Rush- Closer to the Heart- 1984

A perennial crowd-pleaser since it appeared on A Farewell to Kings, before the invention of the cellphone light "Closer to the Heart" made a Bic lighter as essential at a Rush show as a concert ticket. Here's the performance on the 1984 Grace…

Ozzy Osbourne- Paranoid- Memphis 4-28-82

In April 1982 Ozzy Osbourne honored an agreement to broadcast his sold-out concert live nationwide from the Memphis Mid-South Coliseum, in spite of the fact that his guitarist Randy Rhoads, his band seamstress, and his tour bus driver had all…
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Beatles #1+ Songs- Paul McCartney

The Beatles #1+ sellers including "Lady Madonna","Hey Jude","Get Back","Something","Come Together","Let It Be", and "The Long and Winding Road". Paul McCartney hosts part two, and additional comments from my interviews with the late George Harrison are here, too

R.E.M.- IRS Years pt 1- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck

With R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe and lead guitarist Peter Buck in my classic rock interview. Includes the earliest days of the Athens GA band, with songs from their first four full albums Murmur, Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, & Life's Rich Pageant. Part one of two.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Gloria- San Francisco 2-6-97

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were among the best working bands on the planet even before they did twenty nights at San Francisco's Fillmore early in 1997, and this not-to-be-missed performance of Van Morrison's "Gloria" certainly doesn't…

David Gilmour- Rattle That Lock

David Gilmour and lyricist Polly Samson In the Studio for "Rattle That Lock"

Rembrandts-Johnny Have You Seen Her?- Ft Worth 1992

Danny Wilde and Phil Solem of the Rembrandts have been making terrific power pop music for years, whether as Great Buildings in the early Eighties, on Danny Wilde's power pop solo masterpiece The Boyfriend   in 1986, composing and singing…

Chris Whitley-“Living With the Law”- Dallas 7-91

Although Chris Whitley's birth certificate listed Houston Texas as his birthplace, by the time the eclectic modern bluesman's untimely death in  2005 at age 45, Chris had lived all over the world. Sensing a rare authenticity and smoldering…

Band-The Band Best pt 2-Robbie Robertson

There is ample evidence in this conclusion of our two-part In the Studio  rockumentary on The Band as to why Robbie Robertson has always been one of my favorite musicians with whom to converse. A great storyteller gifted with rich language…

John Fogerty- Lodi- rehearsal Burbank 1997

Surprised to find just how many towns with the name "Lodi" existed. But there has only ever been one song with that moniker, written and sung by John Fogerty when he led Creedence Clearwater Revival. Here's John and his band just before embarking on tour,at rehearsal in Burbank CA in May 1997.