It was a hot August night in 1977 when my parents took me to my first rock concert—Neil Diamond. A week later, I remember feeling a sense of pride as I donned my "Diamond" concert t-shirt for the first day of sixth grade. This was truly a rite of passage and, perhaps, the seed that would later sprout into my Song Sung Blue journey nearly two decades later.​

 

I first encountered Lightning & Thunder in the early '90s while directing a documentary for Harley-Davidson. There they were, perched atop a sticky outdoor bar at the Wisconsin State Fair grounds, belting out Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" to a crowd of leather-clad bikers dancing their chaps off. It gave me goosebumps, and I felt compelled to share them with others.  { READ MORE }