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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 31, 20246 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 12, 20247 min read

The Photos Of Winnebago County

More July 4, 1979 shots taken by Stephen B Toon:

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Jul 8, 20241 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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Jul 5, 20244 min read

Surprising Shit I Did Not Know

I've had a lot more free time lately. My second book will be out in September, just in time for the season to start. I just finished...

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Jun 24, 20242 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 24, 20244 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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Jun 13, 20245 min read

I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me

I thought I would get a chance to get back here right after the schedule release, but it was not to be the case. That's OK, FAITHFUL...

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Jun 10, 20242 min read

Time Loves A Hero

I admit it, FAITHFUL READER. In the end I got caught up in the draft hype. Like everyone else I had myself convinced that we needed to...

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May 7, 20243 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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May 3, 20242 min read

Lightning, Then The Thunder

Yeah, the title is from the Imagine Dragons song. I've been doing this for almost thirty years now. You can only use so many Dead...

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Apr 18, 20244 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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Apr 5, 20243 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 24, 20245 min read

I've Been Wishing Out The Days

I mean, I might as well use the current JIC collage while I still can. If we jettison Bosa, I'll put Tomlinson in there. So the Super...

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Feb 23, 20242 min read

Look At The Things That I Write/Ooo, The Stories I Can Tell

An alternative shot from this Michael Ochs session appeared in Daisann McLane's famous Rolling Stone cover story on Cheap Trick from June...

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Feb 17, 20243 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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Feb 5, 20244 min read

We Are The Lightning Storm

I have a feeling I'm going to have take Joey Bosa out of the collage before long. Jim Harbaugh finally dropped his name today in one of...

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Feb 3, 20246 min read

How Jim Harbaugh Matters (Why The Chargers Need A Supercoach)

This one's been a long time coming, FAITHFUL READER. This was one shitty season to suffer through. I think I really lost faith after...

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Jan 26, 202410 min read

Tom's Rant, Pontiac 1979

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Jan 13, 20240 min read

The White Man Had The Schmaltz

Over the next couple of posts, I'll try to get into the connection between Cheap Trick, Queen, KISS, The Runaways, and AC/DC. The review...

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Jan 8, 20241 min read