Production dispatches, cast announcements, interviews, and official updates on the feature-length documentary film.
The Cardinals are doing better than expected and I love it! Even though I haven't written any blogs for awhile, I have been making progress, raisinig money, collecting cool new photographs, working on a new trailer, setting up interviews with powerfull people, and writing my script. So, here's the latest: (more…)
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And others "step up" for the cause. Here's the latest on "Johnnie Be Good":Check out this link for a recent interview I did with show host Dave Glover on 97.1 in St. Louis about the Johnnie Johnson documentary. (more…)
Continue ReadingAsk and you may just receive. Here's the latest on JOHNNIE BE GOOD: I asked for help and Johnnie Johnson fans are responding. At my first fundraising concert back in July at the Argosy Casinio I asked for help raising completion funds. Several people are seriously stepping up. (more…)
Continue ReadingSuccessful event validates the mission. My first major fundraising event for JOHNNIE BE GOOD was a huge success and I'm very grateful for the response. After a week of doing radio and newspaper interviews to promote the event, I had no idea what to expect. In fact, several days before the event at the Argosy Casino in Alton, IL, Argosy marketing director Jim Fitzpatrick was worried about lagging ticket sales…
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From one keyboardist to another It's less than two hours before Bruce Hornsby's "Live on the Levee" riverfront performance in St. Louis. He sat down, clipped his microphone on, asked me if I was rolling, and then sang a quick tribute to Johnnie Johnson, one keyboard master saluting another.Hornsby thought enough of Johnnie to take part in a recording project in 2003. (more…)
Continue ReadingI feel smarter already. My east coast road trip continued in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I interviewed multi-faceted rock legend Al Kooper, who performed live and also recorded with Johnnie Johnson. Kooper IS rock and roll history. Regarding Johnnie Johnson, Kooper said, "Since "Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll" the big guys all knew who he was. The problem was we didn't know what had become of him, we didn't know if…
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