Peter Stone Brown Archives Archives of musician and writer

Peter Stone Brown was a singer-songwriter and freelance writer. He was music editor for The Welcomat, and hosted radio shows on WXPN. He wrote for CounterPunch, American Songwriter and Bobdylan.com.

Peter Stone Brown Archives

Archives of musician and writer

Category: Interviews

12 Sep
Bob Dylan Interviews

Ginsberg on Idiot Wind

by Trev Gibb
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This is just part of the Ginsberg section in the book ‘NYC Babylon: From Beat To Punk’ by Victor Bockris, published by Omnibus Press. There...
12 Sep
Interviews Peter's Music Stories from Peter's life

A 2004 interview with Peter Stone Brown

by Trev Gibb
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Phillip Corder of TOSSM an online music magazine for independent musicians. Interviewed September 13, 2004  When did you begin your music career?  I didn’t start...
25 Aug
Bob Dylan Film Interviews Other Contributors

Trev Gibb interviews Larry Charles

by Trev Gibb
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In 2003 I spoke with Larry Charles on the telephone for what felt like several hours. At that time I set up a website called...
22 Aug
Artists Bob Dylan Interviews

Joni Mitchell on Bob Dylan through the years

by Trev Gibb
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Rolling Stone, July 26, 1979 Interviewer: When did you first meet Bob Dylan? The first official meeting was the Johnny Cash Show in 1969. We...
17 Aug
Artists Bob Dylan Featured Interviews Other Contributors

Bass legend Harvey Brooks on his memoir and 50 Years playing with Dylan, Miles Davis, The Doors and everybody else

by Trev Gibb
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Harvey Brooks is one of the great electric bassists. He’s played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Miles Davis. He was a founding member of...
16 Aug
Bob Dylan Interviews Other Contributors

Andrea Orlandi from Zeppelinfeld to the photo for ‘I Contain Multitudes’

by Trev Gibb
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Andrea Orlandi took the photo for the single release of “I Contain Multitudes” and features in the inner sleeve of the vinyl release of Rough...
29 Jul
Bob Dylan Interviews

Dylan Goes Electric, an interview with Elijah Wald

by Peter Stone Brown
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July 25th marks 50 years since Bob Dylan took the stage with an electric band at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. In that singular...
08 Jul
Artists Interviews Music

An interview with filmmaker Bob Sarles – Sweet Blues: A Film About Michael Bloomfield,

by Peter Stone Brown
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Bob Sarles is a San Francisco-based filmmaker who specializes in music documentaries. Readers have probably seen Bob Sarles films without realizing it. If you’ve watched...
06 Jul
American Songwriter Artists Interviews

Interview with Ray Benson (2013)

by Trev Gibb
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Ray Benson is best known as the leader of Asleep At The Wheel, America’s foremost exponents of Western Swing and the music of Bob Wills. Benson has...
21 Oct
Interviews

Interview: Ry Cooder, February 13, 1981

by Peter Stone Brown
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Interviews with musicians by Peter Stone Brown I was a Ry Cooder fan from the time I heard “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Rick Danko, December 21, 1977

by Peter Stone Brown
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I was a Rick Danko fan from the first note of the first song he sang on Music From Big Pink, “Caledonia Mission.”  There was...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Al Kooper, March 1994, WMMR Studios, PA.

by Peter Stone Brown
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This interview was done the last week of March in 1994 at what at the time, the studio of WMMR, once the number one FM...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Carl Perkins, October 31, 1978 at the Bijou Café, Philadelphia , PA.

by Peter Stone Brown
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Interviews with musicians by Peter Stone Brown Recorded on October 31, 1978 at the Bijou Café, Philadelphia , PA  This interview took place backstage at...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Fats Domino, November 9, 1978, Palumbo’s Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA.

by Peter Stone Brown
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Fats Domino, by Peter Stone Brown, November 9, 1978, Palumbo’s Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA. It was impossible to escape Fats Domino’s music growing up.  “Blueberry Hill,”...
22 Apr
Artists Interviews

Interview: John Lee Hooker, October 1977, at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA.

by Peter Stone Brown
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October 1977, at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA.   John Lee Hooker was one of my all-time favorite blues singers. This interview was done...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview with Professor Longhair (June 10th 1979)

by Peter Stone Brown
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Interview with Professor Longhair (June 10th 1979), by Peter Stone Brown Make no mistake about it, New Orleans R&B would not have been what it...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Arlo Guthrie, Summer of 1976, at the Temple Music Festival, Ambler, PA.

by Peter Stone Brown
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Interview with Arlo Guthrie by Peter Stone Brown, Summer of 1976, at the Temple Music Festival, Ambler, PA. Sometime during 1976 a friend got me...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: George Jones, August 1976, at Sunset Park, West Grove, PA

by Peter Stone Brown
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George Jones Interview, August 1976, at Sunset Park, West Grove, PA, by Peter Stone Brown George Jones to me is the greatest Country & Western...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview with Muddy Waters at the Temple Music Festival, Ambler, PA, July 31, 1978.

by Peter Stone Brown
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“Is there anything I would like to see or conquer?” An Interview with Muddy Waters at the Temple Music Festival, Ambler, PA, July 31, 1978....
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Levon Helm, March, 1981

by Peter Stone Brown
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Levon Helm March 6, 1981 This interview took place before a show at a now gone club Emerald City, which was just across the river...
22 Apr
Interviews

Interview: Hank Ballard at the Locust, Theater, Philadelphia, PA. February 23, 1980

by Peter Stone Brown
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(If you own the rights to this photo,please contact and we will be happy to make arrangements.) There was this company in Philadelphia called Sherjam...