Planner Project 2016... Newspaper Entries!

PLANNER PROJECT 2016... NEWSPAPER ENTRIES!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Listed below are the area reporters, contributors, editors and publications currently found in Planner Project 2016!

FOUND IN 98 PHOTO STORIES / CLEVELAND PRESS REPORTERS: Stan Anderson / Bill Barrett / Stuart Bell / Jack Clowser / Winsor French / Nancy Gallagher / Frank Gibbons / Bob Godfrey / Richard L. Maher / Omar Ranney / Peter Rich / Bob Schlesinger / Bill Scholl / Carol Weiss / Bob Yonkers /

NEWSPAPER NAMES FOUND IN OVER 1,300 TEXT DATES FROM 1851 TO 2016 /

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER REPORTERS / EDITORS / CONTRIBUTORS / Brian Albrecht / Emerson Batdorff / Peter Bellamy / George Condon / Tom O’Connell / Patrick Cooley / Dan Coughlin / Joe Dirck / Joseph Eszterhas / James Ewinger / Tom Feran / Joe Frolik / Tony Grossi / Harry Jones / Michael Heaton / W. Ward Marsh / Bill Nichols / Jon Petkovic / Glen C. Pullen / Michael Norman / Terry Pluto / Jane Scott / John Soeder / David Sowd / Harold Sauerbrei / Mary Strassmeyer / Carlo Wolff / Chuck Yarborough /

CLEVELAND PRESS EDITORS / REPORTERS / Bruno Bornino / Dick Feagler

THE SCENE / Jeff Niesel / Eric Sandy

ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER / Janet Macoska ------

PLAIN DEALER MUSIC-ENTERTAINMENT CRITICS / CONTRIBUTORS

JAMES EWINGER /

5/7 “The message of the January-March radio ratings sweep is clear: Youth is being served,” notes the PD’s James Ewinger, as WMMS-FM rules the local airwaves, 1981

JOE FROLIK / 1/12 “WMMS-FM 100.7 cleaned up,” notes the PD’s Joe Frolik, after the FM powerhouse dominates the latest ratings book, especially in the A.M. with Kinzbach & Co., 1986

MICHAEL HEATON / 8/28 “It was quite an affair,” the PD’s Michael Heaton later writes, after nearly 900 friends including Wally Bryson & Hank LoConti, Sr. attend a tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for PD rock reporter Jane Scott, who died July 4th at age 92 (PD Pop Music Critic John Soeder sports an ‘Induct Jane’ T-shirt - ‘Beau Coup’ plays ‘Jane’), 2011

W. WARD MARSH / 7/4 “Here is the hottest band I’ve ever heard,” notes the PD’s W. Ward Marsh, as Duke Ellington & his Cotton Club men debut locally at the RKO Palace with vocalist Ive Anderson, as ‘Mood Indigo’ & ‘Black & Tan Fantasy,’ “swell through the house,” 1931

MICHAEL NORMAN / 3/10 Yesterday at Camelot Music’s Great Lakes Mall store, rocker Michael Stanley autographed ‘Coming Up for Air,’ his first official solo LP since 1972’s ’Friends & Legends’ (the Plain Dealer’s Michael Norman notes, “Longtime MSB fans will love it”), 1996 (semi out)

TOM O’CONNELL / 2

5/12 As the debate over rock ‘n roll continues among local jocks, WSRS DJ Bob Forster tells the PD’s Tom O’Connell, “Elvis Presley is a big novelty. When all the fuss is over, Presley will be back yodeling up a canyon, or at barn dances singing his straight material. But I do a request show and if people want to hear it, I’ll play it,” 1956

ANASTASIA PANTSIOS / 8/17 “It was surprising to see what an enormous response they got from the laid-back Loggins & Messina crowd,” writes Anastasia Pantsios for the PD, after the Michael Stanley Band opens for the duo at Blossom ($4-$5) (last time before breakup), 1976

8/27 “The club’s first concert, with the Buckinghams, was back in 1967,” writes Anastasia Pantsios in the PD’s ‘Rock Beat,’ as the Agora celebrates its 10th anniversary, 1976

2/27 While watching ‘Crystal Dawn’ at the Agora, in the lobby you’ll find 80 rock photos by nationally known local photographers Janet Macoska & Anastasia Pantsios, 1981

3/1 Upon the passing yesterday of former Cleveland radio executive Carl Hirsch at age 64, former WMMS-FM program director John Gorman tells Anastasia Pantsios for the PD, “He just said, go out and do something that hasn’t been done before,” 2011

