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Road Dog: Haunted Venues

Senior editor Ted Drozdowski continues his monthly Road Dog livestream with tales of the eerie places he’s played and stayed.

Ted Drozdowski
By Ted DrozdowskiOct 26, 2017
Ted Drozdowski

Editorial director Ted Drozdowski is an award-winning journalist and music historian, and a musician, songwriter, producer, and film consultant. He’s a maniac for slide and psychedelic guitar, and has toured and taught workshops internationally. Ted is also the proprietor of Coyote Motel, his psych-roots band, who star in the film The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of the South. Connect with him at ted@premierguitar.com.

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