I’ve told you about my original interest in music photography – Rolling Stone – Annie Lebowitz and all the seductive allure of the 1980’s music photography scene.

Well, that scene and my hopes for that brass ring, were in no small part fueled by a friendship with NTSU NT Daily classmate, and writer, Lisa Lynette Rollins. She had the “it” thing of writing a BLING lede that put all you wanted right up front – YOU HAD TO READ the rest to see if it backed that fantastic lede. It always did.

So I got on board. She would write and I would photograph … all kinds of musicians in all kinds of places. Tour buses, bars with 8-foot high ceilings … it didn’t matter. Glam or hot country music. It didn’t matter. We pushed for space in the NT Daily, and usually got it.

Fast forward to what seems like yesterday. She was in town for a benefit, her benefit, as she engaged in her final battle with cancer. I can’t believe the first Lisapalooza was five years ago, but then quite a bit has happened to me in the last five years – on the same topic – as well. Yet, it does still seem like yesterday.

Saturday, is the Sixth Lisapalooza at Dan’s Silver Leaf in Denton, Texas. If you read this, and want more information, be sure to contact me. You can find tickets for Lisapalooza at – 2019 Lisapalooza.