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
Category: 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,
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
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
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.
Sweet City Woman: The Stampeders’ Rock & Roll Dream
The Stampeders spent years struggling in a little town in western Canada before becoming one of the country’s biggest bands and scoring a major worldwide hit with “Sweet City Woman.”
