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....I'm staff writer/music critic for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay (Florida). I also write a weekly column called Bar Tab. My past work has appeared in daily newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and national magazines like No Depression. Before joining Creative Loafing, I wrote for the Bradenton Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Creative Loafing back when it was Weekly Planet.Thanks to Google and my ample hubris, here's a list of some of the people I have interviewed over the years:Gregg Allman, Robert Altman, Ian Astbury (The Cult), Dave Attell, Tony Bennett, Chester Bennington (Linkin Park), Dierks Bentley, Solomon Burke, Chris Cagle, Glen Campbell, Chevy Chase, Les Claypool, Judy Collins, David Allan Coe, Alice Cooper, Chick Corea, Billy Crystal, Dick Dale, Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches), Iris DeMent, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Ani DiFranco, Ronny Elliott, Peter Falk, Tom Gabel (Against Me!) Henry Garza (Los Lonely Boys), Cee-Lo Green (Gnarls Barkley), Arlo Guthrie, Merle Haggard, Woody Harrelson, Have Gun Will Travel, Warren Haynes, Levon Helm (The Band), Werner Herzog, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Carl Hiaasen, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, Shooter Jennings, Norah Jones, Toby Keith, Kerry King (Slayer), Daniel Lanois, Amy Lee (Evanescence), William H. Macy, Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Little Milton, Liza Minnelli, Aaron Neville, Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Tegan Quin, Paul Reiser, Little Richard, Justin Sane (Anti-Flag), Fred Schneider (B-52's), Gene Simmons (Kiss), Ricky Skaggs, Slash, Percy Sledge, Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Susan Tedeschi, George Thorogood, Pam Tillis, Robert Towne, Derek Trucks, Ike Turner, Jerry Wexler, Ron White, Dar Williams, Hank Williams III, Gretchen Wilson, Johnny Winter, Lee Ann Womack... AC/DC singer Brian Johnson rolled me cigarettes while we shared my flask of Bushmills at an Ike Turner show. Willie Nelson walked off his tour bus and I was so bowled over by the smell of high-grade weed I nearly forgot to shake his hand. I sat at a table with Gary Busey at a Sarasota Film Festival party. That same night I almost brawled with Busey. I have more stories ...Myspace.com Blogs - BAR TAB: You are what you drink. The men’s edition. - Wade MySpace Blog
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