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

. >> janis joplin was found dead last night. cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. >> jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. he was 27. >> the early years of the '70s are sad in music. because you lose people. and you lose the beatles. >> the small gathering is only the beginning. the event so momentous. historians may view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. >> it was a death for a lot of people. rock 'n' roll as we understood it in the '60s, are no longer with us. >> the beatles -- >> and i wonder what i am doing here with no drummers and no nothing like. you might know i lost my old band or i left it. ♪ imagine there's no heaven ♪ it's easy if you try >> for so long, you kind of waited for the next beatles' album to see where music was going. and we just hoped the music they would come up with individually would be that good. >> you know, i no longer, oh, the beatles need an album. you and paul go write 20 songs tomorrow or that s

what was janis joplin like we did you like going to the monterey process?i'm involved with a young putting on their exhibit. yes, we 50 other situations happen for the summer of love but didn't we surround ourselves and didn't we promote the 50th super bowl? if we do not have this festival this is like having the super bowl without the gain. [applause] >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> commissioners my name is jim anderson. i was born and raised to get i started in the park shows when i was 17 years old. i've attended every show. most of the shows in san francisco for-until recently. 20 years or so cute i just want to say that we have done this over and over again. we will cover all the bases that need to be covered obviously things have changed in all these years but we are willing to offer my zen change everything is due to some the people boots was taken aback a little bit there asking for another promoter to come and work with boots. the problem arises there all the other promoters in this business for money. all they care about is how much they

what was janis joplin like we did you like going to the monterey process?i'm involved with a young putting on their exhibit. yes, we 50 other situations happen for the summer of love but didn't we surround ourselves and didn't we promote the 50th super bowl? if we do not have this festival this is like having the super bowl without the gain. [applause] >> thank you >> next speaker, please. >> commissioners my name is jim anderson. i was born and raised to get i started in the park shows when i was 17 years old. i've attended every show. most of the shows in san francisco for-until recently. 20 years or so cute i just want to say that we have done this over and over again. we will cover all the bases that need to be covered obviously things have changed in all these years but we are willing to offer my zen change everything is due to some the people boots was taken aback a little bit there asking for another promoter to come and work with boots. the problem arises there all the other promoters in this business for money. all they care about is how much they