The L.A. Musical History Tour

Art Fein

was born in Chicago and earned a degree in Journalism at the University of Colorado. From there he moved to Los Angeles, where he began a peripatetic career as a writer (for Variety, the Los Angeles tTmes, Billboard, the Village Voice, and numerous record companies), a music consultant (for CBS's "Tour of Duty" and Atlantic Releasing's "Roadhouse 66"), a record producer (The Blasters and L.A. Rockabilly), a manager (of the Cramps and the Saddle Sores), and a "location finder" (the film Eating Raoul was shot in his apartment). His crowning achievement, apart from this book, is his long-running television show, "Art's Poker Party," on which he interviews rock and roll guests as diverse as Richard Carpenter and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. His license plate frame says, "I'd Rather Be Jerry Lee Lewis".