Part 66: My Father, Riley Shepard
Photo by Thomas Schworer I grew up in a cloud of my father’s cigar smoke, listening to the tapping sounds from his Corona typewriter, the...
Part 65: Criswell and Halo, Riley Sold Cheesecakes To Pay Rent & The FBI
©Stacya Shepard Silverman Riley Shepard’s Promise 2021 All Rights Reserved Today is Saturday, March 20, 2021. Deaths from the Coronavirus...
Part 64: Wild Riley Shepard: A Memorial
Today is Sunday, February 7th. I heard something the other day about how when a death toll reaches a certain number, people begin to...
Part 63: Riley Shepard's Cookbook, and How I Was Reunited with His Encyclopedia of Folk Music
Today is Sunday, January 31, 2021. 30 million of 50 million vaccines have been distributed. There are three strains of the new virus,...
Part 62: Video From "The Riley Shepard Show" and Liner Notes by Kevin Coffey, Riley’s Career
Today is Sunday, January 24th, 2021. There is a new strain of the COVID-19 virus that seems to be more contagious. N95 masks and KN95...
Part 61: 1970s, Riley's Diner, Half-Sister Leslie Shows up
Today is Sunday, January 17, 2021. Trump has been impeached for inciting an insurrection. The 45th president has been quiet, many of his...
Part 60: The Encyclopedia of Folk Music, Investors, Copies of Riley's Agreements, The Fresno Library
Today is Sunday, January 10, 2021. This Week blew up on January 6th, which began with the historical news that the runoff in Georgia...
Part 59: Riley Often Claimed He Wrote The Song "Blue Christmas."
When I was a little girl, my father told me that he wrote the song "Blue Christmas". I'm pretty sure the first time he told me that is when
Part 58: The Great Escape, My Friend Dianna
Today is Sunday, December 27, 2020. In local news, there's still a snowy owl from the Arctic hanging out in our neighborhood. She favors...
Part 57: Riley Shepard History, His Journal, and A Video Clip
Today is Sunday, December 20th, 2020. The historic Cliff House restaurant, which first opened 157 years ago, will close. 180 employees...