Johnny Rogan, the London Irish music writer best known for his biographies of the Byrds, Neil Young, the Smiths, Van Morrison and Ray Davies, has died at his London home. Johnny Rogan. Photograph: Rosie Still“I think 1965 was maybe the greatest year in music that there’s been,” he told John Meagher in an Irish Independent interview in 2017. Rogan attended the 1996 court case when Smiths drummer Mike Joyce sued Morrissey and Marr over unpaid recording and performance royalties. “There’s a lack of investigative journalism, it only seems to be done in the financial areas now,” Rogan said.

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2021 11:03 UTC