For @al.com, wrote about an ‘almost famous’ Southern rock band’s connection to a classic Bob Seger hit. www.al.com/life/2025/06...

For @al.com, wrote about the rare Alabama-made guitars played by Southern rock icons and local legends www.al.com/life/2025/06...

For @al.com, wrote about a great unsung Muscle Shoals studio band, The FAME Gang. www.al.com/life/2025/06...

So cool to talk music with the great Nancy Wilson of Heart for @al.com www.al.com/life/2025/05...

Here's my May Pang interview for @al.com. We talked John Lennon, Beatles, David Bowie, May's great photography of John, and much more. www.al.com/life/2025/05...

Four years ago today, the great Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Hawkins passed on, Here's our 2019 @al.com feature on Roger. Was super cool to talk music with him. www.al.com/.../swampers....

Lucky me. Got to interview the great May Pang today. What a gal, what a life. We talked photography, Lennon, McCartney, Bowie, Jagger, Nillson, Oasis and much more. Interview will publish next week.

When British rock mag Kerrang published a “United States of Punk," they picked The Knockabouts to represent Alabama. For the first time, all the band's classic era recordings are being officially released. Wrote about it for @al.com. www.al.com/life/2025/05...

Enjoyed this NYT piece on how Japan's helped define the sound of popular music, from Jimi Hendrix's Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe guitar pedal to Kendrick Lamar's Roland 808 drum machine. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/t...

A new story I wrote for @al.com about The Neckbones, the first rock band signed to acclaimed blues label Fat Possum Records back in the '90s. The Mississippi band's guitarist, Alabama native Dave Boyer, also toured with blues legend R.L. Burnside. www.al.com/life/2025/05...

For SPIN, five years ago I wrote: How Entering Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Financially Impacts Artists. www.spin.com/2020/11/rock...

Jam-band fans annoyed by Phish's Rock Hall snub: Welcome to the world of hard-rock/metal fans.

For @al.com, wrote about 5 must-see up-and-coming bands this year at my hometown's signature local festival, Panoply. www.al.com/life/2025/04...

For @al.com, had a great chat with Tracii Guns about L.A. Guns, the '80s Los Angeles rock scene, Guns N' Roses, what's next and much more. www.al.com/life/2025/04...

For @al.com, great to hang with rap legend Too $hort , and chat about getting another vintage Cadillac like one on iconic "Born to Mack" album cover. www.al.com/life/2025/03...

With the SEC Basketball Tournament underway, for @al.com I put together a list of 15 famous singers and musicians who went to schools currently in the SEC. www.al.com/life/2025/03...

For @al.com, I wrote about how a ‘90s Southern rocker's road to redemption led him to Muscle Shoals. www.al.com/life/2025/03...

One of the stars of ABC/Hulu dating show "Muslim Matchmaker," Yasmin Elhady, grew up in my Alabama hometown. Had a great chat with Yasmin for @al.com. www.al.com/life/2025/02...

Super cool YouTube stuff for VH fans here 👇 youtube.com/@JamesTVega

For @al.com, wrote about unsung Muscle Shoals music great Junior Lowe, who died recently. Junior played on classic hits by Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Bobbie Gentry, and others. www.al.com/life/2025/02...

Ahead of SNL 50, I wrote the Katie Britt and Kate Hudson blurbs for @al.com's "Alabama’s most iconic Saturday Night Live moments" www.al.com/life/2025/02...

For @al.com, wrote about my top 10 underrated Led Zeppelin songs. Stuck to one song each from the band’s eight studio albums, '76 concert release “The Song Remains The Same,” and '82 outtakes collection “Coda." www.al.com/life/2025/02...

With the recent leaking of "Hawk Tuah Girl" Haliey Welch's first interview since her crypto scandal, wrote about her connection to Alabama for @al.com. I'm a fan. She's down to earth, funny, and has used her fame to help charities that help animals. www.al.com/life/2025/02...

For @al.com had a great chat with Warren Haynes about his new solo album/tour, Warren's time with the Allman Brothers, how Dickey Betts changed his life, jamming with Slash, and offers to join other big-name bands. www.al.com/life/2025/02...

The Fantastic Four movie trailer launch event today was held in my hometown. Pretty cool. Wrote about it for @al.com. www.al.com/life/2025/02...

Happy heavenly birthday to the great Jani Lane. Here's a deep dive I wrote in 2023 about Warrant and how Prince and Michael Jackson fit into the band's arc. www.al.com/life/2023/10...

My latest for @al.com: Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson on why he was left out of the band’s reunion. www.al.com/life/2025/01...

"All I Can Do Is Write About It": My top 5 underrated Lynyrd Skynyrd Songs www.al.com/life/2025/01...

Jay Mewes, of "Clerks" and "Mallrats" fame, talked with me about advice Carrie Fisher gave him, Kevin Smith films, Jay's current sober dad-life www.al.com/life/2024/12...

Spoke with Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr about his acoustic tour, playing Gary Rossington's iconic Gibson SG, filling in on lead guitar with The Black Crowes, carrying on after the death of Blackberry Smoke drummer Brit Turner www.al.com/life/2025/01...

Love classic rock? Meet your next favorite new band. www.al.com/life/2025/01...

For @al.com, I wrote about the time Whitesnake guitar legend John Sykes auditioned for Guns N' Roses. Sykes, whose death at age 65 was recently made public, is also known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Blue Murder and Tygers of Pan Tang. www.al.com/life/2025/01...

Ahead of this weekend's Grammys, for @al.com I wrote about how Duane Allman did a flute album way before André 3000. www.al.com/life/2025/01...

There's more to Sydney Thomas than meets the eye. For @aldotcom.bsky.social had a great chat with the viral Mike Tyson-Jake Paul ring card model. We talked about her experience at Tyson/Paul, her life as a @uofalabama.bsky.social student, her Mom's passing last year, more www.al.com/life/2024/11...

For @aldotcom.bsky.social, wrote about "The 9 best southern rock songs from the ‘90s" www.al.com/life/2024/11...

For @aldotcom.bsky.social, wrote about the new Janet Jackson approved Gap ad featuring an Alabama musician who just signed with the record label founded by Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson producer Dave Cobb. www.al.com/life/2024/11...

On the Allman Brothers classic Blue Sky, Duane Allman played the first guitar solo, and Dickey Betts played the second one. They harmonize in the transition between. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UToU...