On November 1, “The Two Sides of Gregg Turner� LP is set to release. On the day following the release, Gregg Turner will take the stage of Altitudes Bar & Grill downtown for his first-ever Flagstaff performance.
Santa Fe, New Mexico resident Gregg Turner was first engulfed in the music world as a writer and critic for music publications such as Back Door Man magazine and Creem ("America’s Only Rock ‘n� Roll Magazine") in the seventies and eighties. In this field, Turner said he had several opportunities to be around musicians he admired as a writer.
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