JOHN PETKOVIC / 6/9 Helping the careers of numerous artists including Frankie Yankovic, Meat Loaf and the Black Keys, “Popovich loved outlaws,” notes the PD's John Petkovic, upon the passing of Cleveland International Records founder Steve Popovich at age 68, 2011

GLENN C. PULLEN / 7/10 Playing Kornman’s Front Room on E. 9th St., horn man Jimmy McPartland tells the PD’s Glenn C. Pullen, “This city is jumping with exciting syncopation;” as the Hickory Grille hosts Teddy Wilson; while the Ink Spots headline Herman Pirchner’s Alpine Village, 1961 (master rewrite)

JANE SCOTT / 1966 / REVIEW NOTES [Sonny & Cher / Rolling Stones / Outsiders / Choir / Tommy LiPuma]

3/3 “Some 3,000 noisy but orderly persons- most of them teenagers- filled the hall to capacity,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott the next day, after Sonny & Cher play Music Hall w/Lee Rand, Mickey & the Cleancuts, Carl Maduri & the ‘Outsiders’ ($2-$5), 1966

5/5 Edited by Emerson Batdorff, tomorrow’s ‘Go,’ the PD’s first Friday tab, features Jane Scott’s Teen Time section with news on Lumen Cordium High’s first prom, St. Edward High’s 13th Tune Time, & the ‘Delta T’s’ rockin’ Rocky River’s AFS benefit dance, 1966

6/25 “It was wild man,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott the next day, after 6,000 rock to Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones during a 2:30 matinee show at Cleveland Arena, with the ‘McCoys,’ the ‘Standells,’ the ‘Ronettes’ & WKYC V.I.P.s ($2.50, $3.50, $4.50), 1966

9/9 Cruising home with Jack Armstrong on WIXY to watch ‘Green Hornet’ debut before ‘Time Tunnel’ on TV5, & Ghoulardi, with ‘Waxworks’ & ‘The Closed Cabinet;’ you see Jane Scott notes the Outsiders’ ‘Respectable’ is 15 on Billboard’s Top 100, 1966

9/16 Before rockin’ to the ‘Mods’ at Alpine Valley, the PD’s Jane Scott notes the ‘Mods’ (Klawon, Smalley, Burke, Bryson, Bonfanti), are now the ‘Choir,’ & have their 1st record ‘Goin’ Home/It’s Cold Outside’ on the Canadian-American label; & reports Bill Randall notes the producer of “Guantanamera” is former Cleveland barber Tommy LiPuma, now with the Tijuana Brass. “It’s Tommy’s voice you hear at the end,” 1966

1971 / REVIEWS NOTES [Jackson 5 / Tim Russert / Hot Tuna / Elvis Presley]

4/10 ‘Never Say Goodbye’ is their newest release, as Belkin Productions-WJMO bring the ‘Jackson 5’ (Jackie (21), Tito (17), Jermaine (16), Marion (12) & Michael (11)), “Motown’s youthful ambassadors of bubble gum soul” to Public Hall (Jane Scott notes, “Michael Jackson danced off with 10,000 hearts. Easy as do, re, mi...”- $4-$5-$6), 1971 3

10/1 The PD’s Jane Scott reports, “JCU Student Union President Tim Russert was instrumental is nailing down the group,” as ‘Sha Na Na’ rocks the JCU gym ($3.50), 1971

10/8 As the ‘Glass Bottle’ plays Saints & Sinners; cruising to the show with Denny Sanders now on WMMS in a mandarin orange-black vinyl roof/black interior ‘70 Dodge Super Bee 440 Magnum w/auto ($1,788-Bill Scher), ‘Hot Tuna’ (Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassady, Sam Piazza, Papa John Creach - the show’s star) & ‘Pure Prairie League’ play to 900 during a blanket & bleachers concert at CWRU‘s Emerson Gym (Jane Scott notes in the PD, “almost five hours later, they were yelling, “More!”-$4.50), 1971

11/6 Elvis Presley (36), starts the first of two sold-out Public Hall shows with ‘That’s All Right,’ as PD rock reporter Jane Scott writes the next day, “Sixteen songs and 60 minutes later, the man who put the roll into rock, the man who has sold for more records than anyone in the history of recorded sound, is still the king.” ($5, $7.50, $10), 1971

1976 / REVIEW NOTES [Patti Smith / Queen / David Bowie / Joe Cocker / Wild Cherry / The Monkees / Runaways / Elton John / Neil Diamond / Southside Johnny / Boston]

