishmania
(Beatles Tribute)
James Gibb
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Jim Curry
(John Denver Tribute Artist)
Mullett
('80s Tribute Band)
The Mersey Beatles
(Beatles Tribute)
Tom Becker
(John Denver Tribute Artist)
Rain
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Kiss Alive!
(Kiss tribute band)
Classical Mystery Tour
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Get The Led Out
(Led Zeppelin tribute band)
The Mahoney Brothers
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Johni Ray
(Madonna Tribute Act)
Russ Howe
(Elvis Tribute Act)
The Soft Parade
(Doors Tribute Act)
Dennis Wise
(Elvis Impersonator)
Heidi Thompson
(Cher Impersonator)
The Eggmen
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Corrie Sachs
(Reba McEntire Tribute)
Brit Beat
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Dread Zeppelin
(Led Zeppelin Tribute)
British Export
(Beatles Tribute Act)
The Hollywood Stones
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Moonlight Drive
(Doors Tribute Act)
Wild Child
(Doors Tribute Act)
The Sun Kings
(Beatles Tribute Act)
American Night
(Doors Tribute Act)
Tony Kishman
(Paul McCartney look-a-like)
Hot Rocks
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Mitch Weissman
(Paul McCartney look-a-like)
Randy Clark
(John Lennon look-a-like)
Mr. Speed
(Kiss Tribute Act)
Parrots Of The Caribbean
(Jimmy Buffett Salute)
Larry Seth
(Elvis Impersonator)
Rick Alviti
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Appetite For Destruction
(Guns 'n' Roses tribute)
Mojo Risin
(Doors Tribute Act)
1964
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Gods Of Thunder
(Kiss Tribute)
Doug Church
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
(Beatlemania Stage Show)
(Beatles Tribute Act)
Eddie Powers
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Michael Hoover
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Alive!
(Kiss Tribute)
Walt Sanders
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Tony Grova
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Tim Piper
(John Lennon Tribute Artist)
Changes In Latitudes
(Jimmy Buffett Tribute)
Prentice Chaffin
(Elvis Impersonator)
Yellow Brick Road
(Elton John Tribute)
Hell's Belles
(All Female AC/DC Tribute)
Rick Marino
(Elvis Impersonator)
Almost Queen
(Queen Tribute)
Queens Of Heart
(Heart Tribute)
The Driftwoods
(Beach Boys Tribute)
Battery
(Metallica Tribute)
Shawn Klush
(Elvis Presley Tribute)
Shania Twin
(Shania Twain Tribute)
Heart Alive / Fleetwood Nicks
(Heart and Fleetwood Mac Tribute)
California Beach Boys Tribute Band
(BeachBoys Tribute)
Desperado
(Eagles Tribute)
Head Games
(Foreigner Tribute)
Rus Anderson
(Elton John Tribute)
7 Bridges
(Eagles Tribute)
The Glimmer Twins
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Dog 'n' Butterfly
(Heart Tribute)
Desert Highway Band
(Eagles Tribute)
Glory Days
(Bruce Springsteen Tribute)
Kounterfeit Kinks
(Kinks Tribute)
Cash'd Out
(Johnny Cash Tribute)
Draw The Line
(Aerosmith Tribute)
Kashmir
(Led Zeppelin Tribute)
The Kinx
(Kinks Tribute)
Bennie And The Jets
(Elton John Tribute)
Yellow Dubmarine
(Beatles Reggae Tribute)
The Blushing Brides
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Still Surfin'
(Beach Boys Tribute)
Brass Transit
(Chicago Tribute)
Hollywood Nights
(Bob Seger Tribute)
Green River
(CCR Tribute)
Lez Zeppelin
(All Girl Zeppelin Tribute)
Brit Floyd
(Pink Floyd Tribute)
Hey Tonight
