Truth be told, when it comes to Lester Bangs – and I don’t think I’m alone here – I just can’t get enough. That’s why weathering through footage of Eric Clapton is worth it in this clip. That and the fact that he looks more like Richard Thompson (who would have been preferable) and is more tolerable when he’s high, which it looks like he is here. Ironically, this is the subject Lester hits on during his time on-screen. There has to be more video out there; footage that wouldn’t be taken down by WEA.
Archive for May 7th, 2009
Lester Talks Over Clapton
Posted by A.C. Rhodes on May 7, 2009
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Mark Kemp On “Words On Words”
Posted by A.C. Rhodes on May 7, 2009
Just in time for these balmy, anodyne days of spring is this recently available interview with music journalist Mark Kemp discussing his book, “Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South.” Host, John Seigenthaler, a civil rights activist, journalist and founder of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt, had Mark as a guest on the Nashville public TV show “A Word On Words” in September of 2004.
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