Email Author Jonny Whiteside

2010 Stories by Jonny Whiteside

• DREAM-A PRIMA?

  published December 9, 2010

  In the tradition-bearing musical scions department, it's often a case of hit and miss -- just compare Frank Jr. to Hank Jr. and the vast artistic... More >>

• A Whole Messa Bessie

  published December 2, 2010

  The groundbreaking song stylist Bessie Smith, universally acknowledged Empress of the Blues, has rarely been accorded the veneration and... More >>

• FOUR DAYS OF "MY WAY"

  published October 14, 2010

  When Francis Albert Sinatra kicked the bucket more than a decade ago, his departure left a yawning chasm in American pop that, despite the valiant... More >>

• A CAVALCADE OF BROKEN DREAMS

  published July 22, 2010

  For five decades, the stars upon on Hollywood Boulevard have been subjected to a steady diet of cigarette butts, shoe leather and, when the Reaper... More >>

• THE MOTHER OF ALL PICKERS

  published June 3, 2010

  Dan Crary , the masterly guitarist perhaps best known for his long stint with bluegrass provocateurs Berline, Crary & Hickman, has been... More >>

• DON'T SAY "SUNSET." DON'T SAY "JUNCTION."

  published May 20, 2010

  Ah, Silver Lake, that bumpy, peculiar quarter of sprawling Los Angeles. At one time or another, each of us has gotten lost there, made violent... More >>

• WHERE IS THAT DAMN RECIPE?

  published May 20, 2010

  Composer-arranger-producer-musician Jimmy Webb is one the Great American Songbook's all-time noble latter-day contributors. Like Burt Bacharach,... More >>

• FOREVER YOUNG (AND HOT!)

  published January 7, 2010

  The 75th anniversary of the king of rock & roll's birth has seen a more than a few commemorative cash-ins -- the release of a splendid new four-CD... More >>