(Creedence tribute)
Mike Del Guidice And Big Shot
(Billy Joel Tribute)
The Original Kiss Army
(Kiss Tribute)
Denny Diamond
(Neil Diamond tribute)
Blue Moon Swamp
(John Fogerty / CCR Tribute)
Randy Linder
(CCR / John Fogerty tribute)
Creedence Again
(CCR Tribute)
Rumours
(Fleetwood Mac Tribute)
John Fiocchi
(The Big El Show)
Real Diamond
(Neil Diamond Tribute)
David J Sherry
(Neil Diamond Tribute)
Departure
(Journey Tribute)
Matt Ryan
(Bruce In The U.S.A.)
Dylan Cassidy
(Rod Stewart Tribute)
Marty Edwards
(Kenny Rogers Tribute)
Blaze Of Glory
(Bon Jovi Tribute)
Jerome Marion
(Elvis Tribute)
Completely Unchained
(Van Halen Tribute)
Brian La Blanc
(Neil Diamond Tribute)
Dean Colley
(Neil Diamond Tribute)
Skynyrd Reloaded
(Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
Bill Haney
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Lynette Skynyrd
(Female Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
The Rat Pack Now
(Rat Pack Tribute)
Lyvyn Skynryd
(Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
The Return
(Beatles Tribute)
Because
(Beatles Tribute)
Southbound And Company
(Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
Skynnyn Lynnyrd
(Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
The Fab Four
(Beatles Tribute)
Liverpool Legends
(Beatles Tribute)
The Fab 5
(Beatles Tribute)
Biz Oliver
(Janis Joplin Tribute)
American English
(Beatles Tribute)
Toppermost
(Beatles Tribute)
Satisfaction
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
SCARAB
(Journey Tribute Band)
Sparrow La Point
(Janis Joplin Tribute Artist)
ZBTB
(Zac Brown Tribute Band)
Live Wire
(AC/DC Tribute Band)
Strange Days
(Doors Tribute)
Donny Edwards
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
The Alice Cooper Experience
(Alice Cooper Tribute)
David La Fame
(Tom Jones Tribute Artist)
Don Anthony
(Elvis Tribute Artist)
Sharp Dressed Man
(ZZ Top Tribute)
Roll The Stones
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Chick Jagger
(Female Fronted Rolling Stones Tribute)
Harold Schulz
(Young Elvis Tribute Artist)
Dead Flowers
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Sticky Fingers
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
The Nirvana Experience
(Nirvana Tribute)
Jennifer Ramsey
(Talent Agent and
Marilyn Monroe Tribute Artist)
Mick Adams And The Stones
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Midnight Rambler
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Shower The People
(James Taylor Tribute)
Eliminator KC
(ZZ Top Concert Re-Creators)
Fire And Ice
(Pat Benatar Tribute)
A Taste Of Herb
(A Tribute To Herb Alpert
And The Tijuana Brass)
Leg ZZ
(ZZ Top Tribute)
Us And Floyd
(Pink Floyd Tribute)
Freebird
(Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute)
Live After Death
(Iron Maiden Tribute)
Vaughn Suponatime
(Frank Sinatra Tribute)
Philip Bauer
(Johnny Cash Tribute Artist)
Lisa Irion
(Cher Impersonator)
Almost Journey
(Journey Tribute)
Cats Under The Stars
(Jerry Garcia Tribute)
Hard Day's Night
(Beatles Tribute)
Tim Dudley
(Elvis Presley Tribute)
Ozzie Mancinelli
(Tom Petty Tribute)
Marie Levin
(Reba McEntire Impersonator)
Alive! '75
(KISS Tribute)
Louis Fatale
(Manager of Mini Kiss)
Jay Zanier
(Elvis Presley Tribute)
Hot Rocks
(Rolling Stones Tribute)
Wayne Denton
(John Denver Tribute Artist)
Mack Bailey
(John Denver Tribute Artist)
Ted Vigil
(John Denver Tribute Artist)
Big Eyed Phish
(Dave Matthews Tribute Band)
 
