Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever by Crockett Jim;Crockett Dara; & Dara Crockett

Author:Crockett, Jim;Crockett, Dara; & Dara Crockett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: guitar, music history
ISBN: 9781495025907
Publisher: Backbeat
Published: 2015-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

Steve Rosen with Frank Zappa in 1977 (Neil Zlozower)

So I did the interview with Jeff sometime around April or May of 1973. I met him at the Continental Hyatt House, the infamous Riot House on Sunset Boulevard, in L.A., where all the traveling rock bands stayed. Jeff was gracious and open and charming, and I was so nervous I could barely speak. In fact, I’d forgotten to hit “record” during one portion of the interview and when I realized it, I muttered a silent curse and truly felt my career was over before it even started. Jeff saw the mistake, gently chided me about it, and invited me to come back the next day. I did. We revisited the material, and I even brought along an all-maple ’73 Fender Strat I had for Jeff to look at. He loved the instrument, and I was about three seconds away from giving it to him.

I wrote the story and mailed it in. And then I received the letter from Crockett: “Dear Steve, The Beck interview is perfect! Here’s a check. I’ll send copies when it comes out. Has a good chance for a cover in Dec. or early ’74. I’m certainly interested in pieces on English rock guitarists. Either feed me queries or use your own excellent judgment. Keep in touch with other pieces.”

Holy God! Not only did he like it, but also it had a chance for a cover. And in December 1973 that’s what happened. Honestly, I was astonished. I thought it was a good story, I thought I had connected with the great guitarist, but you can never be sure.

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