Interview Transcripts

by John O'Dowd 2006 One of the most promising recording artists in the mid-1970s was a gorgeous and sexy pop/southern soul singer from Batesville, Arkansas, with the decidedly down home name of Sami Jo. The possessor of a dark, raspy voice full of fire and power, Sami...

by John O’Dowd 2007 Prolific stage, film and television actress Janette Lane Bradbury utilized her childhood love of wonder and whimsy to build a substantial acting career that has spanned nearly 50 years. Inspired as a tot by magical visions of dancing elves and...

Article and Interview by John O’Dowd 2011 With special thanks to Peter Clark and Michael Barnum The luscious and provocative Sally Todd made a sizzling impression in a cluster of high-profile TV shows and low-budget genre films in the mid-to-late 1950s, and nearly set...

by John O’Dowd 2008 Blessed with a gorgeous folk-tinged voice and a burgeoning talent in songwriting, singer Pat Daisy left her small southern town in the 1960's and headed to Nashville to pursue her childhood dreams of becoming a successful recording star. Under the...

by John O'Dowd 2009 In the show business hierarchy, no one has struggled harder for professional validation than the male model. Impeccably groomed and suited, these finely-chiseled gentlemen have toiled anonymously in front of the cameras for years, often with little...

by Steve Thompson and John O’Dowd With an Intro by Nicole Clements, the daughter of Christa Helm 2007 The late 1960s and early 70s were an exciting, if challenging, time for women of the day. Their moms were of the 1950's—housekeepers and caretakers, mostly⎯who were...

by John O’Dowd,  2009 Revised 5/5/09 Born in Hastings, Nebraska, but raised in the nearby farm town of Sutton, Diane Jordan harbored childhood aspirations of becoming a successful singer and recording artist, but in her wildest dreams never imagined the crushing...

by John O’Dowd 2019 When word came on April 27, 2011, the world had lost this beloved lady (whose physical remains were found in her home by a neighbor, many months after her passing from heart disease), I froze in complete shock and disbelief. That initial feeling of...