Chapter 6: DJ-ing for Led Zeppelin Where is that Jimmy Page hiding anyway? After a mind-blowing Alice experience, which I flashback a little later, my next gig came from one of Bill’s main guys, Dave Furano, who had offered me some new work while at the Alice Show in Tucson. This time it was…
Chapter 5 Alice Cooper and Shep Gordon They Broke the Mold Making connections wasn’t exactly easy. Phoenix was a small desert town back then, but there was this incredible radio station called KDKB. They played Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, ELO, and broke Jerry Riopelle and Bruce Springsteen back when these acts were still new, and they…
Chapter 4: Go West, Young Man Getting a Job isn’t easy in this Business Coming of age in the 1960s, I could only dream of being part of the big music scenes that were happening in places like New York City and especially San Francisco. It was a new era of music, with brand-new acts…
Chapter 3: Ernie Banks “One Last Autograph” My brother Jimmy and I met Ernie Banks the same way I met Brian Piccolo. He would park his car across from Wrigley in the lot across from the fire station on Waveland Avenue. Ernie was an especially nice person and super friendly to kids. He was always…
Chapter 2 Brian Piccolo “You’re Definitely Buying Today” It’s a mystery to most people how concert artists get paid, or how any performer gets paid. I found out younger than most, but not through the music business. For me, it all started with collecting autographs as a kid in Chicago. Back then you could buy…
