Grand Funk- Closer to Home 55th- Mark Farner, Don Brewer
Grand Funk “Closer to Home” interview with Mark Farner and Don Brewer In the Studio.
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Def Leppard 45th Anniversary- Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Phil Collen
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Ric Savage, & Phil Collen join Redbeard “In the Studio” for their 45th anniversary.
Phil Collins- No Jacket Required 40th Anniversary
Until “No Jacket Required” in February 1985, Phil Collins was best known as the drummer who surprised everyone by more than capably replacing band mate Peter Gabriel as the lead singer for Genesis. Phil Collins joins me In the Studio for his 1985 blockbuster “No Jacket Required”.
Guess Who- American Woman 55th- Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman
If you have not listened to the Guess Who’s January 1970 classic “American Woman” album recently, I predict you will be amazed at how strong the songs were, such as “No Sugar Tonight”; how environmentally aware lyricist/ gifted singer Burton Cummings was on “New Mother Nature” and “Hand Me Down World”; and how rockin’ Randy Bachman could complement Cummings’ pop side on “American Woman” and before that, “No Time”. So why did Bachman leave at the Guess Who’s peak? Find out here from Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman In the Studio.
Led Zeppelin II – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin II interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant In the Studio.
Blind Faith- Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood for the brief Blind Faith story In the Studio.
The Who- Tommy- Pete Townshend pt1
The many stages of The Who’s “Tommy” conception, gestation, and birth as the first successful rock opera are further revealed, it seems, every time “Tommy” composer Pete Townshend cleans out a storage closet. Townshend joins Redbeard In the Studio to present this rock sonogram of The Who “Tommy” while still in the creative womb, part 1.
Def Leppard- Yeah! (covers album)- Joe Elliott, Phil Collen
In the case of Def Leppard, now celebrating forty-five years since the Sheffield, England band’s introductory “On Through the Night” was released in March 1980, anyone wishing to understand where they come from musically would do well to listen here to my guests Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott and lead guitarist Phil Collen. The tunestack on “Yeah!” is a virtual look at the playlists of BBC Radio One and Radio Luxembourg circa 1973.
Steve Miller- The Joker
Steve Miller Band’s first #1 song and five million seller, “The Joker”. Steve Miller is my guest In the Studio.
Styx- Pieces of Eight- Tommy Shaw, James”JY” Young
focusing on the 1978 release of “Pieces of Eight”, former Styx member and co-founder Dennis DeYoung confesses that, in spite of his major conceptual songwriting role on the band’s 1977 breakthrough three million seller “The Grand Illusion”, the highly-anticipated follow-up “Pieces of Eight” was not his finest hour. Styx guitarists/ songwriters/ singers Tommy Shaw and James Young stepped up creatively to fill the void on “Pieces of Eight”, again selling triple platinum with the muscular “Blue Collar Man”,”Renegade”,”The Great White Hope”,”Queen of Spades”, and “Sing for the Day”.