 
St. Valentine
(1980s L.A. club band)
 
 
Eclipse
(South Dakota's Party Band)
 
 


Rock Photographers
Frank Stefanko
(Bruce Springsteen's
photographer)
Tom Murray
(A Beatles Photographer)
Bill Bernstein
(Paul McCartney's
tour photographer)
Allan Tannenbaum
(John and Yoko's
photographer)
Alfred Wertheimer
(Elvis' Photographer)
Ian Wright
(Early Beatles photographer)
Bob Gruen
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Roger Farrington
(John Lennon photographer)
Bill Carlson
(A Beatles photographer)
Robert Knight
(Rock photographer)
Debra Rothenberg
(Bruce Springsteen:
In Focus 1980 - 2012)
Phillip Townsend
(Photographed The Beatles and The Stones)
Mick Rock
(Photographed David Bowie)
Dick Zimmerman
(Photographed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" cover)
David Spindel
(John and Yoko photographer)
Jesse Frohman
(Kurt Cobain photographer)
Jay Blakesberg
(Rock photographer)
Kirk Weddle
(shot Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover)
Henry Diltz
(Behind The Lens)
Neal Preston
(Led Zeppelin's Official Tour Photographer)
Emilio Lari
(photographed The Beatles on the set of Help!
Mike Mitchell
(photographed The Beatles' first American concert)
Rowland Scherman
(photographed The Beatles)
John Taylor
(photographed Paul and Linda McCartney)
Gered Mankowitz
(photographed and toured with The Rolling Stones)
Jill Furmanovsky
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Jim Summaria
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Mark Weiss
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Danny Clinch
(Rock 'n Roll photographer)
Patrick Harbron
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Tony Mott
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Herb Greene
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Barry Z. Levine
(Woodstock Photographer)
Ian Dickson
(Rock 'n' Roll photographer)
Barrie Wentzell
(Chief Photographer for Melody Maker)
Sidney Smith
(Photographer Of The Stars)
Lisa Law
(photographed Woodstock and
Monterey Pop Festival)
Curt Gunther
(Beatles Photographer)
Charlyn Zlotnik
(Rock 'n' Roll Photographer)
Timothy White
(Rock 'n' Roll Photographer)
Charles Peterson
(Rock Photographer)
Lynn Goldsmith
(photographed Springsteen, The Police, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan)
Tom DiCillo
The Writer / Director of
"When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors"
Michael Zagaris
(Rock Photographer
Eric Hayes
(photographed The Stones, Hendrix, Joplin)


