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Pic #2--The One With Joan Jett
Thanks so much to everyone who has bought, read, reviewed, and commented on the book since its release on Sept. 3. This photo, taken at...
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Sep 11 min read
Table Of Contents, Intro, And Back Cover
Here's a few bits for those who asked before the book comes out on Tuesday. First is the back cover shot, by William Cormier from Utica...
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Aug 262 min read
Photo #1, 1976
Ken Voss of the Illinois Entertainer was kind enough to send me this ad for the 5/20/76 show at Haymakers. The photo itself was taken by...
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Aug 183 min read
The Cover: In All Its HD Glory
I promised I would post all the stuff I didn't get releases for to include in the book, but having finally seen the finished version I...
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Jul 316 min read
You Knew The Words To All Our Songs/You Stayed With Us All Night Long.
Photo by Jeffrey Mayer. You can buy it here. Yes, this is Jerry's "Alligator" Stratocaster, which he originally got from Graham Nash. If...
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Jul 127 min read
The Night They Drove Old Disco Down
Yes, it's 45 years since Disco Demolition Night. I know I could crop these articles to make them smaller, but the surrounding ads are too...
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Jul 81 min read
The Photos Of Winnebago County
More July 4, 1979 shots taken by Stephen B Toon:
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Jul 54 min read
45 Years Ago, Sweet Home Pecatonica
https://youtu.be/gen5YLRC01s?feature=shared 1979 was the year of Cheap Trick. By that I mean that they were seemingly everywhere and it...
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Jun 244 min read
Are You Ready, FLORRIDA? Sounds like Califfornia!
One of the most interesting (yet frustrating for the band itself) elements of Cheap Trick's story is that at the very moment when they...
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Jun 135 min read
Sounds like...Buffalo (and Rochester)
There are a lot of references to Western New York in my book. This was no accident. Rochester and Buffalo were early crowds that really...
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May 32 min read
About The Cover
On April 8, 1978 Cheap Trick played London's Roundhouse. Here they are captured by Andre Csillag onstage. A shot of Tom Petersson, shown...
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Apr 53 min read
Happy 58th, Mike McCready
Like Brian Kramp, my book features a guest foreword by a member of Pearl Jam. It's no secret that almost any band from the '80s and '90s...
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Feb 245 min read
What About Tom?
This shot is from 1980, I believe. Rick has the "Roadie" pin on his sweater he was wearing during this time. Bill O' Leary's photos...
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Feb 54 min read
Happy Belated Budokan Birthday (45 Years So Far)
As Bun E. Carlos has pointed out more than once in interviews, the band changed one word from the import version of Budokan in order to...
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Jan 22 min read
Got My Queen Records Out
So much of Cheap Trick's history is the result of the same stories being told over and over. Many of them are half-truths or outright...
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Dec 26, 20231 min read
Miami, August, 13, 1978
Cheap Trick's first trip to Florida, 1978. Of course, the following act at the same venue was the late, great, Jimmy Buffett.
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