Cameron Crowe‘s Oscar-winning movie “Almost Famous” was released 15 years ago this week, an anniversary worth noting for fans of Crowe and of rock ‘n’ roll on film.
And I find its anniversary of particular note, because I have some ties to the era and the scene it depicts, and to the film itself. I was writing about rock ‘n’ roll for the Los Angeles Times at the age of 19, which would have been impressive except that Cameron was already around, too, two years younger and writing for Rolling Stone.
These days, when people who didn’t know me back then find out about my background as a young rock reporter, about eight out of 10 of them say, “Oh, ‘Almost Famous.””