Managers and Executives
Richard Cole
(Led Zeppelin's road manager)
John Byrne Cooke
(Janis Joplin's road manager)
Tony Turner
(Supremes and Temptations
road manager)
Bob Bonis
(The Beatles' Road Manager)
Andrew Loog Oldham
(Rolling Stones' Manager)
Steve Blauner
(Bobby Darin's manager)
Paul Williams
(founder of
Crawdaddy Magazine)
Alan Livingston
(President Of Capitol Records)
Sid Bernstein
(booked The Beatles at
Carnegie Hall & Shea Stadium)
Stan Soocher
(entertainment attorney)
Joe Fletcher
(Concert Promoter)
Bonnie Sugarman
(senior vice-president
of A.P.A.)
Jay Jacobs
(Entertainment Agent)
Andrew Behar
(a director looks at
the Grateful Dead)
Ken Mansfield
(Apple Records Manager)
David Blayney
(ZZ Top's stage manager)
Jimmy O'Neill
(Host of TV's Shindig!)
Tipper Gore
(Parents Music Resource Center)
Wolfman Jack
(Host of TV's Midnight Special)
Marshall Grant
(Johnny Cash's road manager)
David Snowden
(CEO of Triangle Entertainment)
Richard Nader
(Rock 'n' Roll Revival Promoter)
Jon Z
(Mega Force Records)
Alan Hunter
(MTV VJ)
Nina Blackwood
(MTV VJ)
Trey Wilson
(Of Ronnie Gilley Entertainment)
Tony Conway
(Award Winning Agent)
Dan Smalls
(Promoter)
Bill Aucoin
(KISS' manager)
Paul Lohr
(Founder of
New Frontier Touring)
Anita Woo
(Nirvana:
Taking Punk To The Masses)
Alvin Ross
(Of Virgin Merchandising)
Brian J. Simon
(Night Ranger's Production Manager )
Greg Janese
(Of Paradigm Agency)
Skip Taylor
(Two Goats Entertainment)
Thomas O'Keefe
(Train's tour manager)
Butch Stone
(Personal Manager)
Bud Ballou
(Radio Personality)
Shel Talmy
(The Who's record producer)
Ben Verellen
(Of Verellen Amplifiers)
Dan Steinberg
(Concert Promoter)
Barry Fey
(Concert Promoter)
Kathy Armistead Olen
(Atticus Brand Partners)
Kim Fowley
(Producer / Songwriter)
Hugh Padgham
(Record Producer)
Jon Hornyak
(Lynyrd Skynyrd's Soundman)
Doug Thaler
(co-managed Motley Crue
and Bon Jovi)
Alex Ross
(Supreme Entertainment Artists)
Tom Halpain
(Three Dog Night Tour Manager)
Jake Rohrer
CCR's Executive Assistant
Gale Rosenberg
(Founder Of Rock 'n Retail)
Jerry Blavat
(Disc Jockey)
Roger Paul
(Manager / Agent)
Sam Cutler
(Stones and Dead Tour Mgr)
Andy Secher
(Editor Of Hit Parader magazine)
Richard Fusco
(of Radio Woodstock)
Kevin Day
(Owner of SkyRocket Entertainment)
Phil Kaufman
(Road Manager)
Brian Perera
(Founder of Cleopatra Records)
David Frangioni
(Founder and CEO of Audio One)
Rob Battle
(of Battle Artist Agency)
Judy Seale
(Talent Coordinator)
Josh Rowe
(Manager of The Epstein Theatre)
Don Muller
(of Jukeboxes Unlimited)
Jim Faith
(Great South Bay Music Festival)
Noel Monk
Van Halen's Manager
Jeremy Profe
(The Writer/Director of The Lennon Report
David Otto
OTTO Printing And Entertainment Graphics
Ed Freeman
(roadie on The Beatles last tour of America)
Dinky Dawson
(Sound Engineer To The Stars)
Joel Diamond
(Personal Manager/Record Producer)
Steve Machat
(Personal Manager and Entertainment Attorney
Monte A. Melnick
(The Ramones' Tour Manager)
Jeff Wald
(Helen Reddy's husband/manager)
Ron Nevison
Record Producer/Recording Engineer
David Davidian
(Alice Cooper's Tour Manager)
Kirk West
(Allman Brothers tour manager/photographer)
Stephen Wrench
(Songwriter/Producer/Guitarist)
Jack De Franco
(Tour Manager for The Ventures)
Carol Klenfner
(Publicist To The Stars)
Rick Stone
(Bobby Fuller's road manager)
Dennis MacKay
(Record Producer)
Bob Kinkead
(CEO of Kinkead Entertainment Agency)
Bob Keane
(Ritchie Valens' Manager)
Spencer Proffer
(Record Producer & CEO/Entrepreneur)
Howie Hubberman
(ex-manager of Poison)
Roy Ericson
(Founder Of Starflight Travel)
Glenn Langille
(owner of Fab And Gear! Beatles specialty shop)
Jack Baklayan
(Co-Owner of Highland Gardens Hotel)
John Scheinfeld
(Producer of the film
Herb Alpert Is...)
Tina Joan Ball
(President and Founder of Rising Artists)
Michael Lloyd
(Produced sixty Gold
and Platinum albums)
Carol Dunn
(Travel Agent To The Stars)
Gloryah Robinson
(Of Overland Productions)
Paul Tarnopol
(CEO of Brunswick Records)
John Lynskey
(Allman Brothers Band archivist)
Chip Monck
(The Voice Of Woodstock)
Steve Litman
(concert promoter)
Jay Bergen
(John Lennon's attorney)
Martin J. Dolan
(Executive Director and CFO of Julien's Auctions)
J.J. Jackson
(MTV Video Jock)
Vince Treanor
(The Doors' Road Manager)
 
 )
Mark Heyman
(Of Asheley Talent International)
John Juliano and
Anne-Alise Pietruska of

