Cameron Crowe makes Riverside’s 1964 Bob Dylan concert almost famous

Cameron Crowe wrote profiles and cover stories for Rolling Stone magazine when he was as young as 16. This put him in the company of bands like the Eagles, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zeppelin — but only after taking the bus, since he was too young to drive.

To interview Kris Kristofferson at an El Torito, the pair had to sit in the lobby because Crowe, 15, wasn’t allowed in the bar.

He felt out of place in another way. His mother skipped him to first grade at age 5...