The 1950s was a golden age for country music on television here on the West Coast. Along with Town Hall Party, which ran the whole decade...
Up until 1966 my connections with old-time blues had been mostly in collecting blues records and going to concerts and festivals. In the ’50s and ’60s...
I guess the first time I met Mike Seeger was at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. Up until that time country music for me was the...
We were recording on Sunset Boulevard, right across from a TV station. After we did three sides, the A&R man sent us out for some air....
Harold Darling opened the Sign of the Sun bookstore at Adams and College Ave. in San Diego sometime around 1960, catering to the students of San...
Note from the Editor: Lou Curtiss passed away on July 8 at the age of 79. The Troubadour will be rerunning selections of Lou’s column, Recordially,...
Note from the Editor: For those who don’t know, Lou Curtiss passed away on July 8 at the age of 79. The Troubadour will be rerunning...
Like many kids who grew up during the ‘50s, I guess I was attracted to (among other things) the Beat Movement. I read the books and...
Dearest Fred (continued), I guess I’m really trying to say that Leadbelly hated this brand and breed of a full-blooded imitator just about as bad as...