Mellowship Entertainment


Rocker's Friends and Relatives
Laura Joplin
(Janis Joplin's sister)
Pamela Des Barres
(A Super Groupie)
Ingrid Croce
(Jim Croce's Widow)
Janie Hendrix
(Jimi Hendrix's sister)
Rod Crosby
(Bobby Fuller's friend)
Fayette Hauser
(Janis Joplin's friend)
Bill Haley Jr.
(Bill Haley's Son)
Royston Ellis
(A Friend Of The Beatles)
Charlie Dick
(Patsy Cline's husband)
Freddie Cole
(Nat King Cole's brother)
Howard Steele
(Friend And Bandmate Of Bobby Fuller)
Warner Davis
(A Friend Of Jim Morrison)
Barbara Anna Marion
(Brian Jones' daughter)
Janis Buxton-Davis
(Sister of Alice Cooper
guitarist Glen Buxton)
Debby Campbell
(Glen Campbell's daughter)
Prince Stash Klossowski De Rola
(Friends with Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones
Reinhard Straub
(Friend And Bandmate Of The Monkees' Peter Tork)
David Portnow
(Teenage Friends With Kurt Cobain);
Hank Harrison
(Kurt Cobain's father-in-law)
Bev Cobain
(Kurt Cobain's cousin)
Deborah Bonham
(Sister of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham)
Frank Lisciandro
(A Friend Of Jim Morrison)
Malcolm Bruce
(son of Cream's Jack Bruce)
Maura Rossi
(David Cassidy's girlfriend)
Charlene Nowak
(Bobby Fuller's girlfriend)


American Idol Contestants
Diana De Garmo
(American Idol season 3)
Bo Bice
(American Idol season 4)
David Cook
(American Idol season 7)
Taylor Hicks
(American Idol season 5)
Professor Dom Caristi
(shares his thoughts on American Idol)


Rock Authors
Peter Coan
The Harry Chapin Story
Jay Warner
(How To Have Your
Hit Song Published)
Jack Jones
(Inside The Mind
Of Mark David Chapman)
Eddie Kramer
(Jimi Hendrix:
Setting The Record Straight)
Samuel Charters
(Elvis Book Author)
Dave Schwensen
(The Beatles In Cleveland)
Paul Saltzman
(The Beatles in Rishikesh)
Jerry Naylor
& Steve Halliday

