Steve Young is a singer and songwriter whose best known song is “Seven Bridges Road,” which was covered by and became a Top 40 hit for The Eagles. He also wrote “Lonesome, On’ry And Mean”, which became a trademark song for Waylon Jennings, and “Montgomery in the Rain”, which was covered by Hank Williams, Jr.
This interview was conducted by phone on 1/5/10, and formed the basis of a preview article for the Steve Young with Van Dyke Parks and David Jackson show on 1/23/10 at the Lobero Theatre.
Steve Young passed away on 3/17/16.

Review of Kris Kristofferson concert at the Granada Theatre, 1/15/10

Preview of 1/23/10 Sings Like Hell performance of Steve Young with Van Dyke Parks and David Jackson
Review of Dengue Fever and oso concert at SOhO, Santa Barbara on 1/7/10

Review of Todd Rundgren’s concert, including full performance of A Wizard, A True Star, at Majestic Ventura Theatre, Ventura on 12/5/09

Preview of Todd Rundgren’s concert in Ventura on 12/5/09
Review of Exene Cervenka’s concert at Velvet Jones, Santa Barbara on 11/15/09

Review of Jon Anderson’s concert at SOhO on 11/15/09

Review, of They Might Be Giants concert at Campbell Hall, UCSB on 11/15/09

Review of Ravi Shankar concert at the Arlington Theatre on 11/1/09

Review of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros concert at SOhO on 10/10/09

Review of “13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” on 10/10/09 at Campbell Hall, UCSB

Preview of “13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” on 10/10/09

Review of Crosby, Stills & Nash concert at Santa Barbara Bowl, 10/1/09

Review of Billy Corgan and the Spirits in the Sky’s show at Muddy Waters Cafe, 8/27/09

Preview of Billy Corgan concert on 8/27/09 at Muddy Waters Coffee House in Santa Barbara, with interview with Mark Tulin from the Electric Prunes and The Spirits in the Sky

Review of Six Organs of Admittance’s show at Muddy Waters Cafe, with opening set by Master Musicians of Bukkake

Review of Jackson Browne’s show at Santa Barbara Bowl 8/16/09

Review of Dick Dale’s bitchin’ show at Ventura Majestic Theater 6/14/09

Review of Jill Knight’s show at Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Goleta 6/13/09
Review of Flight of the Conchords concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl 5/22/09
Review of UCSB Primavera Festival concert featuring David Wessel 4/23/09, plus thoughts on Throbbing Gristle Hollywood concert 4/21/09
Review of performance on 4/13/09 by Dan Wheetman, Van Dyke Parks, and David Jackson at UC Santa Barbara
Review of DJ Spooky performance on 4/7/09, Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Review of Five Peace Band concert on 3/20/09 featuring John McLaughlin and Chick Corea, Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Review of Ensemble for Contemporary Music concert on 3/10/09 at Music Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Review of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry concert on 2/21/09 at SOhO in Santa Barbara
Review of electronic music summit on 2/21/09 featuring Max Mathews, John Chowning, and Jean-Claude Risset at Music Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Review of Patti Smith, Philip Glass concert on 2/14/09 at Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Review of Brian Wilson concert 9/10/09 at Lobero Theatre. Also, review of documentary about Brian Wilson called “Going Home,” world premiere showing on 1/30/09 at Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Review of documentary about Wil Ridge called “Dead Horse Opera,” world premiere showing on 1/23/09 at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Preview of Meat Puppets concert on 1/15/09 at SOhO in Santa Barbara, with brief interview with Cris Kirkwood
Review of Jonathan Richman concert on 12/5/08 at the Majestic Ventura Theatre in Ventura
Review of David Byrne (ex-Talking Heads) concert on 10/4/08 at Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara

Review of Radiohead concert on 8/28/08 at Santa Barbara Bowl
Interview with Mike Watt about Yoko Ono Gigs
Introduction to Camper Van Beethoven’s “The Long Plastic Hallway”
As told by David Lowery, September 10, 2009, El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, California
I emailed Dick Dale the link to my review of his concert at the Ventrua Majestic Theater on 6/14/09. Here is his response, by email:

This is an evolving list of albums that I recommend you check out. Covers up to 1969