What does it say about the Beatles’ seemingly bottomless well of inspiration that their most creative and cohesive album, full of dash, daring, musical innovation and a brilliant explosion of unexpected colors, came packaged in an austere, black and white jacket with...
(From the book I Need to Know: The Lost Music Interviews, St. Petersburg Press.) Bo lived in the country, not far from the Gainesville city limits. I first met him in the early ‘80s, and over the years, I’d check in with him to write this or that story for the...
Fifteen of Rodney Crowell’s songs have hit Number One on the country music chart, from a wide spectrum of recording artists who knew a good tune when they heard it. Just five of those were Crowell’s own recordings, but they all came from a single album,...
The second volume in Bill DeYoung’s Vintage St. Pete series is, like its predecessor, a look at local history through a decidedly different lens. Written in a breezy, entertaining style, Vintage St. Pete Volume II: Legends, Locations, Lifestyles brings together 22...
In the 45 years he operated the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, Ralph Heath had been nipped by thousands of birds. Any traumatized wild animal will lash out, of course, and since Heath had performed emergency surgery on broken wings, legs and beaks, from tiny songbirds to...
Time it was, and what a time it was. “The Wino and I Know”: “Last Evening”: “Honky Tonk Blues”: “The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint”: “Jolly Roger”: “This Hotel...
