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Category: Musician Interviews

August 1, 1975 Musician Interviews

An Interview with the Righteous Brothers

(Bill Medley and the late Bobby Hatfield talk about Phil Spector, their early hits, and their reunion in my 1975

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June 21, 1975 Musician Interviews

Tom Waits Interview: The Beats Go On

Originally published in Melody Maker, June 21, 1975 and featured in Tom Waits on Tom Waits (Chicago Review Press, 2012) NEW YORK—Looking as if he

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May 21, 1975 Musician Interviews

The Lettermen: ‘We’ve Got Our Audience Pegged’

“People don’t smoke pot at our concerts,” says the Lettermen’s Tony Butala. “They’re usually with dates and, at least outwardly,

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May 7, 1975 Musician Interviews

An Interview with Motown Great Johnny Bristol

“I consider myself a versatile writer,” says Johnny Bristol, on the phone from L.A. “And if there’s 10 different kinds

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December 12, 1974 Musician Interviews

An Interview with Tommy James: I Think I’m All Grown Now

Reclining in a chair regal enough for a man who has sold 35 million records, Tommy James seems relaxed and

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November 7, 1974 Musician Interviews

Nektar’s Dream: Food for Five Senses

Outside St. Louis’s Ambassador Theater, throngs of teenagers approach the ticket window where, one by one, they are waved away.

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