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Bucks Burnett Is Implementing New Rules to Keep People from Ruining His Record Store's Good Vibes
It's hard to believe that one of Dallas’ smallest record stores happens to be run by one of the city’s biggest characters. Bucks Burnett has been in the business of buying and selling vintage records and memorabilia for over three decades. And at his current store, 14 Records, Burnett spares no expense to provide his customers with the best record-buying experience. “I have the least financial resources than any [record] store in Dallas-Fort Worth.
In 2007 I Attended the Led Zeppelin Reunion as a Guest of Jimmy Page's Ex-Wife
I found about about the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion when I received an email with "Led Zeppelin Reunion" in the subject header. I thought that it was spam or maybe a hallucination until I saw the sender’s name: Jimmy Page’s former spouse, Jimena Paratcha Page. “The band is getting together for a one-off concert in London on November 26," the email read. "Please keep this private as it won’t be announced until Wednesday. Let me know if you want tickets and passes.” This was in late September 2007.
My Run-Ins With Queen Guitarist Brian May
On July 13, 1973, I discovered my new favorite band, Queen, when I purchased its first album at Hit Records in Oak Cliff. For three months, Creem magazine had been reporting on the best new band from England, and I was willing to risk my $4 on its debut, especially when I saw the beautiful gold ink logo on the cover. It was converted to white ink only weeks later.
The Time I Visited Starck Club
Dallas is a town that has no ground set aside for the burial of ghosts, local legends and has-beens. There are no memorial statues for the ’80s cult figures, the ’60s underground garage bands that might’ve cut 45s or the ’70s lounge acts whose LPs still fill the boxes at your local Goodwill outlet. Remember Jerry Hitt? Larry Randall? I do. It’s a shame, really, as some of these Dallasites were fascinating characters for a brief few moments, weeks or years.
Namedropper: That Time I Played Guitar for Jimmy Page
When I saw Led Zeppelin in Dallas in early March 1975, during the Physical Graffiti tour, it started a chain of events that ended with the extremely unlikely photograph above. That’s me playing an acoustic guitar beside a snickering Jimmy Page, ten years later in Austin in March 1985. The song we’re playing is a Namedropper original called “Dirty Dog.” If you’re asking just how the hell I ended up playing that song to a legendary artist, don’t feel bad. Jimmy is probably curious, too.
Namedropper: I Gave Andy Warhol a Hot Check in 1985
His tombstone is unnerving in its stark simplicity. It bears his name, his birth date, and the date of his death: Feb. 22, 1987, 30 years ago this month. There's no list of accomplishments, nothing artsy or clever or ironic. That's all you get. Andy Warhol once said that he wanted his tombstone to be left blank, or for it to only say "figment." So Figment is the name of the live webcam broadcast of his gravesite, begun by the Warhol Museum in 2013.
"Sign My Petition to Ask Vanilla Ice To Play Trump's Inauguration"
I bought Vanilla Ice’s Mind Blowin’ from Blockbuster Music the day it came out on March 22, 1994. I gazed in awe at the cover, which showed Ice wearing dreadlocks and blowing smoke like a white Marley on a Harley. I hadn’t seen such a transformation since the Sgt. Pepper’s album cover in ’67. This was the new Deep Vanilla, and I was in for the ride.
Namedropper: A Beer With Mick Ronson 34 Years Ago Led Me Backstage at Austin City Limits Last Week
Bucks Burnett has met most of his music idols. In this monthly column he shares tales from the front lines and backstage. Last Wednesday, my plan was to go down to Austin, watch Alejandro Escovedo tape his fifth Austin City Limits performance, get interviews with him and his band and chat up the ACL publicists. But when your goal is to get backstage, nothing ever happens quite the way you plan. Once again, I got wrapped up in the barbed wire ballet of the backstage.
Namedropper: This is a True Story About Ray Charles' Teeth
Bucks Burnett has met most of his music idols. In this monthly column he shares tales from the front lines and backstage. I’m known for having numerous what-the-truck stories about unlikely encounters with the greatest heroes of the day. I used to have an ego about it. Who could blame me, when everyone dreams of meeting and befriending rock stars, and as a teenager it was already happening to me. At 17, I met Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell on the same damn day.
Bucks Burnett's Namedropper: How I Got Mr. Peppermint Together with Spalding Gray and Gibby Haynes
Bucks Burnett isn't a journalist. He's a namedropper. He may not have met every one of his music idols, but he's met 90 percent of them. And he's here to tell you all about it, however he sees fit, in his monthly music column, Namedropper. I was born in Dallas in October 1958, and a steady part of my early childhood ritual was watching Mr. Peppermint on TV. Peppermint, played by Dallasite Jerry Haynes, was the Dallas version of Mr. Rogers, only more colorful, in a peppermint-striped suit and hat.
How Bucks Burnett Sold a Sex Pistols 8-Track for $100 and Ruined the Industry
Bucks Burnett isn't a journalist. He's a namedropper. He may not have met every one of his music idols, but he's met 90 percent of them. And he's here to tell you all about it, however he sees fit, in his monthly music column, Namedropper. Never mind the bargain bins of my past, let's get to the sex scandals. This particular sex scandal involved me and a certain Dallas lady, Tami Thomsen. This it's not going where you think it's going. This is a Sex scandal.
How Bucks Burnett Got the Minus 5 to Record a Tribute to the Monkees' Michael Nesmith
Bucks Burnett isn't a journalist. He's a namedropper. He may not have met every one of his music idols, but he's met 90 percent of them. And he's here to tell you all about it, however he sees fit, in his monthly music column, Namedropper. Personally, this story might begin for me in 1985 when I lived with Small Faces bassist Ronnie Lane in Houston.
Bucks Burnett's Namedropper: How I Met Tiny Tim
Bucks Burnett isn't a journalist. He's a namedropper. He may not have met every one of his music idols, but he's met 90 percent of them. And he's here to tell you all about it, however he sees fit, is his monthly music column, Namedropper. There is no way to bring it back to life, that magic twist of night; the night I met Tiny Tim. It was 1982, September, I think.
Bucks Burnett's Namedropper: Reuniting Binky Phillips With Pete Townshend's Guitar
Bucks Burnett isn't a journalist. He's a namedropper. He may not have met every one of his music idols, but he's met 90 percent of them. And he's here to tell you all about it, however he sees fit. I love it when people say I have good stories about The Who. I’ve met everyone in the band except the late, great Keith Moon, and have enjoyed written correspondence with Pete Townshend and had several backstage encounters with him since 1982.
Introducing Bucks Burnett's New Behind-the-Scenes Music Column, Namedropper
Bucks Burnett isn't a journalist. He's a namedropper. He may not have met every one of his music idols, but he's met 90 percent of them. And he's here to tell you all about it, however he sees fit. I met my first rock star — Neal Smith, drummer for Alice Cooper, 1973 — at the age of 14. It warped me forever by making me believe I could meet all of my heroes. From that day on, I have dedicated my life to meeting, befriending or working with my favorite rock stars.
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