Archive - Tony Fletcher, Wordsmith

Spending time in London and Brighton with Dennis Morris, Jenny Saville, Leigh Bowery!, Emily Kam Kngwarray, Edward Burra and the early Mod Stylists.

Aug 21 •

"Keith would have us drinking as soon as we opened our eyes."

From my Keith Moon biography interview archives: Howard Kaylan (of The Turtles/Flo & Eddie) on 200 Motels, Frank Zappa, and life in LA with Moon, Ringo…

Aug 17 •

The Who Take on US and Win, 1967-69

Episode 19 of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast looks at the three tumultuous years that established The Who as rock stars in America, and may have also…

Aug 14 •

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Holiday Repost: My Bill Nelson interview from 1979

An interview with an enigma.

Aug 10 •

Holiday Repost: How I find "new" music

And how you can as well.

Aug 7 •

Holiday Repost: John Entwistle on how "I wasted my whole career on The Who. "

My 1996 interview with The Ox concludes explosively. Part 3 of 3.

Aug 3 •

July 2025

Tonight, I'm a rock 'n' roll star.

Impersonating Oasis. And other fond stories (morning glory).

Jul 31 •

Missing the Start Line

Not being where I would usually be. Being where I need to be.

Jul 27 •

Wordsmith Turns Two, and celebrates with lots of Words

Featuring Orbital at the Limelight in 1992 and tons more pop culture commentary, recommendations, and observations. Plus: We need to talk Substack.

Jul 24 •

"Let's Do Drugs"

...And other top pop hit takeaways from a life-affirming weekend of live music.

Jul 20 •

"Forgotten" Hammond Heroes

The known B-3 players behind the lesser-known combos Steam Packet, Soul Survival and Santa Barbera Machine Head. Plus... Tim Mycroft?

Jul 17 •

How the Hammond was Born

The origin story of the organ that changed music.

Jul 12 •

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