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About Me

Hello, i'm a rock music journalist and i was in the editorial board of a ITALIAN rock magazine IL MUCCHIO SELVAGGIO from the beginning, from 1977 to 1980. From December 1980 to 1993 i was editor of another rock music magazine here in Italy called ULTIMO BUSCADERO. As freelance journalist i wrote for several monthly rock music magazines and various fanzine including Happy Trails on 1973,Suono Stereo Hi-Fi (1977), Hi-Folks,Feedback, Appunti Nel Viaggio,Out of Time,Dynamo(1994),Satisfaction, etc,etc, Now i still write for another national monthly rock music magazine called JAM. I co-produced in the past also few records for an italian label (Club de Musique) and produced artists like Ghosthouse (from California)on 1993, Lee Fardon (London, England),etc.etc. I have been acting also as promoter for several concerts. I wrote few books ( you can see their covers in my profile and pictures into myspace ). I wrote a book about Ry Cooder,one about California (Rock Guide)and another one about New Orleans and Louisiana (Rock Guide). I have been working on several Rock music Enclyclopedia in the past always here in Italy. Every saturday morning i'm still doing a radio program called Night Moves on Radio Lupo Solitario in Italy ( in streaming www.radiolupo.it) I have done and still doing liner-notes for few records, etc.etc. Also : i'm a big records and CD'S collector, ETC,ETC,

My Interests

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I LIKE VERY MUCH: rock and roll,rockabilly,tex-mex,cajun music, zydeco music,country music,western-swing,surf music, americana, hillbilly, bluegrass,old time music, blues,jazz,southern-rock,rhythm and blues,soul,etc,etcsome of my heroes : Brian Wilson, Beach Boys, Box Tops, Young Rascals,Eric Burdon and the Animals, Dick Dale,Zachary Richard,Garland Jeffreys,Buckwheat Zydeco,Jimmy Lafave, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, David Lindley,Los Lobos,Doug Sahm, Little Feat, Allman Brothers band,Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Grace Slick,Van Morrison,Ben Vaughn,Donna the Buffalo,Bob Seger,John Hiatt, Willie Nelson, Willie DeVille, Jefferson Airplane, John Cipollina, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Spirit, Creedence Clearwater Revival,John Fogerty, Louis Prima,Ollabelle,The Monkees,Dan Hicks and his Hot licks, Desert Rose band,Procol Harum,Traffic, Stevie Winwood,Erik Moll,Cross Canadian Ragweed,Chris Gage,Robert Earl Keen Jr,Alejandro Escovedo,The Subdudes, Gary P.Nunn, Larry Joe Taylor, Dr. John, Billy Vera, Billy and the Beaters, The Band,Joe Camilleri, The Black Sorrows,Terry Allen, Joe Ely,Wavy Gravy,Chet Helms,Merl Saunders, The Neville Brothers,Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan,Sonny Landreth, all the west-coast rock groups of the sixties...and a thousand of other good musicians,solo artists and bands..

My Blog

Ben Vaughn - Juke Box Babe

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=7WVv2HrUtEU
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:26:00 GMT