Michael Lydon has been writing about pop music since the 1960s and was founding Editor of Rolling Stone. He has written profiles on Lennon and McCartney and has been on tour with the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Johnny Cash and many others. His books include Rock Folk, Boogie Lightening, and the definitive biography Ray Charles: Man and Music. Flashbacks, a collection of his rock writing, was published in 2003. Michael is also a regular 'talking head' on television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in New York.