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SHOWCO- Angus Wynne pt 1

The origin story from the last man standing: Dallas impresario Angus Wynne III, who met the late Jack Calmese in a made-for-Hollywood setting, a record store listening booth. Angus brilliantly coined the name, and together they incorporated Showco in 1965 as a talent booking company. Part one of two.

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Eric Clapton- Tell the Truth- Crossroads Guitar Fest Chicago 2007

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival came full circle in 2019 back to Dallas Texas where the first one was held ( Cotton Bowl 2004 ). Here’s a flashback to Eric Clapton and southpaw slide guitarist Doyle Bramhall II at the 2007  Chicago GuitarFest, combining like EC did with the late Duane Allman as Derek and the Dominos, on “Tell the Truth”.

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SHOWCO- Robin Magruder pt 1

The longest-serving ( and suffering! ) Showco employee who, in 29 years, rose from grunt to GM. Part one.

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Rolling Stones- Mixed Emotions- Toronto 9-3-89

When interviewing Keith Richards in early January 1989 ostensibly about his solo album Talk is Cheap,  I was repeatedly reminded by his delightful publicist Jane Rose not to ask about the 900 pound gorilla in the studio: the Rolling Stones,  and Richards’ long and very public estrangement from Mick Jagger then which had rendered the band […]

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AC/DC- Highway to Hell- Paris 1979

So many rock fans did not discover the original AC/DC lineup until their fifth album, Highway to Hell in Summer 1979, and therefore never got to see them fronted by lead singer/ lyricist Bon Scott who died barely seven months later. As we prepare for the fortieth anniversary of one of the greatest rock albums ever […]

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Paul McCartney- Back in the US pt 1

… from Paul McCartney to The Pope, we couldn’t help but both comment on the remarkable similarities in response that millions of attendees display at those two seemingly disparate gatherings. But as McCartney pulls into Dallas/ Ft.Worth this week to close yet another stadium erected by captains of industry to worship the twin towers of competition and capitalism, who dares try to convince the pilgrims filing in, ages eight to eighty with stars in their eyes and a song ( okay, three hundred songs ) in their hearts, that this isn’t a religious experience?

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Bad Company “Bad Company”- Dallas/ Ft. Worth 7-10-13

One of those odd quirks of rock trivia concerns the fact that the original Bad Company, a band synonymous with Seventies arena rock, never released a live album. The reformed band of Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, and Simon Kirke who toured in 2008 and a fortieth anniversary tour in 2013, though, had no such allergy […]