Beat the Beatles

June 5, 2017 Kyle K. Mann 0

As we celebrate, incredibly to many of us, the 50th anniversary of the release of the iconic Sgt. Peppers album, this June 2017, let’s take a step back from the point of view of a 60s survivor who is now IN his 60s. I was 12 years old at the […]

GonzoFest 2016 Preview: Fly Golden Eagle

April 12, 2016 Kidman J. Williams 0

By: Kidman J. Williams Fly Golden Eagle is the kind of band that most garage bands aspire to be. They have a unique expression and tone. The band’s lead man Ben Trimble is an anomaly himself. He was raised in hard rocking, Motown filled Detroit with his Kentucky religious roots […]

The Shea Stadium show, Aug. 15, 1965

August 16, 2015 Gonzo Today 0

Artwork copyright Joey Feldman The Beatles staged their second concert tour of the United States in the late summer of 1965. At the peak of American Beatlemania, they played a mixture of outdoor stadiums and indoor arenas, with two historic stops on this venture. The Shea Stadium concert on August […]

Glyn Johns Pens Book on Recording Rock Greats

December 20, 2014 Gonzo Today 0

By LARRY ROHTER DEC. 19, 2014, N.Y. Times After disembarking from a Los Angeles to London flight in February 1969, the recording engineer and producer Glyn Johns went straight to a studio to work with the Beatles on the album that became “Abbey Road.” That was followed by an all-night […]