Dean Goodman – Page 2 – Music Journalist • Author • Ghostwriter

Jann Wenner’s Back Pages: Memoirs of a Rolling Stone Groupie

March 3, 2023March 14, 2023 tsar Bob Dylan, Bono, Jackie Onassis, Jann Wenner, magazine, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stone, Yoko Ono

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LIKE A ROLLING STONE
A Memoir
By Jann S. Wenner
Little, Brown & Co. $35 list; $17.50 at Target and on Amazon at review date.

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John Lennon: As remembered by Steven Tyler, Jimmy Iovine, Jann Wenner

December 8, 2022March 13, 2023 tsar 1980, Aerosmith, Beatles, Howard Cosell, Jann Wenner, Jimmy Iovine, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Steven Tyler, Yoko Ono

In December 2005, my boss asked me to write a story on the upcoming 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. I protested, as I always did when given an assignment, arguing that it was not news, that every day is a rock ‘n’ roll anniversary, and everything that can be said about Lennon has already been said a million different times.

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Who was the “Rosie” in AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie?

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 tsar AC/DC, Rose-Maree Carroll, Tasmania, Whole Lotta Rosie

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Rosie was a Tasmanian mountain woman who had started turning up at gigs — Clinton Walker, Highway to Hell.

She ain’t exactly pretty, ain’t exactly small.

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Book ’em, Bob. Dylan’s “Hawaii Five-O” cameo

December 31, 2021January 1, 2022 tsar Abraxas, Bob Dylan, CBS, Columbia, Hawaii Five-0, James MacArthur, New Morning, Santana

Bob Dylan helped solve a daring bank heist in 1973. Is there anything this man can’t do?

Dylan’s hitherto unheralded feat occurred in Hawaii, although he didn’t need to set foot in the Aloha State.

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Dinner with Eurythmics, Green Day in Beverly Hills

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 tsar Annie Lennox, ASCAP, David A. Stewart, Eurythmics, Green Day

Tuxedo time at the Beverly Hilton in 2006, hanging out by the pool knocking back as many free Jack & cokes as possible before heading into the ballroom to acknowledge the writers and publishers of ASCAP’s most-played songs of the year.

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Mucus, Mentos & Dylan: Notes from the Foo Fighters’ Storytellers taping

June 30, 2021July 1, 2021 tsar Bob Dylan, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Storytellers, VH1

I went to a bunch of Storytellers tapings during my career. Tom Petty, Kanye West and the Doors spring to mind. But perhaps the most fun was the Foo Fighters one (hey, that rhymes!)

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Paul McCartney vs. Me at the Grammys

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 tsar

(NOTE: I’m resurrecting posts from old MySpace account)

I’ve now had encounters with three out of four Beatles, thanks to Paul McCartney’s surprise visit to the press room at the Grammys on Sunday [February 8, 2009].

Music Television

Totally Gay For Slayer

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 tsar American Idol, Christ Illusion, Hollywood, Jimmy Kimmel, Slayer

[NOTE: I’m resurrecting old posts from my MySpace account. Remember when both MySpace and Kimmel were cool?]

Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel. Next week, Oprah? Almost eligible for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Slayer made their broadcast network TV debut Friday [January 19, 2007] in the windswept parking lot behind the Hollywood Boulevard studio that houses Kimmel’s show.

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John Fogerty – Born on the Bayou (in California)

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 tsar Albany, Berkeley, Born on the Bayou, Centerfield, Creedence Clearwater Revival, El Cerrito, Fortunate Son, John Fogerty, Lodi

Like a lot of people, I once assumed that John Fogerty really was “born on the bayou” somewhere in the Deep South. After all, that’s what he sang, and it also explained his gritty vocals.