In The Studio Archives: Classic Rock Interview

The Kinks were probably a lock for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction for their British Invasion Sixties output alone, but the middle 1970s were tough going for them until reclaiming their rock bona fides with a trifecta of revitalized rock on 1977′s Sleepwalker, 1978′s Misfits, and their biggest seller ever, Low...

The kind of gushing, jaw-dropping reaction to Austin guitarist/ singer/ songwriter Eric Johnson has been pretty much consistent since he started attracting heady praise in the mi-1970s as guitarist in the Electromagnets. By 1980 Eric Johnson was already developing an almost mythical reputation as a spectacular player, enough to garner the cover story...

When it came time for Soundgarden to enter the studio in 1993, the song stash was empty, a daunting creative challenge to main songwriter Chris Cornell. All of the ripe musical fruit had been harvested for the series of singles,  EPs, and three  albums including Badmotorfinger, but Chris found the un-tilled earth liberating...

There has been considerable buzz in the rock music world ever since Jimmy Page, the brilliantly gifted architect of the Led Zeppelin sound since it was unleashed forty-five years ago, announced that he was personally overseeing a comprehensive updating of the entire Led Zeppelin catalog as deluxe editions with remastered sound, new twenty-first...

The conclusion of our In the Studio Memorial Weekend tribute to rock musicians who dedicated their lives to entertaining us and have  passed away includes the voices of John Entwistle of The Who, Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, and tributes to Keith Moon, Randy Rhoads, multiple members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hughie Thomasson,...

Bob Seger promised us that “rock and roll never forgets”, and for the next two weeks In the Studio makes good on that promise with the voices of the musical greats who have appeared with me In the Studio but who are no longer with us. In part one you’ll hear George Harrison,...