1/26 While downstairs, Jimmy Ley & his Coosa River Band rock the Mistake both nights, making her first trip here, Patti Smith opens the first of two soldout nights with Tom Rapp at the Agora on E. 24th (Jane Scott calls her “the bad girl of rock ‘n’ roll.” Patti tells Jane after the show, “I felt like I was home.”- John Cale plays bass the 27th), 1976

2/14 Cruising to soldout Public Hall, it’s ‘A Night at the Opera’ with Freddie Mercury & ‘Queen’ (Jane Scott calls it, “The most exciting show of the year so far” - $5.50), 1976

2/20 “Cat Stevens proved to be a real tiger last night,” writes Jane Scott, after the bearded Englishman and his backup band play to 16,000 at the Coliseum ($5.50-$7.50), 1976

2/27 After cruising in a silver/black interior ‘73 Camaro Z-28 w/auto, spoiler, factory mags ($3,188), to dine at Diamond Jim’s in the Flats (buy one-get one dinner); next stop is singing ‘Suffragette City’ with David Bowie at Public Hall (Jane Scott writes, “...he was not only better than ever. He was brilliant”- encore ‘Jean Genie’- $6.50-$8.50), 1976

4/23 After cruising tonight in a gold/saddle interior ‘73 Pontiac Firebird w/V-8 ($3,195-Miller Pontiac), to see Jesse Colin Young & ‘Pure Prairie League’ at John Carroll ($5.50); tomorrow, WMMS- FM’s free ‘Woodsmoke’ Appreciation Day attracts over 50,000 who fought wind & rain to rock with Pure Prairie League, Angel, Sammy Hagar (w/Quick, Church, Carmassi), the Michael Stanley Band, & Joe Cocker with Stingray at Edgewater Park (Jane Scott notes Cocker sat drinking beer before his act), 1976

6/6 Cruising to the Agora on a WMMS Monday Night out, the ‘New York Dolls’ rock the house, with ‘Wild Cherry’ (Beitle, Bassett, Wentz, Parissi, Avsec), opening the night (Jane Scott notes, “Wild Cherry got a fine reaction at the Agora Monday night”), 1976

6/12 “Two encores later, the band still didn’t want to leave,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott after Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Bobby Hart & Tommy Boyce bring their ‘Golden Hits of the Monkees Show’ to a packed house at the Cleveland Agora on the 10th, where “for 90 minutes Thursday night at the Agora the old Monkee magic came back,” 1976

7/18 Making Cleveland the first stop on their first major tour, after rocking Cyrus Erie West with Rapscallion (Zendel, Bem, Marquez, Linx), last night (packed to the walls- $3.50); the ‘Runaways’ (Lita Ford, Jackie Fox, Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Joan Jett), & the Don Harrison band play the 19th to over 900 at the Agora with two shows, 13 songs each & 4 encores (Jane Scott writes “They’re pink dynamite”-$3.50-$4.50), 1976

8/3 After Elton John rocks the second of two soldout concerts at the Coliseum last night with Kiki Dee ($8.75); tonight, the Coliseum rocks at 7:30 p.m. with Jethro Tull & John Miles ($6) (Jane Scott writes, “You just can’t beat Elton John in living color”), 1976 4

8/6 After reading Jane Scott’s Wild Cherry update noting its LP is 28th on Billboard’s top 200, & Mark Avsec has joined the group; at the Coliseum, 18,000 spend the night with Neil Diamond (Scott notes, “Diamond was back, and better than ever”-$12.50), 1976

9/13 As J. P. Snodgrass offers ‘I Don’t Care’ & Artful Dodger’s ‘Honor Among Thieves’ for $3.99 (LP); after Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes play tonight’s WMMS Monday Night Out at the Agora with Ian Matthews (Johnny tells Jane Scott, “I like Cleveland, always have”); next Monday, it’s Artful Dodger with ‘Widowmaker’ ($3.50 each), 1976

9/27 Cruising in a gold-parchment vinyl roof ‘73 Plymouth Satellite Sebring 2-dr. hardtop w/auto, AC, power steering ($2,495-Bard-Pelunis), ‘Boston,’ “a new band with a big future,” headlines the Agora ($3.50); and appears live for autographs tomorrow at area Record Theatre stores (‘Boston’ LP $3.99 - Jane Scott writes, “the sellout crowd brought them back for two encores and pounded the floor for more”), 1976

