Confessions of a Rock 'n' Rol Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview

Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview   is my memoir, the story of my rock radio-related early life and career wrapped around John Lennon’s final interview which I co-conducted for RKO Radio at the Dakota in New York back on December 8, 1980 mere hours before he was shot and killed!  I also wrote the incredibly well-received 3 hour RKO special that aired a mere 6 days after John’s assassination:  John Lennon - The Man, The Memory, as well as the 14 hour RKO Presents The Beatles - the longest Fab Four radio special ever created for the U.S.! It was syndicated shortly afterwards to be played all around the world, and we expanded it to 17 hours and changed the title to the original one I’d come up with - The Beatles From Liverpool to Legend!  It became especially popular in the UK !

I definitely wrote my book to attract tons of readers and create awareness of my rock radio related existence, which has always been important to me since as a toddler, I began living with a transistor radio in my ears to stay away from my dysfunctional family!  I tell my readers all about being a teenage runaway thanks to my violent, unfortunate family upbringing, as well as how Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll sent me up the road not only to John Lennon’s last day on the planet, but also to the tons of other incredible interviews I conducted for RKO - everyone from Paul McCartney and Wings to George Harrison, George Martin, The Ramones, Talking Heads, etc etc - plus plenty of others for Rock Magazine as well including Grace Slick and so many more! They're nearly all featured, described and quoted in my book!  

This year (2025) we’re approaching the 45th anniversary of Lennon's passing, which I still refer to as both the best and WORST day of my life…especially since right after our interview I was accosted, followed and bugged by the creep who turned out to be John Lennon’s killer - I’ve felt guilty for not reporting him to the Dakota security department or the police for the last nearly 45 years!  I NEVER say or print his name ever - especially not in my book !