Loverboy- The Kid is Hot Tonight- Santa Monica CA 4-17-81

Loverboy performing "The Kid is Hot Tonight" on stage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in April 1981

Van Halen- II – 45th Anniversary- Eddie & Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony 3-18

Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony are my guests In the Studio, with exclusive comments from the late great Eddie Van Halen, to explore Van Halen "II"  on its forty-fifth anniversary the week of March 18.

Soundgarden- Like Suicide- acoustic

Chris Cornell's voice singing "Like Suicide", framed only by a twelve string guitar, makes it seem like only yesterday instead of three decades ago that Soundgarden led us all into the "Superunknown".
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Bad Company- Desolation Angels @45- Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke

Bad Company ended the Seventies decade strongly on the wings of "Desolation Angels" forty-five years ago, and Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, and Simon Kirke join Redbeard In the Studio to recall making "Rock and Roll Fantasy","Oh Atlanta", and "Gone Gone Gone".

Supertramp- Breakfast in America 45th- Roger Hodgson 3-11

Roger Hodgson of Supertramp explores the various chutes to the bottom and ladders to the top that these English ex-pats, who had checked into the hotel California only recently, had to navigate in order to fill an estimated 18,000,000 orders for "Breakfast in America" forty-five years ago, beginning March 11.

Bad Company- Gone, Gone, Gone- Dallas/Ft.Worth 7-10-13

Witness this fiery performance of "Gone, Gone, Gone" by original Bad Company members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, and Simon Kirke at suburban DFW Verizon Theater in July 2013, straight off the stage, no overdubs.
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Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic 50th- Donald Fagen, the late Walter Becker

The third Steely Dan album,"Pretzel Logic" in February 1974, has always served as a distinct demarcation line in the evolution of the eclectic band led by my guests, songwriting duo Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. "Pretzel Logic" by Steely Dan is significant because it contained the #4 Billboard hit, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", with the album Top Ten in sales as well. Rolling Stone magazine ranks "Pretzel Logic" at #386 on their Top 500 Albums of All Time.
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KISS 50th Anniversary- Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons

For the golden anniversary of Kiss, lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Paul Stanley told me about the band fraternity of groups with whom they shared the stage some fifty years ago, "The lovefest ended when we hit the stage, because we were there to destroy them." Gene Simmons agrees, "Putting on the make up was like putting on warpaint."

Mountain- Never in My Life- Capital Theater Passaic NJ 12-30-73

After the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream broke up, the heir to the throne of most powerful US rock band was the group Mountain...Led by the hulking guitarist/singer/songwriter Leslie West, Mountain posed a daunting challenge to sound engineers, both in the recording studio and live in concert. Here is a rare live recording of Mountain performing "Never in My Life" in late December 1973.

Soundgarden- Superunknown 30th Anniversary- the late Chris Cornell 3-4

Here on the thirtieth anniversary of Soundgarden's "Superunknown", the songs still hit like a ton of bricks...The gifted and sweet singer/co-writer of Soundgarden, the late Chris Cornell, is your host from the In the Studio archives to take us into the "Superunknown" on the album's thirtieth anniversary the week of March 4.