(The Rockabilly Legends)
Charles Cross
(Cobain Unseen)
Rhonda Saunders
The Prosecutor Who
Stalks The Stalkers
Denise McLean Solis
(Backstreet Mom)
Steve Liebowitz
(Steel Pier: Atlantic City)
Joe Vitale
(Backstage Pass)
Tom Grant
The Mysterious Death
of Kurt Cobain
Freddie Gershon
(Sweetie Baby Cookie Honey)
Randy L. Schmidt
(The Life Of Karen Carpenter)
Bill German
(Under Their Thumb)
Richard Courtney
(Come Together. The Business
Wisdom Of The Beatles)
Jerry Levitan
(I Met The Walrus)
Keith Elliot Greenberg
(The Day John Lennon Died)
Larry Harris
(Co-Founder of
Casablanca Records)
Chris O'Dell
(Miss O'Dell)
Micah Nathan
(Losing Graceland)
Richard Bozzett
(Sex, Drugs And Bon Jovi)
Larry Marion
(The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs)
Alan Siegel
(Breakin' In To The Music Business)
John Blaney
(Beatles For Sale)
Peter Ames Carlin
(Paul McCartney: A Life)
Chuck Murphy
(Graceland:
An Interactive Pop-Up Tour)
Fred La Bour
(started the
"Paul Is Dead" rumor)
Howard Sounes
(Fab: The Life Of
Paul McCartney)
Paul Brannigan
(Life And Times Of Dave Grohl)
Ken Sharp
(The Making Of Double Fantasy)
Spencer Leigh
(The Beatles In Hamburg)
Brian Hudson
(How I Didn't Become A Beatle)
Dave Hunter
(author of Amped)
Lesley-Ann Jones
(Journalist To The Stars)
David Comfort
(Rock And Roll Book
Of The Dead)
Chris Welch
(music writer for Melody Maker)
Mark R. Blake
(Rock writer / interviewer)
Joel McIver
(Crazy Train: The High Life And Tragic Death Of Randy Rhoads)
Paul Williams
(Founder of Crawdaddy magazine)
April Kirkwood
(Author of My Love Affair With Frankie Valli)
Zoro
(The Big Gig)
Lydia Criss
(Author of Sealed With A Kiss)
Jim Berkenstadt
(The Beatle Who Vanished)
Maryanne Christiano - Mistretta
(On The Guest List)
R. Gary Patterson
(The Walrus Was Paul)
Charles Stone
(My Years With Elvis And The Colonel)
Wanda June Berry Hill
(We Remember Elvis)
Richard Rossberg
(Jim Morrison Is Absolutely Alive)
Xaviant Haze
(Elvis Is Alive: The Complete Conspiracy)
Andy Babiuk
(Beatles Gear)
Stan Knight
(Elvis Presley's Twin, Jesse Garon)
Grady Gaines
(I've Been Out There On The Road
With Legends Of Rock 'n' Roll)
Piers Hemmingsen
(The Beatles In Canada: The Origins Of Beatlemania!)
Gillian G. Gaar
(author of Entertain Us: The Rise Of Nirvana)
Hunter Davies
(wrote the only authorized biography of The Beatles)
Duff Wilson
(on the death of Kurt Cobain)
Martin Creasy
(author of The Real Story Of The Beatles Tours 1963 - 1965)
Detective Cloyd Steiger
(author of Homicide: The View Inside The Yellow Tape)
Ray Connolly
(wrote Being Elvis)
Jerry Hopkins
(co-author of No One Here Gets Out Alive)
Ann Moses
(author of Meow! My Groovy Life With Tiger Beat's Teen Idols)
Robert Greenfield
(toured with and wrote three books about The Rolling Stones)
Patricia Gallo-Stenman
(author of Diary Of A Beatlemaniac)
Ellen Sander
(Trips: Rock Life in the Sixties)
Marti Edwards
(author of 16 in '64)
Terry Crain
(NEMS And The Business Of Selling Beatles Merchandise In The U.S. 1964 - 1966)
Mike Greenblatt
(Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back To Yasgur's Farm)
Ed Wincentsen
(author of
Images Of Jim Morrison)
Holly George-Warren
(Janis: Her Life And Music)
Danny Sugarman
(author of No One Here Gets Out Alive
Jeff Finn
(Before The End: Searching For Jim Morrison)
Ronnie Rush
(Life Of A Roadie: The Gypsy In Me)
Terry Crain
The Business Of Selling Beatles Merchandise
Larry Buchanan
*Director Of Beyond The Doors)
Ken Womack
(author of John Lennon: The Last Days In The Life)
Bill Griggs
(Buddy Holly's Death: Foul Play Or Horse Play?)
Mandy Aftel
(Author of Death Of A Rolling Stone: The Brian Jones Story)
Ken Davidoff
(The Miami Pop Festival Book A Photographic Experience)
Joel Miller
(author of Life Of A Roadie)
John Byner
(author of Five Minutes Mr. Byner)
Gary Hustwit
(author of Releasing An Independent Record)
Louise Poynton
(author of Cherish David Cassidy - A Legacy Of Love)
Ryan Cassidy
(Author of the book James Cagney Was My Babysitter)
Dan Richter
(Author of the book The Dream Is Over: London In The '60s, Heroin And John And Yoko)
Greg Kading
(Former LPAP detective who investigated the murders of Rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls)
Johnny Ray Miller
(Author of the book When We're Singin': The Partridge Family And Their Music
Jim Berkenstadt
(The Rock And Roll Detective)
 
 
 
 
Jim Sullivan
(Author of the book
Backstage And Beyond)
 
 
 
 


