About Penny Valladares
Grandma, writer, herbalist
Owner of the Backstage Cafe' Concert Catering Company 1979-90
Visit Penny's rock and roll stories website... http://www.rockandrollstories.info/
- Shine a light…
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Apr 18th, 2008
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Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring weather. I’m so glad it’s finally here. On April 4th, a ...
- A Little of This and A Little of That
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Mar 26th, 2008
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This week I thought I would follow through on some subjects I’ve mentioned before, giving you some updates and throwing ...
- The Police on Tour
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Feb 28th, 2008
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All the years I owned my concert catering company, I fed the Police and Sting close to a dozen times. ...
- Music on TV
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Feb 7th, 2008
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Well, the Super Bowl has come and gone once again. My husband thought it was a really exciting game, no ...
- Led Zeppelin Reunion Concert
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Jan 17th, 2008
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Once the holidays were over with and everything started getting back to normal, I realized I had let December slip ...
- Rolling Stone: Cover to Cover
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Dec 27th, 2007
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When I first laid my hands on the new Rolling Stone: Cover to Cover The First 40 Years, from Bondi ...
- The phenomenon of Hannah Montana
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Dec 7th, 2007
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This week I was thrown into the middle of Hannah Montana Mania. For those of you who don't know who ...
- The Music Industry … (Part III)
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Nov 28th, 2007
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Greetings! I hope your Thanksgiving holiday was full of good cheer! My last entry discussed the concert part of the ...
- The Music Industry…
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Nov 5th, 2007
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(Part 2 of 3) As I return from a 10-day driving trip thru the Southwest, getting to listen to great ...
- The Music Industry…
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Oct 12th, 2007
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(Part 1 of a 2-part entry) As you may have noticed I have mentioned before about the downward spiral of ...
- New Music…
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Sep 27th, 2007
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One of my all-time favorite artists, Joni Mitchell, has just released a new album. In these days of the downward-spiraling ...
- Rock 'n' roll memoirs
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Sep 14th, 2007
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I have always loved reading autobiographies, but I especially enjoy reading them by rock musicians. I just finished reading a ...
- Boomers love guitars …
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Aug 30th, 2007
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I read that statement recently in a music industry newsletter I subscribe to. It was talking about what kind of ...
- Synchronizing the Globe
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Aug 17th, 2007
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I decided this week I wanted to write about Global Synchronization Events since the 38th anniversary of Woodstock is Aug. ...
- Rock across the generations
- Posted by Penny Valladares on Jul 31st, 2007
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In Kansas City, in the late ‘70s, after going to concerts since I was a little kid, I began a ...