Comments on: Caught on Tape: Pete Townshend and Who’s Text

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:57:41 +0000

I love this series, please keep them coming.

As someone who poured over every detail in guitar magazies while growing up (Guitar Player, Guitar for the Practicing Musician, Guitar World, Guitar World Acoustic, Guitar Extra, Guitar School, etc.), and, truth be told, still do, I love these insights.

I wish I had been savvy enough at the time to realize that the articles in the magazines were mostly written by freelancers. I would have leapt in full force, since I was basically thinking/talking/writing about guitar full-time already, this would have been a natural.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:51:51 +0000

YES, please dig out the old tapes!

I always loved the way Gatemouth hated being called a “blues” musician, and would go into a rant about “American Music” in interviews.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:41 +0000

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:51:51 +0000

YES, please dig out the old tapes!

I always loved the way Gatemouth hated being called a “blues” musician, and would go into a rant about “American Music” in interviews.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:57:41 +0000

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:51:51 +0000

YES, please dig out the old tapes!

I always loved the way Gatemouth hated being called a “blues” musician, and would go into a rant about “American Music” in interviews.

By: mojo

mojo — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:02:16 +0000

this is brilliant. Great , great, great recycling vintage stuff into new content…you're inspiring me to dig up interviews (on bleeping microcassette tape, ugh) with now-passed-on blues dudes (Gatemouth, anyone?)…something I have not done it over the years for fear of hearing myself sound like an ig'nant dolt when talking to these guys…let alone hearing what the rest of the world will think of my then-raw interviewing skills, which are a little less raw 15-20 years on but not really broadcast-ready on the international blog stage.

How do you get over that “looking in the mirror fear” thing to do this?

By: Arend_Anton

Arend_Anton — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:55:20 +0000

Please tell me next week's column will be your interview with Nigel Tufnel from 1982.

I love the part about Ten Years After and Deep Purple.

PS: Squeaky tape recorder.

By: addictedtovinyl

addictedtovinyl — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:47:16 +0000

Great stuff Steven! I am looking forward now each and every week to your updates. Great addition to Popdose!