Talking Heads- Little Creatures 40th- David Byrne, Jerry Harrison 6-9

David Byrne and keyboard/ guitar player Jerry Harrison are my guests introducing us to "Little Creatures" by Talking Heads the week of June 9 on the album's fortieth anniversary.

C.C. for Wyatt

C.C. interview April 26, 2007 in Dallas by Redbeard for In the Studio. Copyright 2007, all rights reserved. FOR DEMONSTRATION ONLY. Subject log &  times: No guarantees; grateful for the opportunity 00-1:58 Paid dues, washed…

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 40th Anniversary

"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.

Eagles- One of These Nights 50th- Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner 6-2

All three of these Eagles songs, "Lyin' Eyes", "Take It to the Limit", and the title song from the album One of These Nights fifty years ago went Top 10, with the album nesting atop the Billboard sales chart  and "Lyin' Eyes" winning a Grammy. Original Eagles singer/bass player Randy Meisner, now gone, and the late Eagles co-founder singer/guitarist Glenn Frey joined me here In the Studio. Hear it the week of June 2

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 40th- 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."

Kinks- One for the Road 45th Anniversary- Ray Davies 5-25

The Poet Laureate of Rock, Ray Davies of The Kinks, joins me In the Studio to answer many more questions here  the week of May 25, framed by lively versions of "All Day and All of the Night", "Lola", "Celluloid Heroes", "You Really Got Me", "Victoria", "Picture Book", and others.