True-Life Rock Tales

    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 147

    Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, Part Two

    In Part One (Issue 146) Ken talked about his journey…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 135

    The Marrakesh Express and Other Journeys

    We walk into the control room and only record label…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 136

    The Newport / JVC Jazz Festival and “Technomania”

    It was 1996 when Bob Guccione was watching The Cable…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 137

    Superstar: The Long Tour

    Beginning in 1972, I was involved in the production of…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 138

    Elektra – My Record Company Gig

    We were starting to level off and the pilot said,…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 139

    Between Tours

    I am sitting in Trax, a music biz hangout club…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 140

    The Ramones, Early On

    It was a conference call from Linda Stein and Danny…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 141

    Back in the World

    It was the late summer of 1966, and I was…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 142

    The Alternative Coast (Back in the World, Part Two)

    Ken’s article, “Back in the World,” about events in 1966…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 143

    The Music Revolution

    In issue 141 and Issue 142 Ken wrote about his…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 144

    The Psychedelic Supermarket

    In issue 141, Issue 142 and Issue 143 Ken wrote about his late…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 145

    Whistling While You Work

    As I step off my elevator, I hear music coming…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 146

    Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

    For a variety of reasons, we left in the late…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 134

    Thanksgiving at the Fillmore East

    Halloween had just passed and now it was turning cold.…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 149

    The Hippies and the Freep, Part One

    The Los Angeles Free Press, AKA “The Freep,” was started…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 150

    The Two San Jose Festivals, 1969

    It turns out that there were two festivals in San…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 152

    Dangerfield’s

    Jim Kellem, a talent agent from CMA (Creative Management Associates)…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 154

    Tour Happenings

    Landing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was a curious relief. It…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 156

    Calling the Lubbock Lights

    We flew into Texas knowing we were in for a…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 158

    The Ups and Downs of Touring

    As the spring of 1971 turned into summer we continued…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 160

    Public-Access TV: A Perfect Soapbox

    I was not thinking about much; mostly I was just…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 163

    Public Access TV, Part Two: Ken Gets Pranked

    As time progressed, I added two more public access television…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 166

    Going to the Consumer Electronics Show: The Early Years

    The Cable Doctor Show started modestly as a live TV call-in…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 168

    More CES History, and Technomania

    In my early years of attending CES in the 1990s,…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 170

    Floating Over CES

    It was explained to me that Penthouse magazine would not be using…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 176

    Press Events and Junkets: Some Work, Some Play

    How does a manufacturer get their new product noticed? What…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 122

    Little Esther: Long Days With the Diva

    It’s 1977 and we are waiting on Doheny Drive in…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 109

    Ninety Minutes and Three Encores

    It’s New Year’s Eve in the mid-seventies. It’s after the…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 110

    I Love LA

    I sank into the plush soft leather seat and snapped…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 111

    Pond Hopping with the Stranglers

    The heat is coming on and the pipes are clanking.…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 113

    Labelle: Quality Time with the Girls

    In the rental car, the two Jims and I head…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 114

    More Time with War: Lasting Impact

    I am watching Midnight Blue on leased-access cable channel J. It is…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 115

    Nektar: Remember the Future

    Richard Halem from Creative Management Associates calls and asks me…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 116

    Images of the Past: On the Road with Nektar

    Things work out, I’m happy, I have the job as…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 117

    An Outgrowth of Hair

    The first time I met performer Susan Morse was in…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 118

    Peace Parade, the Protest, and J.C. Superstar

    In Issue 117 Ken talked about his involvement with the…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 119

    The Forty Thieves

    I’m sitting with my sister Ellen at an outdoor coffee…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 120

    Brother Louie

    “We quit!” Those are not the words I want to…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 121

    One Step Beyond and Going With the Go-Go’s

    The two Vietnamese gals that were hanging out backstage asked…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 106

    Kiss and Tell

    It’s the morning after the July 11, 1976 concert in…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 123

    Renaissance: Songs for All Seasons

    “Wrong Way Wicks,” Annie Haslam says to me. I had…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 124

    Split Enz: True Colours, Part One

    We drove our three rental cars up to the lobby…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 125

    Split Enz: True Colours, Part Two

    In Issue 124 Ken wrote about the beginning of the…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 126

    Johnny “Guitar” Watson: A Real Mother for Ya

    In 1980 I find myself working on another bus tour…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 127

    The End of a Hollywood Era

    In early summer 1969 I was living in Laurel Canyon…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 128

    The Stranglers Come Stateside

    I met them as they came off the plane at…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 129

    Wrestling With Rock and Roll

    In 1984 Ian Lloyd of the band Stories calls me…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 130

    Jefferson Airplane’s Scheduled Stop

    I had been back in New York for a few…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 131

    A Time in Peter Tosh’s Jamaica

    In speaking with Eppy, he mentioned that he was promoting…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 132

    Hitchhiking with Alice Cooper

    It was late 1968 when my friend, the late Barry…
    True-Life Rock TalesIssue 133

    Roye Albrighton: Nektar’s Diamond in the Rough

    [Editor’s Note: Ken previously wrote about progressive rock group Nektar…
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