In case you're wondering... I love music. All kinds of music, everything from Northern Soul to Australian rock, from sweet tender ballads to kick-ass rock and roll. In 1996, I signed up with Goldmine magazine, who gave me a chance to write articles about some of my favorite artists - and, in the process, learn more about these musicians and singers than I had ever learned before. I hope that you enjoy reading these articles as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Cover Stories

• Boston - The group whose debut album sold over 17 million copies and gave us hits like "More Than a Feeling", "Amanda" and "Don't Look Back."
• The Manhattan Transfer - The legendary jazz-pop quartet whose hits include "Operator," "Boy from New York City" and "Soul Food to Go."
• Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes - The lead singer of the Ronettes, her voice can be heard on such classic tracks as "Be My Baby", "Baby I Love You" and "Take Me Home Tonight," her duet with Eddie Money.
• The Drifters - The legendary R&B group whose lineage spans over 20 years of pop hits, including "There Goes My Baby", "Under the Boardwalk," "On Broadway," "Money Honey" and "Save the Last Dance For Me."
• WWVA Jamboree USA - For over 70 years, Wheeling's radio station WWVA has broadcast a live Saturday night country music show, the second-longest broadcast in radio history (after the Grand Ole Opry).
• Ed Ames and the Ames Brothers - The legendary Boston quartet, whose songs include "Sentimental Me," "You, You, You" and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane," along with Ed Ames' solo recordings, "My Cup Runneth Over" and "Try to Remember."
• The Vogues - The vocal group from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, whose hits included "You're The One," "5 O'Clock World" and "Turn Around, Look At Me."

Feature stories

• Earth, Wind and Fire - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group whose classic hits include "Shining Star," "That's the Way of the World," "Let's Groove" and "Got to Get You Into My Life."
• V-Discs - From 1943 to 1949, soldiers and sailors overseas received V-Discs of popular recordings, with many one-of-a-kind recordings that have never been heard anywhere else.
• Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - The well-known audiophile label, bringing the cleanest sound on records and CD's ever heard.
• Dragon - The popular Australian / New Zealand band of the 1970's and 1980's, who rocked Down Under with hits like "April Sun in Cuba," "Rain," "Are You Old Enough" and "Young Years."
• Goanna - A folk group from Australia that actually made a difference, whether it included the return of land to tribal ownership, or bringing to light the horror of the Stolen Generation.
• Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff - The Philadelphia songwriting team who wrote and produced such hits as "Love Train," "If You Don't Know Me By Now," and "You'll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine)."
• Cris Williamson and Tret Fure - Cris Williamson was the voice behind the legendary women's album The Changer and the Changed, and this interview was conducted when she and Tret Fure had collaborated on several albums.
• Blotto - Anybody who ever lived in Albany, N.Y. knew of the party-rock band Blotto, whose hits included "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" and "Metal Head."
• Ray Stevens - One of the most famous country music comedians, whose songs included "The Streak," "Gitarzan," and the straight songs "Everything is Beautiful" and "Mr. Businessman."
• Dickie Goodman - The person who created "break-in" records, where he interviewed famous people and culled the responses from popular songs.
• C.W. McCall - The man who sold a zillion citizen's band radios, baesd on the strength of his major hit "Convoy."
• Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon - A rocker whose hits included "Palisades Park," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" and "Tallahassee Lassie."

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• "Weird Al" Yankovic - The legendary pop parodist whose hits included "Eat It," "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Another One Rides the Bus."
• Styx - The classic rock band of the 1970's, whose hits included "Come Sail Away," "Babe" and "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)."
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The first legend of turntablism, whose hits include "The Message," "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel," and "Freedom."
• Ruth Wallis - The queen of the "wicked ditties," the duchess of double-entendre songs, Ruth Wallis' naughty recordings are now part of an off-Broadway revue.

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• The Drifters - The legendary R&B group whose lineage spans over 20 years of pop hits, including "There Goes My Baby", "Under the Boardwalk," "On Broadway," "Money Honey" and "Save the Last Dance For Me."
• C.W. McCall - The man who sold a zillion citizen's band radios, baesd on the strength of his major hit "Convoy."
• Dragon - The popular Australian / New Zealand band of the 1970's and 1980's, who rocked Down Under with hits like "April Sun in Cuba," "Rain," "Are You Old Enough" and "Young Years."