Eric Spitznagel is the author and editor of ten books, including Old Records Never Die: One Man’s Quest for His Vinyl and His Past, a Hudson Booksellers Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. He’s been a frequent contributor to magazines like Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Men’s Health, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and the New York Times, among others. He lives in Chicago with his wife and a piano prodigy son, who creates songs from scratch that suggest a possible contract with the devil at the crossroads.