What It Is – Is Swamp Music – Is What It Is
Overview by Jerry Wexler, Billboard, December 1969
AT DRUMMER Sammy Creason’s Halloween party in Memphis, his new boss, singer Tony Joe White, holds his breath to close his pores, removes a black widow ...

Etta James
Review and Interview by David Nathan, Billboard, December 1988
"SHOW BUSINESS became a lifestyle for me from the beginning," says legendary vocalist Etta James. "The road became my home – I was almost like a ...

Go-Betweens Aim To Strike Public Chord
Profile and Interview by Dave DiMartino, Billboard, January 1989
AT THE END of the day, what do good reviews really mean? In the case of the Go-Betweens, whose debut Capitol album 16 Lovers Lane came ...

Spirit of '69 Woodstock Alive At Falcon Ridge
Comment by Chris Smith, Billboard, August 1999
BLAME IT ON the heat. Blame it on poor security. Blame it on the cause/effect relationship between artist persona and audience behavior. Blame it on Joseph ...