Tag Archives: rock ‘n’ roll

The Year Guitars (and I) Were Born

Posted on August 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

(⇐ Me with a “Strat” at age 14) I often refer to music as “my other love.” Like many musicians, I started out playing in bands. And, although I play keyboards a little, it all began with guitars. To me as … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Humor, Memoir, Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 57 Comments

The Long and Winding Road

Posted on April 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Ricardo Alfaro My Real Memoir The future I’d planned as a teenager was gone: my almost-famous band had disintegrated, my high school celebrity was yellowing in a scrapbook, and my first “I love you” was fading in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 52 Comments

55 Years Ago This Month

Posted on March 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear blogfriends and followers: I owe you an apology! Or at least an explanation: I haven’t visited your blog sites for the past week because I’ve been in a recording studio in Montana. My band The Daily Planet decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 93 Comments

Thank You, God, For Not Making Me a Star

Posted on February 13, 2024 by mitchteemley

Above: The Daily Planet – Mitch (top), Jeph (L), Joey (middle), Marc (R), B of A Achievement Award, stream-of-conscious notebook pages (no actual writing class assignments have survived) My Real Memoir I was imploding with unfulfilled and unrecognized yearnings. I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 53 Comments

Sixty Years Ago Today

Posted on February 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

On this date in 1964, over 73 million people watched The Beatles storm the Ed Sullivan Show stage, officially launching the British Invasion! But 1964 was an iconic music year for other reasons too: The Supremes, The Beach Boys, Barbara … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture & Entertainment, Videos | Tagged , , , , , , , | 57 Comments

The Greatest Album No One’s Ever Heard

Posted on January 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Clarence B. Cash. The name suited him perfectly. He wasn’t a music producer in the sense that Quincy Jones or “the fifth Beatle” George Martin was, an artist in his own right. He was about, well, Cash. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 55 Comments

Flying High Into the New Year

Posted on December 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Stardom was imminent! True, I hadn’t had any lead roles in our college theatre productions so far. But near the end of my first semester, the school paper had complimented my cocky Irishman performance in an otherwise … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 43 Comments

(Still Not Famous) So Off to College

Posted on October 17, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “I apologize for not winning” (Best New Music Group in the U.S.), I told my pen pal. But on the other hand, my band The Daily Planet remained our tv producer, publisher Robert “Bob” Petersen’s personal favorite. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 40 Comments

High Atop the Mountain of Fame!

Posted on October 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We’d been chosen as the Best New Music Group in the Western U.S., and all-of-a-sudden we were stars! We had two rooms on the eighth floor of the hotel every visiting rock group stayed at! We’d played … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Videos | Tagged , , , , , | 46 Comments

The Biggest Week of My Life

Posted on October 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We were famous! And not just for 15 minutes, but for a week! Our band The Daily Planet had been chosen the Best New Music Group in the Western U.S. and had driven to Hollywood to shoot … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Memoir | Tagged , , , , , , , | 24 Comments