On Thursday night, May 3, for the first time in years, a rock event occurred at the venerated Sausalito studio, The Plant.

Friday, April 27, KRTY (95.3 FM) will mark 20 years in the Country Format. We are celebrating the anniversary all summer long, but this special day kicks off with a morning show broadcast featuring many of the former employees and country stars from the past 20 years.

For me, it's been an on-going challenge to appreciate some of the venues my band has played. But I've come to realize: every venue has something different to offer, something unique and all its own.

I have never had a good reason to catch a show at the Hemlock Tavern on Polk Street. I have always envisioned the Hemlock as a crummy dive bar with bad sound that showcased a never-ending parade of way-too-loud, lame, amateur rock bands.

If you want to have some fun, groove to the music of your favorite bands, and not spend a ton of money, check out some of the great tribute bands playing around the Bay Area.

In S.F. Bay Area music scene of the '90s, Fungo Mungo was one of those rare bands that could play anywhere with anyone, sell out the house, and leave the crowd screaming for more.

Well, here I sit, wondering if the time has come to hire a manager, a hard-working booking agent, a publicist, or just all of the above? Heck, yes!

I wanted to write about my old friend Bill Cutler, one of San Francisco's hidden treasures. People in the music industry know Bill quite well, as a producer, a songwriter, a recording artist, and a frontman for numerous rock bands.

Saturday is always the busiest, craziest day at the National Association of Music Merchants convention (fondly known as "NAMM"), held in Anaheim every January. Keeping up with a schedule is a bit like running a Grand Prix in the middle of rush hour traffic.

Many people think the lifestyle of our stars is one of great perks, fun, and frivolity. The truth is that the lifestyle is mostly boring. We often joke with our country artists that they don't get paid to perform -- they get paid for the other 23 hours a day.