Staffers past and present look back at 30 years of music, milestones and memories at American Songwriter magazine.
Vernell Hacket
Editor-In-Chief, Co-Owner, 1984-2004
Deborah Evans Price
Associate Editor, 1986-1996
Michael Kosser
Columnist, 1984-2011
Robert Clement
Publisher, 2004-2012; Co-Owner, 2004-Present
Douglas Waterman
Editor-In-Chief, 2004-2008; Advertising Director, 2002-2004; Co-Owner 2004-present
Matthew S. Shearon
Editor-In-Chief, Co-Publisher, 2008-2010; Managing Editor, 2005-2008
Rachel Briggs
Art Director, 2006-2012
Davis Inman
Gear and Business Editor, 2008-2011; Contributing Editor, 2012-2013
Caine O’Rear
Editor-In-Chief, 2010-Present
Jamie Younger
Marketing Director, 2010-2012
Brittney McKenna
Intern, 2008; Writer and Editorial Assistant, 2014-Present
Alex Shoaf
Intern, 2009; Freelance Writer, 2010-Present
Mackenzie Moore
Art Director, 2012-Present
Caroline Acree
Operations Director, 2012-Present
Emily Maxwell
Intern, 2013-2014; Writer/Editorial Assistant, 2014-Present
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American rock group Blue Oyster Cult, USA, 30th July 1976. Left to right: bassist Joe Bouchard, guitarist Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, keyboard and guitar player Allen Lanier, singer Eric Bloom and drummer Albert Bouchard. (Photo By Michael Putland/Getty Images -
English Rock musician Mick Jones, of the group Foreigner, plays electric guitar as he performs onstage at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, September 12, 1985. Visible in the background are Mark Rivera, on keyboards, Dennis Elliott, on drums, and Lou Gramm (born Lou Grammatico), on vocals. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) -
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CIRCA 1975: (L-R) Dougie Thomson, Bob C. Benberg John A. Helliwell, Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies of the rock band "Supertramp" pose for a portrait in circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
