I Got 1st First Prize For Prize Prick

When I heard that Rod Stewart was coming to town I got the name of his management company off the back of  an album cover and contacted the London office to request an interview. I phoned quite a few times over the course of a month. On each occasion—the same thing—I was asked to give […]

Bobby’s Ashes

I was feeling grateful recently that Bobby and I were speaking. It had been at least 15 years. Bobby’s wife, Melanie, found me on Facebook—making it possible for our connection. Bobby and I were catching up, both of us pleased to be connected again, and when we were wrapping our conversation, discussing a plan to […]

The Fabbest Beatle Encounter Ever

I was 10 and acting busy wiping down my new 20 gauge shotgun in the living room of our home in Cayce, SC when the Beatles made their historic appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. I had pulled the gun down from the rack purely as a diversion. I didn’t want my dad to see I was […]