I got a nice write-up in Philadelphia's Jewish Exponent

I like being an "active adult" –– especially considering the alternative.

You can read the story beginning on page 16 of this online PDF.
Here's how it starts out...

Super Interview with Sigma Sound Studios' Joe Tarsia

Legendary recording engineer and Sigma Sound Studios founder Joe Tarsia sits down to talk about his decades-long career "behind the board" in the music industry - from his early days at Cameo Parkway Records, to his long-standing relationship with Gamble & Huff of Philadelphia International Records, and the creation of "The Sound of Philadelphia" featured on over 200 gold & platinum-selling records, including David Bowie's Young Americans.

Joe gives me a nice shout out around 23:00 in...

#TBT 1967 WHITEY NEEDS SHOCK

 

My story in The Daily Pennsylvanian. Full edition here (PDF).

How my version of 'Captain Jack' made Billy Joel a star

I spoke with Philadelphia Magazine's Victor Fiorillo two months ago about Billy Joel and me. His story is now online:

Billy Joel has released just one studio album in the past 20 years — a 2001 recording of his classical compositions that you’ve likely never heard. Yet when he takes the stage in Philadelphia on August 13th, he’ll do so at Citizens Bank Park in front of some 40,000 fans and play through his repertoire of modern American classics. He’s a true star, and one with a fiercely loyal following. But it wasn’t always that way.

Back in 1971, Joel was a no-name 22-year-old from Long Island. In November of that year, he released his first album, Cold Spring Harbor, which got virtually no attention or airplay.

Then one day in 1972, local music producer Dennis Wilen [photo], who had launched a live WMMR concert series from Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios, got wind of Joel during a visit to New York and invited him to do a show.

Continued @ PhillyMag.com....

Another relic: My Good God LP on Atlantic, 1972

This is the back cover, and there I am in the credits as producer.

I don't remember why I thanked Michael Cuscuna -- did he help hook me up at Atlantic?

Finally -- a copy of one of my Rolling Stone articles!

Finally, one of my RS articles has appeared online!

I wrote for Rolling Stone so long ago (1970!) that the stories have never been archived digitally, and I surely never had enough forethought to save hard copies.

But thanks to a new Facebook friend, one of old pieces has hit the Intert00bZ.

Hard to read, I know, but aren't we all!