1981 / REVIEW NOTES [Donnie Iris / U2 / Souvenir / Bob Marley / Jefferson Starship / Chuck Berry / The Tubes / Bruce Springsteen / Journey / Peter Frampton / Denny Sanders]

2/16 Rockin’ the house with ‘Ah! Leah!,’ Donnie Iris & the Cruisers (Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McLain, Kevin Valentine, Mark Avsec), play to a soldout Agora (broadcast live by WMMS-FM), with Norman Nardini & the Tigers (Jane Scott calls Donnie, “a light-hearted tornado on stage”- Ah! Leah! No. 31 on Billboard’s Top 100), 1981 4/18 Cruising to the Agora, ‘Souvenir’ rocks the house tonight; while April 20th, Irish rockers ‘U2’ on its first U.S. tour (Boy tour), play the Agora with ‘Bitch’ from Chicago (Jane Scott writes: “U2’s melodic but hard rock received a hot response at the Agora”), 1981 5/1 While “Souvenir did bang-up sets,” reports Jane Scott, at the grand opening of Jeff & Flash’s Monopolies in Lorain (lines halfway down the block); cruising to the Coliseum, ‘Judas Priest’ rocks the house with opening act ‘Savoy Brown’ ($8-$9), 1981

5/14 “For millions of reggae lovers around the world, the king is dead,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott upon the death of Wailers lead singer Bob Marley on the 11th at age 36, 1981 6/22 Cruising in a fully restored split-window 327 4-spd. ‘63 Corvette Coupe for ‘Put-In-Bay,’ Pat Dailey’s hit from ‘Whiskey Morning’ at Tommy Edward’s Record Heaven on Fulton; next, Blossom hosts Grace Slick, Jefferson Starship & .38 Special ($10) (Jane Scott writes, “the Starship seven-pack made almost a perfect landing”), 1981

6/29 “The place resembled a rock love-in,’ writes the PD’s Jane Scott, after Chuck Berry plays the Akron Agora (the ‘News’ opens- $6.50), 1981 (rewrote entry)

7/18 What do you want from life? Belkin Productions brings ‘The Tubes’ to the Coliseum with ‘Franke & the Knockouts’ (Jane Scott notes “Quay Lude has gone preppy”), 1981

7/31 “Bruce Springsteen is still the boss, He proved it far into the evening Wednesday night at the Coliseum,” writes the Plain Dealer’s Jane Scott, after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play the 1st of two nights before 18,900, including Michael Stanley, 1981

8/31 Opening a 2-night stand in their Blossom debut, ‘Journey’ rocks 18,322 with a 2-hour, 20-song set (“Steve Perry was dynamite,” notes Jane Scott-Point Blank opens), 1981

9/8 Though tomorrow’s concert wasn’t a sellout, Jane Scott later writes, “But an exuberant Peter Frampton came on the Music Hall stage Wednesday night, and gave the best concert he has ever given here.,” as the 31-year-old Englishman ‘comes alive’ at the smaller venue prompting encores, with ‘Lucky Pierre’ as the opening act, 1981

12/16 Celebrating 10 years at WMMS, Denny Sanders tells Jane Scott, “per capita, we (Cleveland) sell more records than anywhere else,” picking the ‘Hi-Fi’s,’ ‘Lucky Pierre,’ ‘Generators,’ ‘Human Switchboard’ & ‘Wild Giraffes’ as groups to watch, 1981

1986 / REVIEW NOTES [Cleveland / The Motion / Grateful Dead / Bob Dylan / Bob Seger / INXS / Steve Winwood / WNCX-FM]

4/11 “‘Cleveland Rocks,’ the song they kicked off with was their finale song,” writes Jane Scott after ‘Cleveland’ (Polly, Peter & Michael Zaremba, John Burkett, Roger Reddy, Rich Chellemi), breaks the Guinness rock marathon record at the Rascal House, 1986

5/13 While Michael J. Fox and crew are in town filming ‘Just Around the Corner to the Light of Day,’ Jane Scott writes, “The Motion returned from Chicago three days later,” after the group shot scenes for the upcoming movie as the ‘Flashnites,’ 1986

7/3 Cruising to the Akron Rubber Bowl yesterday in a restored silver & burgundy-burgundy interior ‘59 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 ($50,000), reserved seats were $20 as 35,000 joined rockers Bob Dylan; the Grateful Dead (Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Hart, Mydland, Kreutzman), & Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Jane Scott notes it was, “the first time ever,” as Dylan sings ‘Don’t Think Twice’ with the Grateful Dead band), 1986

