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Jethro Tull-“Cheap Day Return/Mother Goose”- Zurich Switzerland dressing room 1989

With the tile walls and concrete floor of their backstage dressing room providing a natural reverberant ambience, here are the members of Jethro Tull prior to their 1989 Zurich Switzerland concert, performing an acoustic medley of Aqualung-era…

Led Zeppelin- Presence 50th- Jimmy Page 3-30

Led Zeppelin guitarist/composer/producer Jimmy Page joins me for a rare classic rock interview here In the Studio to recall the considerable challenges Led Zeppelin faced making "Presence", on its golden anniversary the week of 3/30.
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Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees 50th Anniversary

It is the golden anniversary of Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees", one of the albums which musically defined America's bicentennial year 1976. More accurately this Boz Scaggs interview falls under "Ultra Rare", as the Dallas Texas native, long residing in the San Francisco Bay wine country, has led one of the more private lives in contemporary music.
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Jethro Tull- Aqualung 55th Anniversary- Ian Anderson

Few albums from any time in the Rock Era continue  to satisfy quite so well as Jethro Tull's masterpiece "Aqualung". Ian Anderson smartly wrote songs for all seasons for a superb band, including the timeless rockers "Aqualung","Cross-Eyed Mary","Locomotive Breath," and "Hymn #43", but perfectly paced the album with tasty acoustic classics like "Wond'ring Aloud"and "Mother Goose". On "Aqualung" 's 55th anniversary, Ian Anderson is my guest In the Studio.
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David Gilmour- On an Island 20th Anniversary

David Gilmour joins Redbeard In the Studio for Gilmour's March 2006 solo album "On an Island".
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R.E.M.- Losing My Religion 4-28-92

This slightly slower all-acoustic performance by R.E.M. of "Losing My Religion" at the Capital Plaza Theater in Charleston WV in April 1992, replete with melancholy solo violin, may be my favorite version, thanks to the Mountain Stage...

Van Halen- 5150 @40- Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony 3-23

Forty years ago it was the biggest buzz in music. Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen, and Michael Anthony are my guests for the "5150" backstory, plus the late Eddie Van Halen. Join us In the Studio for the fortieth anniversary of Van Halen's eleven million-seller "5150" the week of March 23.

Doobie Brothers- Takin’ It to the Streets 50th- Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald 3-16

A head transplant on a popular rock band has to be the most high-risk gamble in the music business (just ask Van Halen, Journey, and Foreigner), but as in the case of the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' It to the Streets", it's almost never elective surgery. Hear Tom Johnston and his thankless replacement, Michael McDonald, here In the Studio on the golden anniversary of the Doobie Brothers' Takin' It to the Streets the week of March 16.

Jethro Tull- Aqualung 55th Anniversary- Ian Anderson 3-9

Every real rock music fan has a shortlist of essential albums which were more than mere entertainment, and mine includes Jethro Tull's March 1971 fourth album, "Aqualung". Since then, I've never thought the same way about religion, homelessness, or one-legged flute players in tights. Ian Anderson is my guest here In the Studio for the fifty-fifth anniversary of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung".

Alice Cooper Group- I’m 18- Dallas 10-6-15

Not to be confused with Dallas Alice (that would be Little Feat), this is Alice in Dallas "Live from the Astroturf", performing in Good Records and improbably backed by his original Alice Cooper band (minus the late Glenn Buxton who passed in 1997) who gave us "Love It to Death", "Killer", "School's Out", and "Billion Dollar Babies".