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Steve Burgess

The late Steve Burgess founded and edited the legendary fanzine Dark Star.

If any of you know how to put us in touch with his estate, get in touch.

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Gene Clark: Zenmaster

Essay by Steve Burgess, Dark Star, June 1976

IN THE END they traded their tired wingsFor the resignation that living bringsAnd exchanged love's bright and fragile glowFor the glitter and the rougeAnd in ...

Gene Clark: Echoes: An Interview With Gene Clark

Interview by Steve Burgess, Dark Star, June 1977

WAY BACK THEN, in DARK STAR 3, I wheeled out something called "Gene Clark: Zenmaster", a highly personal crit of the myth-spinner himself, whose music ...

Randy California, Spirit: Spirit: From The Time Coast — Randy California Interviewed

Interview by Steve Burgess, Dark Star, June 1978

ONE OF THE problems that your average culture hero doesn't suffer from is trying to sleep nights, it's the days that get slept through 'cause ...

Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Richard and Linda Thompson: Richard Thompson: A New Light

Interview by Steve Burgess, Dark Star, December 1978

I HAVE THIS adrenaline-fueled, hyper-hallucinatory recall of the first time I saw Richard Thompson away from club stages and makeshift podiums in Hyde Park. He ...

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