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YOU’RE INVITED!Join me and fellow Rock Bottom Remainders bandmates–Scott Turow, Sam Barry, Ridley Pearson, James McBride and Roger McGuinn–for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit.com on Tuesday, June 18th from 2:00 -4:00 p.m.If you’re...
Always in mind, if rarely in tune

Always in mind, if rarely in tune

The band broke up.We hit the final chord. We heard sweet applause. And then, after 20 years together, we walked away.There was no fighting. No “musical differences.” You need to be musical to have musical differences.We were not really musical.We were...

THE FINAL SHOW: ROCK BOTTOM REMAINDERS

They’re authors by profession—but once a year, they abandon their books for instruments and become rock stars, complete with roadies, groupies, and a tour bus. This summer, however, The Rock Bottom Remainders, the all-author rock band featuring Mitch Albom, Stephen...

A Tribute to Frank McCourt

Over the weekend, I learned the sad news about Frank McCourt, a wonderful writer and a cherished friend, who died in New York at 78. Frank was the most impishly intelligent man I knew, a permanent twinkle of the eye, a guy who could drop obscure literary references...
Always in mind, if rarely in tune

I AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A HOUND DOG, RIGHT?

For years, I tried to hide it. If people asked, I denied the rumors. But sooner or later, like a moon through the clouds, your secrets emerge from darkness. And in a few days, mine will be exposed.

So I conferred with my people, my handlers, and they suggested, like Bill O’Reilly, it was best if I got out in front of this nasty business. So I will. Right here. I will confess it now.

I do Elvis.

Always in mind, if rarely in tune

BIT PART ISN’T BAD AT ROCK CEREMONIES

OK, I know, I’m a week late on this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing, but I have a good excuse: I was playing in the concert.No, not that concert. Not the six-hour, Saturday night blowout, which was broadcast around the world and featured rockers from all eras...