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Sittin' & Thinkin' - Essay from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005
Reconsidering rock’s dark ages
One of pop music’s most beloved myths is the one about how the Beatles brought rock ‘n’ roll back from the dead. It goes something like this… Rock ‘n’ roll passed away on or about February 2, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in an Iowa plane crash. As legend [...]
Bound - Book Review from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005
From Every Stage: Images Of America’s Roots Music
Twenty years ago in a near-empty hotel bar in Columbus, Ohio, I nervously laid out 25 black-and-white prints in front a photojournalism god — a picture editor — who, for a bit of groveling and a cold beer, agreed to critique my incredible body of work. That portfolio had it all. Stunningly composed weather features. [...]
