INTERVIEWS

1970s-1980s

by Joelle Steele

In the 1970s and early 1980s, I was living in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles. There I met people through my work and often interviewed them because I was a stringer for a variety of newspapers and magazines. The following interviews are ones for which I still have copies, and I have a few others that I just have to retype and upload to this website.

Ray Dolby Interview Award-winning Dolby Sound inventor Ray Dolby talks about the early years of his career and his noise-reduction sound process.

Bill Graham Interview Rock music empresario Bill Graham talks about his career in the San Francisco music scene.

Bones Howe Interview Producer Bones How talks about his career in the music industry.

Vilmos Zsigmond Interview The award-winning cinematographer talks about his career.

Leo Fender Interview Guitar-maker Leo Fender talks about his career and the Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars.

Marvin Rand Interview Architectural photographer Marvin Rand talks about his career and Los Angeles architecture.

Nicky Hopkins Interview Piano man Nicky Hopkins talks about his career and the future of music.