Musician/Journalist Michael Simmons on writing Dylan liner notes, playing with Kinky Friedman, Larry Campbell, and his band Slewfoot, and more (Boston Harold Podcast)
Hello, and welcome to the Boston Harold Video Podcast. Today's special guest is musician and music journalist Michael Simmons, here for a return visit. Simmons is first and foremost a singer-songwriter. He was also an editor of the National Lampoon , and I first saw Michael, with his band Slewfoot, as part of a National Lampoon r evue in 1977. He has collaborated with, among others, Kinky Friedman, Steve Goodman, Mountain's Corky Laing, and Bob Dylan sidemen Tony Garnier, Howie Wyeth, Rob Stoner and Larry Campbell. Simmons can be seen in a documentary about Larry and his wife, Teresa Williams, titled It Was The Music . Boston Harold Video Podcast via Zoom, March 10, 2021 As a music journalist, Michael has written for Mojo magazine, the Huffington Post , and L.A. Weekly . He has also penned the liner notes for albums by Michael Bloomfield, Kris Kristofferson, Kinky Friedman, a tribute to Mose Allison, the U.K. compilation (available in the U.S. and elsewhere) of Dylan