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Read Full ArticleRadio legends Marco Collins and Pat O’Day team up for Top 20 countdown
By GENE STOUT Two Seattle radio legends of different eras – Marco Collins and Pat O’Day – team up at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28,…
Read Full ArticleRobert Landau’s new book: ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip’
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Seattle photographer Alex Crick is a frequent contributor to GeneStout.com. His specialty is music photography, and he has a flair for capturing the essence of…
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Read Full ArticleKristen Ward’s new single, ‘I Wanna Be,’ will be on her next album due Oct. 9
By GENE STOUT Kristen Ward’s new single is a winner. “I Wanna Be” is from the Seattle singer-songwriter’s upcoming full-length album, “Last Night on Division,…
Read Full ArticleAerosmith’s Joe Perry isn’t just a rocker, he’s a ‘doomsday prepper’
By GENE STOUT Like a lot of Americans in these perilous times, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry wonders about the end of the world. It has…
Read Full ArticleUpcoming Jimi Hendrix exhibit at EMP celebrates his early London experience
By GENE STOUT It’s hard to believe that Jimi Hendrix would have been 70 in November. He seems forever frozen in time as a 27-year-old…
Read Full ArticleLove him or hate him, pop icon Neil Diamond is still going strong at 71
By GENE STOUT You may have little use for Neil Diamond and his schmaltzy, can’t-get-’em-out-of-your-head pop and rock tunes. But at 71, the man is…
Read Full ArticlePhotos from Day One of Seattle’s 2012 Capitol Hill Block Party
The Capitol Hill Block Party, the city’s biggest indie music festival, began Friday, July 20, in the Capitol Hill business district. Seattle photographers Jim Bennett…
Read Full ArticleUpcoming ‘Tempest’ album will be a career milestone for Bob Dylan
By GENE STOUT Bob Dylan is marking his 50th anniversary as a recording artist with “Tempest,” a collection of 10 new original songs to be…
Read Full ArticleDuff McKagan and other highlights of the head-banging Mayhem Festival
By GENE STOUT Duff McKagan’s surprise performance with Motorhead was among the highlights of the 2012 Mayhem Festival, which played the White River Ampheatre Tuesday,…
Read Full ArticleCarson Henley celebrates his marathon ‘100 Hours’ with a CD release party
By GENE STOUT Seattle singer-songwriter Carson Henley compares the marathon recording session for his newly released album to “pulling an all-nighter before the big test.”…
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