San Diego’s music community has seen many talented musicians emerge over the past few years, but nothing compares to what’s going on with 16-year-old Cody Lovaas....
The story is, by now, a worn-out cliché. It even shows up on network television shows like Nashville: the influential elder statesman who helped establish a...
PART 2 The war years of 1941-1945 proved to be defining ones for Rose. Her brothers Fred and Cal were drafted in early 1942. A shell...
There’s no question that the Fab Four won the hearts of America’s teenage girls and became the band that everybody loves to love. They also reinvigorated...
Joe Cocker, the British blue-eyed soul singer who helped lead the second British music invasion — along with Cream, The Who, Small Faces, Rod Stewart, Led...
The first time I heard of Rose Maddox was about ’71 or ’72. I was working at an ice cream shop and employees took turns picking...
There is a special space that exists among musical kindred spirits. Within that space a bond is formed. When this happens on a live stage, the...
Big Jon Atkinson is a bad man. Not in the demented, hockey mask, and chainsaw kind of way. No, Mr. Atkinson is bad in a seriously...
It’s remarkable to consider how much esteem, respect, and awe is given to Hank Williams these days. To be sure, he is revered like few other...
