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North County writer Paul Williams has passed away after a long illness, at the age of 64. The founder of Crawdaddy Magazine (the first national U.S. magazine of rock music journalism) also wrote several noted biographies, including what many consider to be the definitive Bob Dylan story, as well as occasionally contributing to the Reader.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42795/
The author of more than 25 books also wrote tomes on the Beach Boys, and Neil Young, and a popular “consciousness handbook,” Das Energi.
Here's an article by Williams recalling the birth of Crawdaddy:
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2008/05/14/and-so-it-began-remembering-the-first-issue/
And two of his Reader cover features:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42790/
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2006/mar/09/big-spain/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42791/
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2003/jul/24/lost-powerdresser/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42794/
North County writer Paul Williams has passed away after a long illness, at the age of 64. The founder of Crawdaddy Magazine (the first national U.S. magazine of rock music journalism) also wrote several noted biographies, including what many consider to be the definitive Bob Dylan story, as well as occasionally contributing to the Reader.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42795/
The author of more than 25 books also wrote tomes on the Beach Boys, and Neil Young, and a popular “consciousness handbook,” Das Energi.
Here's an article by Williams recalling the birth of Crawdaddy:
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2008/05/14/and-so-it-began-remembering-the-first-issue/
And two of his Reader cover features:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42790/
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2006/mar/09/big-spain/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42791/
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2003/jul/24/lost-powerdresser/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42794/