Bought me a Stratocaster
put it in tune
I started singing with the “Devines.”
the next afternoon.
Became “Shayne and The Rebel Raiders.”
a real rockin’ band
But when we morphed to the Phantoms
we gained a lot more fans
While watching the Ken Burns documentary about Country Music a while back, I was very interested in the segment they did about Buck Owens because it brought back a lot of memories.
Back in the ’60s, I used to play
A couple of years ago, because so many unusual things have happened, I began writing an autobiography entitled Guitars & Radio & Wild Wild Women. Unfortunately, when I got around to the wild women part, it turns out that I … Read the rest
While trading Gordon Zlot stories with Tom Skinner the other day, he told me that when he first went to work at KZST in Santa Rosa, he was only 27. (shown on top with me) Unfortunately, when he arrived on … Read the rest
I work with some great people who run radio stations in the wine country, and every year around this time, we meet at Gordon Zlot’s place in Palm Springs for our annual, “Confab in the Desert.” (pictured on top)