Al Hunter’s Story Archive

Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 2

April 25, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Last week, we revisited the famous “Paul is Dead” rumor swirling around the Beatles rock band during the last few years of the turbulent sixties. The rumor that Paul McCartney died in a November 1966 car crash seems silly to us now, but it was pervasive back in the day. … Read More

Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 1

April 18, 2019 | by Al Hunter

It has been over half a century since one of the most famous hoaxes in rock n’ roll history began. On Wednesday November 9, 1966 at 5 a.m., Paul McCartney, while working on the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” stormed out of the studio during a recording session … Read More

The Band — Woodstock Comes To Irvington

April 11, 2019 | by Al Hunter

You are cordially invited to come over to the Irving Theatre, 5505 E. Washington St. (corner of East Washington and Johnson Ave.) this Saturday, April 13th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and talk about music. This is the 50th anniversary year of Woodstock, the concert that changed both the … Read More

Coughing up Bullets — A Civil War Tale for the Ages

April 4, 2019 | by Al Hunter

So you say you have a scratchy throat? Runny nose? Nagging cough? Blaming all those hugs, handshakes and office hours for catching a bug? Well, here’s a reminder that it could be worse. This reminder reaches all the way back to the Civil War and comes with a twist that … Read More

Tito Francona and the Curse of Rocky Colavito, Part 2

March 28, 2019 | by Al Hunter

During a spring training Cactus League exhibition game on March 26, 1961, Cleveland Indians outfielder Tito Francona hit a 350-foot home run against the Boston Red Sox at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona. It’s 349 feet to right field, 366 feet to left field, and 410 feet to dead … Read More