Mike Callahan (9)

Mike Callahan is a writer and music historian. He started writing for Goldmine Magazine in 1979 about rock and roll in stereo. His column was titled "Both Sides Now," a column title selected by the late Goldmine editor Rick Whitesell, who liked to name columns after song titles. He continued writing for Goldmine until the mid-1980s, at which time he started the Both Sides Now Stereo Newsletter, which was published quarterly from 1986 until 2006. He wrote liner notes for several commercial CDs, including The Vee-Jay Story, Rock Artifacts (Vols. 1-4), The Chordettes' 25 All-Time Greatest Recordings, and The History of Cadence Records. His popular book Oldies On CD (Both Sides Now Publications, 1994) was a second edition of a 1991 book. He founded the Both Sides Now website in 1997 which has discographies of over 600 different record labels, along with stories on many of them, as well as a chat board for record collectors. He recorded, mixed, and produced CDs while at Sojourn Church. He has also written books on history, genealogy, and authored or coauthored scientific papers. He played guitar and bass for a number of rock bands as well as praise and worship groups.