,

Simple Minds- Once Upon a Time 40th Anniversary- Jim Kerr

the story of Simple Minds’ breakthrough album "Once Upon a Time"forty years ago. We have lead singer/ lyricist Jim Kerr here In the Studio.

The Cult- Love 40th Anniversary- Billy Duffy

It was the mid-Eighties, and rolling the streets of Dallas/Ft.Worth at night felt less like a big-block muscle car and just right in a fire-engine red BMW M3, moonroof open, with The Cult "Love" cassette jammed in the dash player blasting "She Sells Sanctuary"and "Rain". The Cult guitarist/songwriter Billy Duffy is my guest In the Studio.

KISS Alive!- 50th Anniversary- Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has passed away at 74, even as "Kiss Alive!" hits the golden anniversary.

Dire Straits- Making Movies 45th Aniversary- Mark Knopfler

In 1980 for their third album "Making Movies", Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits' easily least melancholy, most upbeat batch of songs, Mark Knopfler joins me here In the Studio on "Making Movies" 45th anniversary  for the tales behind "Expresso Love","Skateaway" "Solid Rock", the epic "Tunnel of Love", and  "Romeo and Juliet".
,

Police- Zenyatta Mondatta 45th- Sting, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland

It seems that stardom for The Police had occurred in the UK after the release of their second album, "Reggatta de Blanc" , but mainstream popularity in the U.S. still eluded them until October 1980's "Zenyatta Mondatta". My guests In the Studio are Police-men Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers for "Zenyatta Mondatta" 's 45th anniversary..
,

Moody Blues- John Lodge’s Days of Future Have Passed at 82

"Days of Future Passed" Moody Blues mainstays Justin Hayward and the late John Lodge document the fascinating story of a true Hail Mary pass to avoid abject poverty and starvation, resulting not only in timeless hits "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Nights in White Satin" but also igniting a musical movement, Progressive Rock,

Rush- Power Windows 40th- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson

When observing potential song subjects for October 1985's "Power Windows",  Rush lyricist/ drummer the late Neil Peart saw an uncanny number of socio-political issues which have become front page headlines again forty years later.
,

Led Zeppelin III @50- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Terry Manning

Led Zeppelin III  appeared October 5, 1970 with surprisingly little notice. Containing "The Immigrant Song","Gallows Pole", and "Since I've Been Loving You", Led Zeppelin III  also planted exotic seeds of sounds in "Friends" with its Middle Eastern orchestration, which would skip several subsequent albums only to germinate with legendary impact on Physical Grafitti . My guests Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and Led Zeppelin "III"  recording engineer at Ardent Studio in Memphis, Terry Manning, tell the story In the Studio.

Alice Cooper Group- I’m 18- Dallas 10-6-15

Not to be confused with Dallas Alice (that would be Little Feat), this is Alice in Dallas "Live from the Astroturf", performing in Good Records and improbably backed by his original Alice Cooper band (minus the late Glenn Buxton who passed in 1997) who gave us "Love It to Death", "Killer", "School's Out", and "Billion Dollar Babies". 
,

Santana- Abraxas 55th- Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve

In the Studio we never featured a more influential, important, essential album than Santana 's second effort, "Abraxas" released in October 1970. Simply stated, this is the Magna Carta of World Music. Carlos Santana and Gregg Rolie are joined by drummer Michael Shrieve In the Studio on the "Abraxas" 55th anniversary.