Dec 21
Greensboro’s rock authority
Posted by AG under: Noteworthy .
Parke Puterbaugh
Greensboro’s Parke Puterbaugh got an early Christmas gift. His just-published biography of the rock band Phish already has gone into a second printing.
Phish set the all-time attendance record at the Greensboro Coliseum, where they played to 23,642 fans on March 1, 2003. The band’s lengthy concert jams make it a favorite, especially among those who miss Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Phish will play four consecutive nights at Miami’s American Airlines Arena, December 28-31.
Puterbaugh ranks among the nation’s foremost rock music authorities. A former Rolling Stone senior editor and long-time contributor to the magazine, he is the co-author of a series of travel books and frequently writes on music for the News & Record. When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomes new inductees, Puterbaugh is the guy who writes their bios. He also teaches a course on rock history at Guilford College, which to him may be the most amazing thing of all.
As he said at a holiday music event Sunday night, “If you had told me I’d be in a college classroom, playing ‘Louie Louie,’ and getting paid for it …”
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