Bill Babin, drummer and band leader of Big Zephyr, also had a 20th century band called THE RUBBER MEMORY. The band rocked parties all over New Orleans from 1962–1972. Strongly influenced by The Beatles, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, Allman Brothers,…
You’re getting married and you want some great dance music. Your best friend got married six months earlier and she had a great DJ, but you are thinking, “I really want my wedding to be different. I’m not sure I…
What is “the small wedding package” from Big Zephyr Music? With this specially structured musical offering, we bring you the energy, spontaneity, and totally unique atmosphere of LIVE music for just a fraction of the cost. How can BIG ZEPHYR…
January 30, 1967. Bobby Kimmel and Kenny Edwards had already been writing songs in the early sixtie while living in LA. In 1964, Linda Ronstadt decided she had to go to LA and join the music scene. Her parents were…
Buddy Rich, world famous drummer, was born on September 30, 1917. In 1966, I was 14 and my Mom had been dragging me along for three years already to every band event at St. Aloysius High School in New Orleans…
In September 1963 I was eleven and listening intently to WTIX, 690 AM, “the mighty 690”. This pioneering radio station in New Orleans came in perfectly on my spectacular Magnavox transitor radio, with remote headphone! That is the real thing,…
Well it is true that a “doobie” is a slang term for a marijuana cigarette. And a friend of the Doobie Brothers back in 1970 suggested it as a joke, referring to the band’s fondness for “doobies.” They planned to…
August 15, 1969, the Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat,…
August 21, 2002: A new book ‘Show the Girl the Door’ written by a former tour manager disclosed some strange demands by female acts. It revealed that Shania Twain would travel with a sniffer dog in case of bombs. Jennifer…
JULY 6, 1971, The Allman Brothers band releases LIVE AT FILLMORE EAST. They were the true soundtrack for the 70s and they played many times at THE WAREHOUSE in New Orleans where I grew up. Naturally, at some point, I…