8/4 ‘This was one whopper of a rock ‘n’ roll party,” writes Jane Scott, after 18,500 see Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band play the 1st of 2 Blossom shows (soldout in 1 hr.), 1986

8/7 “INXS is heading for the top,” writes Jane Scott, after the Aussie sextet and the Del Fuegos play Blossom yesterday as WMMS-FM’s 6th Appreciation Day concert, 1986

9/18 After 10,000 see Jimmy Cliff open at Blossom last night for Traffic alum Steve Winwood during his first solo U.S. tour (Jane Scott writes, “By ‘Higher Love’ he was sizzling”- $13); tonight, Blossom offers John Fogerty & Bonnie Raitt ($15-$11), 1986

10/22 “We’re putting in 15-hour days trying to beat the clock,” Operations Manager John Gorman tells Jane Scott, as WNCX-FM/98.5 hits the air with Paul Tapie 6-10, Bernie Kimble 10-2; Denny Sanders 2-6; Spaceman Scott 6-10 & Nancy Alden 10-2 a.m., 1986

1991 / REVIEW NOTES [Paul Simon / Henry LoConti-Agora / Lollapalooza Festival / Van Halen / America-Odd Girl Out / Pearl Jam / Smashing Pumpkins / Zaza]

3/20 “His earliest song, the 1964 ‘Sounds of Silence,’ was his closing one,” writes Jane Scott, after Paul Simon & his 16-piece band play to 10,000 at the Coliseum ($25.50), 1991

4/19 “The first band at the Agora was ‘Selective Service’ (Allega, Castelli, Khan, Kalish, Gruden),” owner Henry LoConti tells Plain Dealer reporter Jane Scott, as the Agora, now the Cleveland Agora Theatre & Ballroom at 5000 Euclid, celebrates 25 years, 1991

8/5 The sold-out ‘Lollapalooza Festival’ at Blossom Music Center was, “the most exciting and varied lineup since the World Series of Rock at the Stadium,” notes Jane Scott, as Jane’s Addiction, Ice-T, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Henry Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour and Butthole Surfers star at the all-day alt rock fest ($25), 1991

8/20 Van Halen with Sammy Hagar rocks Blossom tomorrow with heavy metal opener ‘Alice in Chains’ (Jane Scott writes, “Van Halen is better than ever”- $22.50), 1991

9/15 After watching coach Bill Belichick’s Cleveland Browns (2-1), beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 14-13, before 78,269 at the Stadium on Matt Stover’s 4 field goals, the last a 45-yarder with 4 seconds left capping a 60-yard drive by QB Bernie Kosar; ‘Odd Girl Out’ opens for ‘America’ at the Agora Theatre (loge seats $16) - (Jane Scott reports America invited Odd Girl Out to join their encore ‘A Horse with No Name’), 1991

10/26 Cruising tonight to soldout Music Hall, it’s the ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers,’ with ‘Pearl Jam’ & the ‘Smashing Pumpkins’ (“Both are bands to watch,” reports Jane Scott), 1991

11/20 Regarded as the dean of American rock writers and critics, Plain Dealer rock music reporter Jane Scott, “the World’s Oldest Teenager,” who covered the Beatles here in 1964, is inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland’s Journalism Hall of Fame, 1991

11/27 As the Empire hosts a double treat tonight with local rockers ‘Zaza’ (Liptak, Dennis, Sche, Zaza, Stick E), & the ‘Atomic Punks’ (Jane Scott calls Zaza “a sizzler”-$6); Peabody’s DownUnder hosts the 17th annual Peanuts All-Star Jam with ‘Sweetleaf ’ (Ron Latare, Cy Sulak, Mike Solarz, Bruce Kowalski, Bill Fillipi), as host band, 1991

2011 / DEATH-ROCK HALL TRIBUTE / 7/4 On her 80th birthday, Glen Frey of the Eagles stated she never met a band she didn’t like, as PD rock music critic Jane Scott is remembered upon her death at age 92, 2011

8/28 “It was quite an affair,” the PD’s Michael Heaton later writes, after nearly 900 friends including Wally Bryson & Hank LoConti, Sr. attend a tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for PD rock reporter Jane Scott, who died July 4th at age 92 (PD Pop Music Critic John Soeder sports an ‘Induct Jane’ T-shirt - ‘Beau Coup’ plays ‘Jane’), 2011

------JOHN SOEDER / 6/10 “It’s a double bill to die for,” PD reviewer John Soeder later writes, after Crosby, Stills & Nash, touring for the first time in 2 years (w/Joe Vitale on drums, & Cleveland-born Mike Finnigan on keyboards), rocks Blossom tomorrow with ‘Chicago’ ($38.75), 1996