Musicians and Songwriters
Hal Blaine
(session drummer)
Les Paul
(guitar legend)
Jim Weatherly
(wrote Midnight Train To Georgia)
Duane Hitchings
(co-wrote Do You Think I'm Sexy)
Jimmy Sturr
(The Polka King)
Rick Schell
(Syracuse musician)
Elliott Murphy
(The Last of the Rock Stars)
Don Black
(wrote To Sir With Love)
Wayne Kramer
(Of The MC5)
L. Russell Brown
(wrote Tie A Yellow Ribbon)
Henry Mancini
(Romeo and Juliet)
Neal Smith
(Flying Tiger)
Wayne Carson
(wrote Always On My Mind)
Carmine Appice
(rock drummer)
Tony Hatch
(wrote Downtown)
Chris Spedding
(studio musician)
Ronnie Montrose
(rock guitarist)
Bandaloni
(one man band)
Robert Tepper
(No Easy Way Out)
Jean-Luc Ponty
(Cosmic Messenger)
Bruce Sudano
("It's Her Wedding Day")
Charlie McCoy
(super session musician)
Simon Kirke
(Filling The Void)
Norbert Putnam
(Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
Larry O'Brien
(The Glenn Miller Orchestra)
Jaimie St. James
(Black 'n' Blue)
Yngwie Malmsteen
(Rising Force)
Cynthia Weil
(wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
Jennifer Batten
(Michael Jackson's guitarist)
Rob Stoner
(Bob Dylan's former bassist)
Parkside Drive
(Premier Wedding Band)
Jay Boy Adams
(The Shoe Box)
Broken Nails
(Montreal's hottest band)
Tom Paxton
(wrote "Bottle Of Wine")
James Hunter
(People Gonna Talk)
Robert Fortune
(Rock guitarist)
Steve Wariner
(Two Teardrops)
Caroline Kole
(Money To Me)
Firehouse
(Love Of A Lifetime)
A.J. Croce
(That's Me In The Bar)
Bobby Keys
(session sax player)
Big Jay McNeely
("The Deacon's Hop")
Honey Voshell
(America's Honeycombs)
Tony Macauley
(wrote "Build Me Up Buttercup")
Lonestar
("Amazed")
Wale
('70s New York Group)
Galt Mac Dermot
(Wrote "Hair" and "Aquarius")
Dar Williams
(In The Time Of Gods)
G. E. Smith
(Musical Director for
Saturday Night Live!)
Chuck Leavell
(Rolling Stone's pianist)
The Shana Stack Band
("Pleasure And Pain")
Butch Patrick
(Eddie And The Monsters)
Doreen Taylor
("Magic")
Harry James Orchestra
(Band Leader Fred Radke)
Sister Sparrow And The Dirty Birds
("The Long Way")
Dallas Smith
("Tippin' Point")
Joshua Scott Jones
(formerly of Steel Magnolia)
Steve Hunter
("Tune Poems Live")
Electric Blonde
(Toronto Dance Band)
Erik Scott
("And The Earth Bleeds")
Will Lee
(bassist for The Fab Faux
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Nu-Blu
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Janiva Magness
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Sunny Sweeney
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Kristine W
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Ben Mauro
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Sean O'Loughlin
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Devin Bing
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Buzz Cason
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Location Of Incident
("Strong Without My Fears")
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Steve Douglas
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Aztec Two Step
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Mimi Farina
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Gary Link
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Bobby Hart
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Ricky Byrd
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David Rosenthal
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Carl Fischer
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Chuck Burgi
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Even Stevens
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Olivia Lane
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Randy Holden
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Mike Campbell
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Lucy Angel
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Jimmy Ryan
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Reverie Lane
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George Egosarian
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Jimmy Webb
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George Mahoney
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Andy Pratt
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David Werner
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Paul Shaffer
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Paul Robinson
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Kenny Aronoff
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JES
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Little Texas
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Allee Willis
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Shelly Peiken
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Jack Tempchin
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Collective Soul
("Shine")
Pat Bautz
(Session Musician/Audio Engineer
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Rick Cua
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Steve Cropper
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Micki Free
(Grammy Award winning guitarist)
David Bromberg
(singer/songwriter)
Jeff Coffey
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Rich Dart
(The Monkees touring drummer)
Rich Robinson
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Steve Morse
(Rock guitarist)
Mark Andes
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Ellen Shipley
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Stanley Sheldon
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Sandy Gennaro
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Lotus
("Nomad")
Marty Walsh
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Reggie McBride
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Del Casher
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Doug "Cosmo" Clifford
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Howard Fields
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Byron Metcalf
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Colleen Shannon
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Kiki Ebsen
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Elizabeth Lamers
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Kyle Vincent
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Voodoo Moonshine
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Richard Greene
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Scott Spray
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Dave Schulz
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Rhythm Syndicate
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Stacy Widelitz
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Dennis Lambert
(wrote dozens of hit songs)
The Dead Daisies
("Lock N' Load")
Joel Hoekstra
(guitarist for
Whitesnake, Foreigner, Cher)
Russ Ballard
(wrote "Liar", "You Can Do Magic")
 
