In The Studio Archives: Classic Rock Interview

These are the interviews from the most recent editions of the weekly national radio broadcast of In The Studio .

Eagles-Hotel California 35th anniversary

Posted Dec 19, 2011

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"We figured it was time for another concept album . Not a 'cowboy' concept album ," Glenn Frey tells me in this week's classic rock interview about the December 1976 Eagles masterpiece Hotel California , ranked #37 on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 All Time list...(more) ...

Supertramp-Breakfast in America

Posted Nov 24, 2011

Roger Hodgson , one of two lead singer/songwriters in Supertramp, shares the remarkable transformation of this British art rock /progressive band into unlikely pop stars with this 1979 worldwide #1-seller, Breakfast in America , containing “The Logical Song”,”Goodbye Stranger”,”Take the Long Way Home”, and the title song in a very rare classic rock...

Doyle Bramhall

Posted Nov 19, 2011

...(cont) In tribute to this wonderful sweet man, here's my October 2007 exclusive interview with Big Doyle Bramhall . Meanwhile , our prayers are with his wife/manager Barbara Logan,twin brother Dale , older brother Ronnie, his daughter Georgia Bramhall of Austin, and Doyle II , as well as his countless friends...

Bob Seger-Ultimate Hits

Posted Nov 14, 2011

To acknowledge the 35th anniversary of his 6x-platinum breakthrough album Night Moves , Bob Seger releases his first double-disc Ultimate Hits :Rock and Roll Never Forgets and returns to In The Studio for a revealingly honest overview of Seger's long storied career . -Redbeard...

Simon and Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water

Posted Nov 5, 2011

Happy birthday to Art Garfunkel ! Simon and Garfunkel's" Bridge Over Troubled Water" swept the Grammy Awards 40 years ago with six, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for the title song.It ranks as #51 on Rolling Stone magazine's "Top 500 Albums of All Time",#7...

Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here” box set

Posted Oct 31, 2011

There's a common misperception that the fracturing of Pink Floyd occurred at some time after their worldwide blockbuster The Wall album and movie , but this week's episode with Roger Waters , David Gilmour , Nick Mason , and the late Richard Wright clearly reveal that Waters has a completely different recollection...

Boston

Posted Oct 30, 2011

In the Summer of 1975, a year before releasing what quickly became the biggest selling debut album in music history, the band Boston did not even exist . A year later Tom Scholz's seven year basement tapes would emerge out of nowhere to re-write the record books on popularity and profits ...(more)...

U2 “Achtung Baby”

Posted Oct 24, 2011

When Academy Award-winning documentary film maker Davis Guggenheim's ( An Inconvenient Truth , my favorite It Might Get Loud ) U2 rock doc From the Sky Down aired on Showtime this past Saturday evening , you saw confirmed what U2 drummer Larry Mullen jr blurted out in our In The Studio classic...

Boston

Posted Oct 17, 2011

In his 1988 book Generation Swine , the late gonzo journalist Hunter S.Thompson wrote ," The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run...

Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms-Mark Knopfler

Posted Oct 12, 2011

Possibly the worst conceivable time to approach a rock musician for any reason is immediately after coming off stage from performing for 90 minutes or more . They are physically and emotionally spent . So that's exactly the circumstances under which I first met Mark Knopfler , a good 10-12 months into the...

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