By Steve Newton On August 20, 2001, I did my fourth interview with guitar legend Dickey Betts. The date can be seen as significant in a couple of ways, because it was one week before the first anniversary of former Allman Brothers bassist Allen Woody's suspected overdose death, and just 11 days after the bizarre … Continue reading Dickey Betts curses the “goddamn heroin” that took Allen Woody and opines the casualties of rock
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Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford helps turn Pink Floyd blue
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JAN. 25, 2001 By Steve Newton Most aging rock fans have a little Pink Floyd story to tell. Mine revolves around the last time I saw the British prog-rock kings—sans Roger Waters, sadly—playing at B.C. Place in 1994. We were sitting in one of the media booths, and an inebriated Ryan O’Neal … Continue reading Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford helps turn Pink Floyd blue