There are people (people I know) who keep asking me the same question. “Why,” they ask me, “is the price of your new book so Continue Reading
Michael
The night I scared David Bowie
1974 I think it was. The Montreal Forum. And David Bowie was performing his Diamond Dogs show. There are two things I vividly remember about Continue Reading
Two legends
The two legends in that photo? Thanks to one, I became aware of the other. I first heard of Jimi Hendrix—and this is a bit Continue Reading
We’ve reached peak guitar
As I sit back and wait for my seventies rock novel to go live on Amazon, https://tinyurl.com/yuvszywj And as I reflect on those glory days, Continue Reading
Stabb
Who’s your favourite rock guitarist? Jimi Hendrix? Jeff Beck? Stabb Bell? Wait a second… Who’s Stabb Bell? Stabb Bell played lead guitar for the 1970s Continue Reading
It must be done
The experts tell me this is the most important of tasks. They tell me there’s no choice. I’ve got to do it. Me, I’d rather Continue Reading
What Jimmy Heath told me about Charlie Parker
In the late seventies, my cousin and I, along with a gang of jazz aficionados, began frequenting a Montreal spot called The Rising Sun. Into Continue Reading
A recurring dream
Persistence is key. Unflagging devotion. Stiff-upper-lipped, hardheaded goddamn doggedness. That’s what an author needs in order to no, not finish a book, but instead, to Continue Reading
Tools of the trade
They say Edgar Allan Poe wrote on parchment paper, and then pasted the sheets together to make a scroll. That seems messy, and tedious, to Continue Reading
You can’t handle rejection!
Man, I thought writing the book was the hard part. But eight weeks after starting in on it, I finally completed my query letter. Sent Continue Reading