Great article in the free press about Iggy and the Stooges playing Friday at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit, promoting their new The Weirdness album.

I wrote a blog a few months ago about this, if you want to read a few more tidbits about Iggy.  Here’s a poster print for a concert at Farmington High School (slightly less awesome of a venue than the Fox) promoting their Funhouse album around 1970 (for sale in our store):

Iggy is a fascinating character.  The Stooges/Iggy’s official website has photos of Iggy that always amaze me.  How can someone who has abused his body for so long with drugs and alcohol look like that?  And it’s the strangest thing, because his face looks like he’s 70, but he’s got the ripped body of a college athlete.  I wonder what he does to keep fit like that?  Or is is just natural, like he’s a rock star superhero?

And did you know that Iggy grew up in a trailer park in Ypsilanti?  He’s right up there with Lee Osler as our most famous homegrown music stars.  But I doubt Iggy has ever written a song about Ypsilanti, so Lee is still #1 in my book.