I happened to see some lame sitcom star sing the most flat, un-emotional, boring National Anthem you can imagine before the World Series the other night and it got me thinking about the greatest National Anthem ever and the one that was most appropriate to its event — the NBA All Star Game. I think […]
What a nice story in Sunday’s New York Times Vows section celebrating the wedding of Evan Wolfson and Cheng He. The article rightly describes Evan, as “widely considered to be a key architect of the movement to legalize same-sex marriage.” He’s also a Pittsburgh homeboy and family friend. I’m sure that like all history, the […]
Jerry West was one of the first dozen or so old school NBA legends I interviewed for Slam, in 1997. I was struck by his intensity and his harsh assessment of his own legendary career, as having been “on the tragic end of things.” is single championship seemed to almost torment him, a reminder of the […]
Well, this was sure a fun gig. Even got to go hang out with my dear friend Art Rummler and his family for a couple of days. Originally posted on guitarworld.com. The third installment of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival offered up soaring highs—and a few stumbles. GW checks in with Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks, […]
I wrote last week about the off-the-hook San Francisco Big In China launch party at the Hi-Dive, where we had an epic jam with the great Mark Karan (Ratdog, The Other Ones) on guitar. I promised more video then and here is another… this one featuring Norman Bradford on lead vocals. Man, this was a […]
Rebecca cringed, but still I promote. This is a classic “hometown girls does good” story in yesterday’s Bay City Times. She just has to get more used to some public acclaim. I am going to work with her on getting a better headshot, though. I don’t think that one does her justice. To that end, I am […]