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A dubious distinction at best, Grace Slick once told Freelancer Jim Esposito he was "like the weirdest guy I ever met." Based in Florida and then Los Angeles, Esposito was published in Creem, Circus, Rock Magazine, Zoo World and Oui when it was owned by Playboy.
A student of Gay Talese and Tom Wolfe’s New Journalism, Esposito wrote a number of insightful profiles, was known for his "on the scene" backstage reports, which often revealed a glimpse into an artist’s personality rarely seen otherwise. His low key approach opened up artists such as Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore and The Starship’s Grace Slick, who would not speak more than superficially to others.
Today Esposito is a widely read Fantasy Football correspondent for ffMastermind.com under the nom de plume Jimmy The Finger. In addition, Esposito operates several websites: the Rocking Rollover Leagues and www.readhighfliers.com, where readers can enjoy his Adventure Comedy, High Fliers, originally serialized in Flash magazine.
List of articles in the library by artist
Bachman Turner Overdrive: The Band That Laughs Last...
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, October 1974
Bachman Turner Overdrive : Randy Bachman: Guess Who's Back Pages
Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, February 1974
Elvin Bishop: The Bourbon Street Irregulars
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, unpublished, April 1975
Black Sabbath: Volume 4
Review by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, November 1972
Alice Cooper: Alice's New Snake – Yvonne Likes Her Work
Profile by Jim Esposito, Rock Magazine, July 1972
Alice Cooper: The Mystery Tits
Report by Jim Esposito, Oui, June 1974
Deep Purple: So Dreadfully Hot Here In The Colonies
Report by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, December 1972
Peter Frampton : Humble Pie: Street Rats; Peter Frampton: Frampton (both A&M)
Review by Jim Esposito, Creem, August 1975
Guess Who, The : Randy Bachman: Guess Who's Back Pages
Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, February 1974
Howlin' Wolf: All The Man Wants To Do Is Sing The Blues
Report by Jim Esposito, Gainesville Sun, September 1974
Humble Pie: Street Rats; Peter Frampton: Frampton (both A&M)
Review by Jim Esposito, Creem, August 1975
Humble Pie: Steve Marriott's Bad Old Days
Interview by Jim Esposito, Creem, May 1975
Jefferson Airplane : Grace Slick Interviewed: Grass, Acid And The Starship
Interview by Jim Esposito, Oui, February 1977
Jefferson Starship: Slow Orbiting
Interview by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, December 1974
Jefferson Starship: Take Me To Your Leader
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Creem, September 1975
Lynyrd Skynyrd : AUDIO: Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant (1974)
Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock's Backpages Audio, 1974
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The 100 Proof Blues
Report by Jim Esposito, Creem, October 1975
Bob Seger: Live at the Highway 5 Screen (Air-Conditioned) Drive-In Movie Theater
Report by Jim Esposito, Zoo World, July 1973
Donna Summer: The Great Rocking Orgasmic Renaissance of AM Radio List of genre pieces Mardi Gras: The Complete Mardi Gras Primer
Special Feature by Jim Esposito, Oui, September 1976
Guide by Jim Esposito,
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