On Tuesday I was lucky enough to see the very first 50th anniversary tribute performance of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo at The Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It was Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman from The Byrds and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives as backing band. It’s a partnership that […]
Read MoreLove Has Found Me Somehow
On March 26, I, Lance Davis, joined Sarah Espinoza in matrimony. It was a lovely, understated ceremony at the Urban Light installation in front of LACMA (LA County Museum of Art). Urban Light was one of the first places Sarah and I went to on a date because it features 200 street lamps from […]
Read MoreThe Roots of Keith Richards
I recently finished Keith Richards‘ autobiography, Life (2010), and I don’t know why, but I was surprised at the pathos, honesty, insight, and sense of history. The Rolling Stones have turned into a corporate-sponsored pirate ship, so I think I internalized my disappointment in what their legacy had become. I put off reading Life […]
Read MoreJay Farrar & 8-Track Heavana
Did you know that Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt fame published a book last year? Falling Cars And Junkyard Dogs was issued by indie Soft Skull Press and while it’s autobiographical, it’s not a straight linear narrative. In fact, there’s not much narrative at all. It’s autobio through a series of vignettes […]
Read MoreClarence White: Bringing It All Back Home: 1973
“Dry your eyes and stand up straight Bugler’s got a place at the Pearly Gates Say goodbye sugar Oh, say goodbye” And so we come to the final year of Clarence White’s life and the eleventh and final (for now) chapter of my Adios Loungeography. I’ve put off this part of his bio for as […]
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