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Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever

When we met in 1978, we were both in our mid-twenties, but I realized even then that Tom Petty had a very old soul, wise and true, and that sense only increased over the next four decades...The late Tom Petty is my guest In the Studio for the story of "Full Moon Fever".

Peter Frampton- Shine On Early Best

The sub-title of this classic rock interview should probably be "Frampton Barely Survives". Everybody knows that young Englishman Peter Frampton revolutionized the recording industry in early 1976 with his live double set  "Frampton Comes Alive". But where did those now-iconic songs like "Show Me the Way", "Lines on My Face", "Baby I Love Your Way", "All I Want to Be (Is By Your Side)", and "Do You Feel Like We Do" originally come from? Peter joins me In the Studio to trace the days after he left Humble Pie, his struggles with four solid but woefully under-exposed solo studio albums, his phenomenal transformation into pop superstardom with the live album, and the tumultuous years immediately afterward trying to survive it all.

The Cult- Electric/Sonic Temple- Billy Duffy

This late 1987 interview with The Cult lead guitarist/co-writer Billy Duffy reflects  the frustration, duplicated effort, and enormous expense the band incurred making the preceding album, "Electric", as well as the subsequent success they found with the final results, pointing ahead to the platinum success with "Sonic Temple".
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Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping- Gary Rossington, Ed King, Leon Wilkeson

The late Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd "In the Studio" for a Southern-fried serving of "Second Helping". My archival interviews with Ed King and Leon Wilkeson’s final radio interview, as well.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- I Won’t Back Down- San Francisco 2-6-97

Note how Florida natives the late Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers stood their ground with a six-string rather than a six-shooter. It's a different take on "I Won't Back Down" from San Francisco's Fillmore during a nationwide radio broadcast in February 1997.

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama- Memphis 10-30-73

Lynyrd Skynyrd earliest known recording of "Sweet Home Alabama" before a live Ardent Studio audience in Memphis 10/30/73.
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Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs

Robin Trower In the Studio with Redbeard for the golden anniversary of "Bridge of Sighs".

Robin Trower- Day of the Eagle- Dallas 3-20-80

Good fortune and great music-loving friends combined to save this Dallas Wintergarden performance on March 20, 1980 from the dumpster of time. This is Robin Trower, the late James Dewar on bass and vocal, and Bill Lordan on drums ripping through "Day of the Eagle".

YES- Talk- Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin

YES innovated in early 1994 with “Talk”, and singer/lyricist Jon Anderson singer/guitarist/composer Trevor Rabin joined me In the Studio to talk about “Talk”.

Robin Trower- The Fool & Me- Denver 8-6-74

Ultra-rare nightclub appearance by a young and hungry Robin Trower barely two years after risking everything by leaving Procol Harum, and just four months after the release of their second album, Bridge of Sighs. Robin takes no prisoners.on "The Fool & Me" 1974.