Tony Leigh
Tony Leigh wrote for KRLA Beat in the mid-'60s.
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Every Mother's Son: Mind Expanding
Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 4 November 1967
NO ONE should want to stay the same; change is one of the most important parts of life. Being able to grow with new experiences ...
The Stone Poneys: Linda Leading Stone Poneys To Gold Water
Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 30 December 1967
THERE IS A new type of singing group at the forefront of the pop music industry — the group that is led by a female ...
Canned Heat: The Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 13 January 1968
CANNED HEAT, a blues oriented group that bases itself in the Los Angeles area, opened at the Troubadour to an enthusiastic audience. The response from ...
Grateful Dead: Live Sound Of The Grateful Dead
Profile by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 27 January 1968
ONE OF THE most influential groups to emerge from the musically prolific city of San Francisco is the Grateful Dead. Universally recognized as the leading ...
Canned Heat: Wailing With Canned Heat
Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 27 January 1968
CANNED HEAT plays the Blues. Not the Blues of the 1920s and '30s, but an extension of that sound, that era, brought up to date ...
Jay & the Techniques: "Our Music Is Family Music"
Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 10 February 1968
JAY AND THE Techniques know how to sell a song. Combining good rhythm with interesting catchy words, they have found themselves the proud owners of ...
Grateful Dead: Live Sound Of The Grateful Dead
Profile and Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 27 February 1968
ONE OF THE most influential groups to emerge from the musically prolific city of San Francisco is the Grateful Dead. Universally recognized as the leading ...
Jefferson Airplane: A Quiet Afternoon With The Airplane
Report and Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 9 March 1968
IT WAS A weird sort of afternoon. The Airplane were in Los Angeles, holed up at a motel on Franklin Blvd. in Hollywood. Their public ...
The Four Seasons, Frankie Valli: Frankie Valli: "We Still Light Candles"
Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 9 March 1968
LONGEVITY IN the entertainment world is a fleeting dream for most performers. A handful out of all the acts brought forth are able to sustain ...
Cream, The Electric Prunes, Steppenwolf: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 23 March 1968
SANTA MONICA — The audience was a show in themselves. Long satin dresses, ringlet curls, rahja jackets and brightly colored blouses dominated the scene. For ...
Richie Havens: The Troubador, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 23 March 1968
LOS ANGELES — For a long time Richie Havens only belonged to New York, now he will belong to everyone. Havens opened on the West ...
Georgie Fame: Pop Singer With A Jazz Orientation
Interview by Tony Leigh, KRLA Beat, 11 September 1968
GEORGIE FAME is not very well known in America — his appeal has been sporadic at best. In 1964, with the British wave his recording ...
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