6/18 In tomorrow’s Plain Dealer, John Soeder writes, ‘Without The Big Man, E Street will never be the same,’ upon the recent passing of sax master Clarence Clemons, 2011

11/6 “The Queen of Soul got the royal treatment,” writes the PD’s John Soeder, after friends including Chaka Khan, Dennis Edwards (Temptations), Ron Isley (Isley Bros.), Lauryn Hill, Jerry Butler & Mike Farris honor Aretha Franklin last night during an American Music Masters tribute at the State Theatre (she sings ‘A Song for You’ -$35-$50), 2011

DAVID SOWD / 2/22 Our library will have more soul, R&B, rock & more local music Operations Manager John Gorman tells the PD’s David Sowd, after Gorman & Legacy Broadcasting’s Carl Hirsch take control of WMJI-FM/105.7 (weekends rock with Ravenna Miceli, former A.M. co-host on Canton’s WRQK- FM/106.9, Scott Howitt and Johnny Sharpe), 1991

CARLO WOLFF / 3/22 “The band was right on the money musically,” writes reviewer Carlo Wolff, after the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra’s ‘Woody, Buddy and Thad’ show at the Tri-C Metro Auditorium highlights the work of tenor sax master & favorite son Joe Lovano, 1991

3/24 As Peabody’s DownUnder hosts Jerry Shirley, with Frankie Starr & the Chill Factor last night, & rocks tonight with ‘Blues Traveler’ (with Chardon-native John Popper) & ‘Natural Facts’ with Tim Matson ($7-$9); the ‘Gangsters’ join Rory Gallagher at the Empire (Carlo Wolff notes, “despite its limitations, Blues Traveler will be big”), 1991

6/14 “The highlights were a sumptuous ‘Grill,’ a blazing high-tech ‘Quietly,’ and the two ‘Hotel California’ tunes that served as a second encore,’ writes Carlo Wolff the next day, after former Eagle Don Henley delivers a 19-song set to 11,300 at Blossom during his ‘Summer Tour 1991’ with ex-Bangle Susanna Hoffs ($22-$16.50 lawn), 1991

1/12 After reading Billboard’s piece on the Agora’s 30-year legacy (copy-Carlo Wolff / photos-Janet Macoska); tonight, Greg Piccolo & ‘Heavy Juice’ play Wilbert’s ($8); tomorrow, ‘Paranoid Lovesick,’ ‘Slackjaw’ & ‘Watershed’ rock Peabody’s Down ($4), 1996

11/18 After catching Carlo Wolff signing his new book, ‘Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories,’ at Barnes & Noble, Eton Square, as coach Jim Tressel’s OSU Buckeyes beat Michigan, 42-39, in Columbus; the Kent Stage hosts the 40th Kent State Folk Festival at night with Tom Paxton, Odetta & Loudon Wainwright III ($25-$35); while Bill ‘Mr. Stress’ Miller toasts his 40-year blues career tomorrow at Cebars, jamming with Alan Greene, 2006

CHUCK YARBOROUGH / 6/4 “The crowd was up & dancing & singing along,” writes Chuck Yarborough, after the Dixie Chicks rock 19,000 at Blossom with a two-hour, 24-song set ($43-$137), 2016

10/19 Reviewer Chuck Yarborough described her show at the State Theater as “transcendent,” after 75- year-old Joan Baez takes 1,500 on a 90-minute musical trip through her life with warmth, humor, and support for the ‘Innocence Project’ ($35-75), 2016

10/27 At the Music Box Supper Club, Rachel Brown opens tonight for Nashville star Brandy Clark (Chuck Yarborough notes, “Brown has the best voice in local music”- $15), 2016

11/27 “For 90 minutes, Akron wrapped its Rubber City arms around their favorite daughter, and for good reason,” writes the PD’s Chuck Yarborough, after Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders (w/drummer Martin Chambers), rocked E. J. Thomas Hall last night w/ ‘Time Cat’ (new album ‘Alone’ produced by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach- $37-$75), 2016

PLAIN DEALER COLUMNISTS / EDITORS / REPORTERS

BRIAN ALBRECHT / 12/7 “Pearl Harbor would irrevocably change the lives of millions of Americans who joined the armed services, went to work in war industries or fought the battle for resiliency on the home front,” writes the Plain Dealer’s Brian Albrecht 75 years later, as veterans commemorate the day with a ceremony at the USS Cod Submarine Memorial, 2016

