A Hard Day's Write
Subtitle
A Journalist's Journey Through the World of Pop Music 1989-94, and More
Dean Rhodes has published an e-book memoir, “A Hard Day’s Write: A Journalist’s Journey Through the World of Pop Music 1989-94, and More.” The memoir recounts the five years Rhodes covered popular music for the now-defunct afternoon daily The Phoenix Gazette in Arizona’s capital city. In addition to the verbatim interviews he conducted with pop music legends like Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Paul Simon, Tony Bennett, Deborah Harry and even Michaelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rhodes also includes entertaining stories, such as the time he and a photographer were kicked out of a Metallica concert while working on a health care story and the time he flew to Nashville and back in one day just to hear Eddie Money perform at 30,000 feet.
Bio
Arizona State graduate Dean Rhodes has published an e-book memoir, “A Hard Day’s Write: A Journalist’s Journey Through the World of Pop Music 1989-94, and More.”
The memoir recounts the five years Rhodes covered popular music for the now-defunct afternoon daily The Phoenix Gazette in Arizona’s capital city.
In addition to the verbatim interviews he conducted with pop music legends like Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Paul Simon, Tony Bennett, Deborah Harry and even Michaelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rhodes also includes entertaining stories, such as the time he and a photographer were kicked out of a Metallica concert while working on a health care story and the time he flew to Nashville and back in one day just to hear Eddie Money perform at 30,000 feet.
Rhodes, 65, retired in January 2024 from an award-winning, 40-year career in journalism. He graduated from Arizona State University in December 1982, and from 1989-94 he covered popular music for The Phoenix Gazette.
His love of popular music dates back to the mid-1960s when his U.S. Air Force father was stationed outside of London, England, from 1964-68, during the heyday of the Beatles. He also has been an editor for mainstream and Tribal newspapers in Oregon (Smoke Signals), North Dakota (The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead) and Washington state (Peninsula Daily News), performed as a standup comedian and written several yet-to-be-produced screenplays.
He lives in Port Angeles, Wash., with his wife, Patricia, and is continuing to write.
