Scott Paton

Bob is 70. 70, somehow, sounds daunting. Especially for one of our second-generation Rock & Roll heroes. We’d just gotten used to the founding fathers...

For the well-heeled collector, guitar player or Beatle-obsessed fan, a limited edition guitar will be available next month that should send the aforementione...

Once was the day that record stores dotted the landscape of the Western world. No Main Street, shopping center or mega mall was without a national chain sto...

Percussion and strings merged to conjure up images of a crackling, searing inferno... I knew that I was listening to the stuff of legend, and no doubt, my j...

As architects of “the Philly Sound”, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff crafted sophisticated funk classics for the O’Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blues, Teddy Pend...

In the world of baseball, the cleanup hitter is the slugger who bats fourth in the line-up. But for Ernie Moore, the term “cleanup hitter” is a whole other ...

It never hurts to ask. With some Detroit roots of my own, I'm a devout Motown fan and, over the course of my broadcasting career, I had the opportunity to i...

During more fallow periods of my bouts with freelance writing, I've occasionally hung out a shingle and worked as a resume writer-for-hire. Based on my expe...

In its first two decades, People Magazine was often an interesting read, cover-to-cover. But once the scourge of tabloid journalism infected the mainstream ...

Another chapter article for the Smithsonian & National Academies of Sciences' curriculum publications. (Also see "The Dreaded Shipworm")

My writing career has been divided, roughly, into two equal parts: entertainment-oriented and business marketing & advertising. But like most individual...

The natural resources that fuel much of our electric power are limited. What if they run out someday? Will we have to turn out the lights forever? Well, s...

“Is that your final answer?” The phrase has insinuated itself into our collective vocabulary like no other since the days of “Where’s the beef?” Surely Regis...

Poinsettia’s have become a holiday tradition…so has throwing them out a few weeks later. But with a little TLC and these handy tips, they can live to bloom ...

You just figured out a balance between kids and career…now your parents need help, too. What will you do?...

From the over-hyped "Brian Is Back" campaign of the late '70s to the present day, Wilson's live appearances have consisted of little more than token cameos a...