of rolling stone magazine, he introduced some of the most iconic musicians of our time-- from janis joplin and jim morrison to bob dylan and elton john-- rock and roll journalist ben fong-torres. i'm maria hinojosa; this is one on one. ben fong-torres, so you don't play a musical instrument, but you are an icon in rock and roll. >> no! >> hinojosa: yes! >> i am not. >> hinojosa: rolling stone magazine made you famous. you were an editor there for well over a decade, and people will remember you as the guy who sent out that kid reporter in the movie almost famous to go get his story. >> that mean guy, yeah. >> hinojosa: that mean guy. >> that's me, mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: and i told you that i was going to do this, because as one journalist to another journalist, it's hard to kind of sum up, because you have interviewed every major rock and roll and pop musician and country musician that exists, i would day. okay. >> well, you're overstating it, but i'll take it. >> hinojosa: overstating a little bit. if you had to choose your like, top most-memorable interviews from this huge history, what wo

he had concerts where jimi hendrix and janis joplin-- the only two benefits we were able to find that either of them ever did, peter yarrow organized, and they were antiwar and vietnam veterans against the war in 1970 right before they died. i mean, it's an amazing fact, you know, jimi hendrix on stage for something, you know, at that crucial time. imagine, you know, the significance today if people realized, you know, artists of that stature moving around the cause. it had an impact. peter yarrow did that. harry belafonte is one of the most dignified, well-educated, lucid, focused, eloquent men i have ever met in my life and has a sense of humanity to him and a sense of-- of what really matters. i wish i could run him for president. he wouldn't take the job. but he's a truly wonderful human being, and he was certainly one of the most astounding interviews. the man is a walking history book. you know, he was walking next to martin luther king at all of those things. it was him. he was there. he was the guy next to him, and he told us stuff that you won't believe. if the six bullet sto

you might look because "whoa, there's janis joplin" and we were all helping to do the same thing.were all building our cultural voice from an unknown kid like me working in a bookstore and robert taking his first polaroid. >> rose: working at scribners. >> i worked at scribners for several years. we were all doing the same thing. they were just alittle ahead. and we interacted and learned from one another and i was really lucky. >> rose: this is a surprise to you. guess what she brought? her guitar. what are you going to sing? >> my blanking year. >> rose: all right. ♪ in my blakean year i was so disposed ♪ toward a mission yet uncleared a vancing ♪ pole by pole ♪ fortune breathed into my ear, oh, babe, the simple code ♪ one road is paved in gold, one road is just a road ♪ in my blakeian year, temptation yet a hiss ♪ just a shallow spear robed in cowardice ♪ brace yourself for bitter flak for a life sublime ♪ a labyrinth of riches never shall unwind the tears that bind the pilgrim sacks are stitched ♪ into the blakean back so throw off your stupid cloak ♪ embrace all that you fear

it's going to be a show janis joplin will be here and jimi hendrix and of course what any new year'sive be incomplete without mick and the boys. it big plans for new year's live would be glad to give our audience tonight? the plan before midnight to started up and if you want to talk ladies to spend the night was weak your id i might need you give me shelter later on don't go too far. that's very were going to beat party maughan, work what have the summer of love here it's going to be happening starting at 11:30 p.m. on kron 4 and show it set and had a show at night, and costume don't make me feel like a fool been building one. back to catherine. let's go back to vicki was along the embarcadero what you drinking? for but to take you inside the promises to be the hottest party in town. what a more in san francisco's embarcadero and this is the water bart added fact here's our host pete tell me a little bit about what the folks could expect tonight? we will ring in new year's eve a big way we of champagne on ice, the chefs are in the kitchen and a shot oysters were have caviar, truffle