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Next week we will share Redbeard’s exclusive interviews from thirty years ago when Tom Petty was holed up in Mike Campbell‘s garage making what would come to be known as Full Moon Fever . Enjoy this live romp with the Heartbreakers on “Free Fallin’ ” from the band’s residency at the Fillmore in San Francisco in […]
With the studio version originally on the Tom Petty solo album Full Moon Fever, which we will honor here on its 30th anniversary in two weeks, note how Florida natives the late Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers stood their ground with a six-string rather than a six-shooter with a different take on “I Won’t Back Down” from San […]
The Cars “Heartbeat City” interview In the Studio with the late Ric Ocasek & Greg Hawkes.
Without sacrificing any of the hard rock cred that they had so tenaciously fought for, Seattle sisters Ann Wilson and kickin’ guitarist Nancy Wilson showed considerable growth and songwriting confidence forty years ago ( 10/7 ) on Dog and Butterfly containing “Straight On,”Cook With Fire“, and the ambitious “Mistral Wind“. It’s ladies choice here from […]
Thirty years ago In the Studio were Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart 9-26-88 for the real rock fairytale of “Dramboat Annie”.
When entities outside of the rock world try to define it, I usually hold my breath and cover my eyes, but in 2008 the folks at Time- Life did a pretty impressive job collecting hard rock genre-defining classics from Deep Purple, Whitesnake, KISS, Bad Company, Heart, Judas Priest, Boston, Ted Nugent, and many more […]
Thirty years ago this week for In the Studio episode #8 focusing on the soap opera behind Damn the Torpedoes , the breakthrough third album from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Gainseville Gator revealed the personal battles he and the Heartbreakers had to fight just so that we could enjoy one of the most […]
Five years ago this week a remarkable musical event transpired as singing superstar Sir Rod Stewart blew minds, kisses, and a few monitor speakers with the ill-timed mic drop by surprising everybody by packing his big thirteen-piece band onto the intimate stage of Los Angeles legendary Sunset Strip nightclub The Troubadour. Here’s a simply charming […]
This is more or less where it all started for those of us who missed Tom Petty‘s formative years in Mudcrutch in the clubs around Gainesville FL . It is a miracle that “American Girl” on the 1977 debut Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers over forty years ago was ever discovered to be played […]
The story of Heart’s debut Dreamboat Annie remains one of the Cinderella fairy tale chapters in rock history, but the major label follow up released this week in 1977, Little Queen, was made amidst adversity.