 
Saxon
("Wheels Of Steel")
John Mahon
(Elton John's drummer / percussionist)
John De Nicola
(co-wrote "The Time Of My Life")
 
 


Appeared At The New York State Fair
Sha Na Na
('50s Tribute Group)
The Chantels
(Maybe)
The Righteous Brothers
(Unchained Melody)
Paul Revere
(Kicks)
The Monkees
(Daydream Believer)
The Cowsills
(The Rain, The Park,
And Other Things)
Jan And Dean
(Surf City)
The Tokens
(The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
Blood, Sweat And Tears
(founder Al Kooper)
America
(Sister Golden Hair)
Orleans
(Dance With Me)
Kansas
(Dust In The Wind)
KC and the Sunshine Band
(Shake Your Booty)
Boston
(More Than A Feeling)
Dawn
(Knock Three Times)
Grand Funk
(Bad Time)
The Alice Cooper Group
(School's Out)
Styx
(Show Me The Way)
Little River Band
(The Other Guy)
Alabama
(Love In The First Degree)
Herman's Hermits
(I'm Henry VIII I Am)
Donny Osmond
(Puppy Love)
Bobby Rydell
(Volare)
The Allman Brothers Band
(Ramblin' Man)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
(Sweet Home Alabama)
The Outlaws
(Ghost Riders In The Sky)
Gary Puckett
(Woman, Woman)
Chubby Checker
(The Twist)
Eddie Money
(Two Tickets To Paradise)
B.J. Thomas
(Hooked On A Feeling)
James Darren
(Goodbye Cruel World)
Ray Stevens
(The Streak)
? And The Mysterians
(96 Tears)
David Snowden
(CEO of Triangle Entertainment)
Rick Schell
(of Pure Prairie League)
David Gates
(The Goodbye Girl)
Captain and Tennille
(Love Will Keep Us Together)
Bobby Vinton
(Blue Velvet)
Poco
(Crazy Love)
Dallas Taylor
(CSN&Y Drummer)
Andy Williams
(Moon River)
Pat Boone
(Love Letters In The Sand)
Three Dog Night
(Joy To The World)
Dino, Desi and Billy
(I'm A Fool)
Marshall Tucker Band
(Heard It In A Love Song)
Bryan Adams
(Heaven)
Chicago
(Saturday In The Park)
The Temptations
(My Girl)
Bad Company
(Can't Get Enough)
David Cassidy
(I Think I Love You)
The Doobie Brothers
(Listen To The Music)
REO Speedwagon
(Keep On Loving You)
Christopher Cross
(Never Be The Same)
The Turtles
(Happy Together)
Tower Of Power
(So Very Hard To Go)
Hinder
(Use Me)
Eli Young Band
(Always the Love Songs)
Bandaloni
(one man band)
Steel Magnolia
(Keep On Lovin' You)
Jon Bon Jovi
(You Give Love A Bad Name)
Chicago
("Color My World")
Candy Coburn
(Pink Warrior)
 
 
Dave Mason
("We Just Disagree")
Steve Cropper
(Motown Guitarist)


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