Articles
Gene’s writing could be found in the New York Daily News, The Nation, Chamber Music, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Spin, Rolling Stone, Down Beat, Guitar World, Guitar Player, Pulse!, Billboard, 7 Days, and more. His writing can also be found at Rock’s Back Pages. Here are some of his highlights.
Gene on the Sidetrack Liner Notes Podcast
On May 25, 2018, John Peden sat down with Gene for a nearly three-hour long interview on his Sidetrack Liner Notes podcast.
Was Manassas Stephen Stills’ Best Band?
By 1972, what we call classic rock was pretty much peaking—though nobody at the time knew it. Except maybe Stephen Stills. The band and double-album he piloted and released that year—both named Manassas—now seem pivotal.
The Remarkable Adventures of Emmylou Harris and Her Band of Merry Pickers
Genius recognizes genius. Emmylou Harris’s career has been filled with remarkable adventures and a cast of truly exceptional band members. Writer Gene Santoro tells the tale.
Dave Van Ronk: Folk's Missing Link
I was in high school in the 1960s when I first saw Dave Van Ronk at the Gaslight, one of those little cellar clubs that used to line a Greenwich Village that now lives in myth and legend…
Jeff Beck: Twenty Years of Rock And Roll Power
It’s been a long time since anybody's heard from Jeff Beck…
The Inimitable Les Paul
Lester Polfus may not be a name to conjure with, but Les Pau! certainly is…