Bill DeYoung has interviewed a fuck ton of musicians during the course of a career that’s included stops at the Gainesville Sun (where he spent 20 years), Goldmine music magazine and occasional stories in CL Tampa Bay. Still, chats with icons like Tom Petty, Sir George Martin, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and more (including Bo Diddley, pictured with DeYoung above) have never been published in their entirety.
Not anymore.
I Need To Know: The Lost Music Interviews includes talks with the aforementioned plus more than a dozen others. A free book release and reading promises live music from pianist Jeremy Douglass, but it’ll also be a chance to rub elbows with music writers and fans from different eras and areas of the Bay area scene. Buy a copy there or call your local independent bookstore to see if it’s carrying the title.
I Need to Know: The Lost Music Interviews Book Launch w/Jeremy Douglass. Thurs. Aug. 22, 7 p.m. No cover. Studio@620, St. Petersburg. thestudioat620.org.
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This article appears in Aug 22-29, 2019.