About the Author

BOB RUGGIERO has been writing about music, interviewing musicians, and reviewing concerts, records, and films for 25+ years, with a concentration in classic rock. He has been a freelancer for the alternative newsweekly The Houston Press since 1997 covering mostly music. Prior to that, he also covered much music as Editor of the Savannah, Georgia editions of Creative Loafing and Good Times Magazine in the early/mid 1990's. Bob's music journalism has also appeared in The Houston Chronicle, Texas Music, GT Metal, ClassicRockRevisited.com, CityPages.com, and Gritz, and is a contributing writer for the archival website www.rocksbackpages.com. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Journalism, and was both Entertainment Editor of The Daily Texan and Editor of Images magazine. Bob maintains a website of some of his writing at ClassicRockBob.com. He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife and two teenagers. This is his first book.