Dan Epstein has written about music, pop culture and baseball for nearly 30 years, because that’s the stuff he loves the most. His work has appeared in Revolver, Guitar World, Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times and many other publications. He is the author of 2010’s Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging ‘70s. His all-time favorite album is 3+3 by The Isley Brothers.
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