Author: Cheryl Herman

A couple of recent Cheryl’s Specials have been about Rocket Record artists. Another act on the label was Stackridge.   Former member Mike ”Mutter” Slater discussed the good old days with EJW as well as...

Elton has been treating fans to classic concerts on YouTube while also raising money for his AIDS foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund. So Cheryl’s Specials decided to explore some classic concert moments....

The last edition of Cheryl’s Specials had an interview with a former signee of Elton’s old record company. Another Rocket Records act was Jimmie’s Chicken Shack. The group has been managed by Richard...

In 1979, the Rocket Record company decided to put out an album of new bands called 499 2139. Hundreds responded, and a dozen bands (14 songs) were selected. These were recorded at Pathway Studios, with Peter Waterman (who then...

Podipto was a country-rock band who released two albums and toured with Laura Nyro and the Carpenters. They also once opened for the former Reg Dwight . . . on the 29th of November in 1970, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis....

A little over nine years ago, a movie about the making of Elton and Leon Russell’s The Union album was premiered.   Also called The Union, the documentary was first seen at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival...

Fourteen years ago, Elton and Bernie Taupin’s musical opened at the Palace Theater in New York. To promote Lestat, the Warner Bros. Center had an exhibit called Elton John–Elements of an Icon, which showcased...

Martyn Goddard has been a freelance photographer for over four decades. He began his career in rock  music photography upon graduating from the Harrow College of Art. He also wound up working with a certain piano player...