Echoes In the Studio- Voices of Fallen Rockers pt 2

In memoriam : the echoes In the Studio of Neil Peart of Rush, Walter Becker of Steely Dan, Ric Ocasek of The Cars, Paul Barrere of Little Feat, plus David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Chris Squire & Alan White of YES, Chris Cornell. Part two.

Echoes In the Studio pt3- Eddie Van Halen, Tom Petty, Charlie Daniels, Stevie Ray Vaughan

For Memorial Day Weekend 2025: "Echoes In the Studio", the voices of & tributes to fallen rockers. Part three of four.

Kinks- Picture Book- London 1996

"The Kinks are a really good live band. We're not so keen on recording studios," Ray Davies told me. Maybe that's why the Kinks have owned their own studio in London for so long, in order to minimize  many of the irritants from recording in…

Bachman Turner Overdrive- Four Wheel Drive @50-Randy Bachman

Bachman Turner Overdrive In the Studio with Randy Bachman for "Four Wheel Drive" 50th anniversary.
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Robert Plant- Shaken ‘n’ Stirred

"The Principle of Moments", Robert Plant's second solo album, first convinced us that Plant could sustain a viable solo career outside of the legendary Led Zeppelin, which he fronted for twelve fabled years. But for me personally it was "Shaken 'n' Stirred" in 1985, served pre-release on a Walkman at 40,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean,  that began my professional relationship with the complicated singer. Robert Plant is my guest In the Studio.

Night Ranger- 7 Wishes @40- Jack Blades

Night Ranger's Jack Blades grants "7 Wishes" forty years later with the first American band to break big simultaneously on radio & MTV with "Don't Tell Me You Love Me","You Can Still Rock in America", the mid-'80s phenomenon "Sister Christian", and"Four in the Morning" here In the Studio.

Robert Plant- Rockin’ at Midnight- Birmingham UK 9-85

When Robert Plant performed this toe-tappin', finger snappin' "Rockin' at Midnight" in concert in Birmingham England in September 1985, he had already successfully lifted the curtain on Act Two of his lengthy post-Led Zeppelin career.
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Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms- Mark Knopfler

Few albums from the Eighties have been so popular or aged as well as "Brothers in Arms", the fifth studio album from London's Dire Straits. Released in May 1985, Brothers in Arms contained the songs of Mark Knopfler performed expertly and produced impeccably, which proved irresistible to an international buying audience estimated at over thirty million. Dire Straits bandleader Mark Knopfler tries to explain the phenomenon of "Brothers in Arms"  and modern super-celebrity here In the Studio in this classic rock interview. "I recommend success to anybody. I can't think of anything good about fame. If you can, let me know."

Judas Priest- Living After Midnight- Atlanta 12-11-82

Program Director Alan Sneed was midway through a distinguished career helming legendary rock radio stations in Nashville, Atlanta, and Houston when Judas Priest rolled into the Omni in early December 1982 to film and record. Those facts are…

Mark Knopfler- Money for Nothing- Dallas Ft Worth 9-8-19

Mark Knopfler the quiet-spoken Englishman from his performance in September 2019 in Grand Prairie TX taking his big band through their paces on the showstopper "Money for Nothing".