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Former San Francisco Chronicle Music Critic Joel Selvin Speaks With KFOG's Peter Finch

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The Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and Metallica are just a few of the bands music critic Joel Selvin tracked during his nearly 40-year career at the San Francisco Chronicle. From L.A.'s beaches to the Bay Area's streets, from pop acts to hard rockers, Selvin has been instrumental in putting California musicians and performances on the map. His new book, Smart Ass, gives readers a virtual backstage pass. Here, he's in conversation with KFOG radio's Peter Finch.

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More Information About Music Critic Joel Selvin

Website

http://www.jccsf.org/arts-ideas/lectures/arts-entertainment/joel-...

Quotes & Highlights

  • Selvin wrote a weekly column for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1972 to 2009.
  • Selvin's work has been published by Rolling Stone, Billboard and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
  • Selvin claims that Bob Dylan once called him at home, angry about a review he had penned entitled “Bob Dylan's God-Awful Gospel.”

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From the beaches of Los Angeles to the streets of San Francisco, Joel Selvin has been instrumental in putting California musicians on the map. The Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and Metallica are just a few of the bands Selvin tracked during his nearly 40 years as music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. His new collection, Smart Ass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin, gives you a backstage pass to the world of rock.

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