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George Scott- 1st

Mick and Lou Feb 15, 1989. Starting the band, making debut album. For demonstration ONLY, not for production.  
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Motley Crue- Theatre of Pain/GirlsGirlsGirls- Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil

In an alternate universe where being boring and predictable is the Original Sin, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue would be sanctified saints, because they have been waging  jihad against the tyranny of the mainstream for a full four decades. Peaking at #2 on Billboard Album Sales chart, "Girls, Girls, Girls"  would eventually equal their preceding mega-seller "Theatre of Pain" with another four million copies sold. The always eyebrow-raising Nikki Sixx and hilarious Vince Neil are my guests In the Studio.

Grand Funk- Closer to Home- Mark Farner, Don Brewer

Grand Funk "Closer to Home" interview with Mark Farner and Don Brewer In the Studio.
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Talking Heads- Little Creatures- David Byrne, Jerry Harrison

"I think that Talking Heads were one of the first groups who tried not to be about a fantasy that was bigger than life, but tried to be about being strong within a life that was ultimately real."- Jerry Harrison, In the Studio with Mr "American Utopia", David Byrne, for Talking Heads "Little Creatures". .

Live- Selling the Drama- New York City 3/97

When the string of passionate, dynamic songs on the 1994 Throwing Copper   album by Pennsylvania band Live opened up like the petals on a rose bud, I was really impressed. Not since the R.E.M. days  of Murmur  and Reckoning a decade earlier  …
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Eagles- One of These Nights- the late Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner

Driving halfway across America  not long after the June 1975 release of "One of These Nights"  by The Eagles is when I truly realized just how massively popular this band had become. Original Eagles singer/bass player Randy Meisner, now passed, and the late Eagles co-founder singer/guitarist Glenn Frey joined me here In the Studio in a classic rock interview,precious now with their passing, about the album which single-handedly took country and western music from the bunkhouse to Broadway.

R.E.M.- Maps and Legends- Santa Monica 1987

R.E.M. live acoustic "Maps and Legends" at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica May 1987

James Taylor- Gorilla 50th Anniversary

James Taylor is my guest here In the Studio as we mark the golden anniversary of May 1975's "Gorilla".
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Kinks- One for the Road- Ray Davies

"I'm probably the worst musician in the band," admits Ray Davies of The Kinks In the Studio on the forty-fifth anniversary of The Kinks live album "One for the Road". "They're very good players, and this record  shows them off as players as well." Part one of my classic rock interview.

Echoes In the Studio 2025- In Memoriam

This Memorial Day weekend, we present our annual tribute to rockers now gone with "Echoes In the Studio", a fond farewell to some of those musicians we have lost, in their own words and, in some cases, through personal memoirs by other musician peers. In this part one of four, we salute Tina Turner, Jeff Beck, Meat Loaf, Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Procol Harum's Gary Brookr and Keith Reid by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Stevie Nicks.