EMERSON BATDORFF / 5/5 Edited by Emerson Batdorff, tomorrow’s ‘Go,’ the PD’s first Friday tab, features Jane Scott’s Teen Time section with news on Lumen Cordium High’s first prom, St. Edward High’s 13th Tune Time, & the ‘Delta T’s’ rockin’ Rocky River’s AFS benefit dance, 1966

PETER BELLAMY / 3/9 “At its best, “Hair” is filled with animal zeal and joy of living. It uses laughter and irony instead of hatred to lampoon the ills of society,” writes the Plain Dealer’s Peter Bellamy the next day, after the rock musical ‘Hair’ opens at the Hanna Theatre, receiving a standing ovation at the end ($3- $8.50)- (Bellamy also writes, “It’s much pleasanter to see these kids cavorting on stage than to see them as war casualties.”), 1971

GEORGE CONDON / Rt. 66 5/24 “The “Route 66” crew wings into action this morning in the Flats,” reports the Plain Dealer’s George Condon, as the actors (Martin Milner, George Maharis) & crew of the ABC-TV series come here for an extended stay-2-3 weeks-to film show segments, 1961

ROUTE 66 / SEGMENT AIRS [with Robert Redford] 10/20 Friday night TV offers ‘Flintstones,’ ‘77 Sunset Strip,’ ‘Quarterback Club’ & ‘Third Man’ on TV5; & Rawhide,’ ‘Twilight Zone’ & ‘Route 66’ (‘First Class Mouliak’ episode filmed in Cleveland with actor Robert Redford as ‘Janosh’), at 8:30 p.m. on TV8, 1961

PATRICK COOLEY / 2/6 The Northeast Ohio Jazz Festival at the Arena in 1966 with Joe Williams, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan & Jimmie Smith was our first profitable concert, Jules Belkin tells PD reporter Patrick Cooley, as Belkin Productions (Live Nation) celebrates 50 years, 2016 8

JOE ESZTERHAUS / 7/16 “For a month or two, sale of Morrison’s records will soar,” writes Plain Dealer reporter Joseph Eszterhas, upon the death of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison at age 27, 1971

TOM FERAN / 6/20 As Nationwide Communications takes over the 2 stations, WMMS FM/100.7 & WMJI FM/105.7 VP John Gorman tells PD TV Critic Tom Feran upon his resignation, “I’m going on my honeymoon (w/Ravenna Miceli) & planning to stay in Cleveland.” (Mark ‘Munch’ Bishop joins WTVN/610AM in Columbus as a sports host), 1996

MARY STRASSMEYER / 8/8 After laughs with Tom Parks & Steve Harvey at the opening of Hilarities Comedy Club, 1230 W. 6th (2 for 1-$7); tomorrow, the Cleveland Comedy Club offers headliner Jimmy Malone, Drew Carey & Marc Jaffe ($7) - (Mary Strassmeyer notes, “Club owners Nick Kostis & Tony Harris believe the new club is the largest in the country”), 1986

10/23 As R.E.M. rocks Music Hall with Richard Thompson ($14); the Plain Dealer’s Mary Strassmeyer asks, “Will the Flats ever bottom out,” as Noisemakers opens in the Flats with Ed (Flash) Ferenc & Jeff Kinzbach who are celebrating 10 years on WMMS, 1986

1/28 Today, Dick Feagler & Mary Strassmeyer review Pres. Reagan’s inauguration during ‘The Dave Patterson Show’ on TV3; tonight, Peter Frampton & Gary Wright play the Coliseum, 1976

PLAIN DEALER SPORTS REPORTERS /

DAN COUGHLIN / 4/29 “They even tore down the goal posts,” writes the PD’s Dan Coughlin, after 21,564 at the Coliseum see Dick Snyder’s last-second basket give the Cavs a 87-85 win over the Washington Bullets for the Eastern Conf. semi-final playoff title (Snyder 23 pts.), 1976

JOE DIRCK / 10/5 After hearing Tom Hamilton, Herb Score & Matt Underwood call the game on WKNR-1220AM; PD reporter Joe Dirck writes, “The hole was just too deep,” after the Indians end their playoff run with a 4-3 Central Div. loss to the Orioles before 44,280 at Jacobs Field (& more at Nautica) - (Roberto Alomar homers in 12th off Jose Mesa), 1996

TONY GROSSI / 3/11 After reading Tony Grossi’s PD story tomorrow that NFL executives have finalized a deal to return pro football to Cleveland in a new stadium by 1999; next stop is Gund Arena to see the ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers,’ the ‘Toadies’ and ‘Spacehog’ ($23.50), 1996

HARRY JONES / 12/28 “A glorious chapter in the history of Cleveland baseball came to an end yesterday-the Bob Feller era,” writes Plain Dealer reporter Harry Jones the next day, after the Tribe ace announces his retirement at Municipal Stadium after 20 years with the team, 1956

BILL NICHOLS / 1/4 “An announced crowd of 3,902 showed up to honor Carr, who broke down before a standing ovation which lasted several minutes during the half-time ceremonies,” writes The PD’s Bill Nichols, after the Cavaliers retire guard Austin Carr’s No. 34 jersey during last night’s 132-113 win at the Coliseum over the Washington Bullets, 1981

TERRY PLUTO / 11/2 ““It’s agony, it’s awesome,” was how Terry Francona described the last few months of his baseball season,” writes the PD’s Terry Pluto, after the Indians suffer an 8-7, 10-inning Game 7 loss to the Chicago Cubs before 39,658 at Progressive Field, 2016

NOTE: This project allows me to connect a number of parents with their siblings in a most fascinating way, such as Terry and Tito Francona, from 1961, the only year Tito made the All-Star team, to 2016 with Terry after the Indians played Game 7 of the World Series!

TITO FRANCONA ENTRIES / (THE FATHER / SON CONNECTION) 4/21 Listening to the game on WERE Radio, both teams use 7 pitchers each, a Major League record, as manager Jimmy Dykes’ 4th place Cleveland Indians beat the host Kansas City A’s, 10-8, scoring twice in the 9th, as right fielder Tito Francona (.359), goes 4 for 4 with 2 doubles, driving in 4 runs (Wynn Hawkins gets win/3 hrs. 53 minutes), 1961

7/31 Though rain halts the season’s second All-Star game at Fenway Park tied 1-1 after Rocky Colavito’s home run, the contest features Tribe All-Stars Johnny Temple (.285), Johnny Romano (.309), Tito Francona (.293), and hurler Barry Latman, 1961

HAROLD SAUERBREI / 12/23 Plain Dealer reporter Harold Sauerbrei writes the next day, “However fantastic it may seem, Cleveland tonight is without a pro football championship for the first time in seven years,” after the Cleveland Browns lose the NFL title game to the QB Bob Waterfield-led host Los Angeles Rams, 24-17, before 59,473 at the Coliseum, 1951 ------CLEVELAND PRESS NEWSPAPER BRUNO BORNINO / MUSIC CRITIC 12/19 After ‘Damnation’ & ‘Facelift’ rocked the Chesterland Hullabaloo Dec. 17th ($2); as ‘Target’ rocked the house last night with ‘Sticky Wicket’ ($1.75); ‘Fresh Air’ played Utopia last night; Surrealistic Ink hosts ‘Reign’ tonight; ‘Fully Assembled’ plays Padua High the 20th (Bruno Bornino writes, “the group’s sound is so driving and original people never leave the dance floor”), & ‘Freely Given’ rocks Bay Way Dec. 22nd, 1971

DICK FEAGLER / 5/28 As the PD reports 966 U.S. casualties in a week, The Cleveland Press headline offers, “Taps Sound a Final Salute to Hero Home from Viet,” as Dick Feagler’s story begins, “Under a bright blue sky, on a warm spring day, Spc. Robert Guerin, 28th Clevelander to die in Vietnam, was buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Olmsted Township,” 1966

1/28 After Dick Feagler & Mary Strassmeyer review Pres. Reagan’s inauguration during The Dave Patterson Show on TV3; Peter Frampton & Gary Wright play the Coliseum, 1976

SCENE MUSIC CRITICS / JEFF NIESEL / 8/17 “McCartney proved that good songs and rock solid musicianship still have a place in the pop/rock world,’ writes Jeff Niesel for the Scene, after Sir Paul McCartney rocks the Q with a 3-hour set ($97.50 to $253 / Beatles $3 to $5.50 at Stadium in ‘66), 2016

ERIC SANDY / 5/21 “This show had it all,” writes Eric Sandy for the Scene, after Dave Matthews brings his 25th Anniversary Tour to Blossom, rocking with a five-song encore ($40-$85), 2016

LOCAL ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER / JANET MACOSKA / 2/27 While watching ‘Crystal Dawn’ at the Agora, in the lobby you’ll find 80 rock photos by nationally known local photographers Janet Macoska & Anastasia Pantsios, 1981