Sammy Hagar- Standing Hampton
It is the 40th anniversary of the pivotal album in Sammy Hagar’s long career, “Standing Hampton”…
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Badfinger- Straight Up- Joey Molland,the late Mike Gibbins
It was over fifty years ago that US audiences were introduced through a Paul McCartney song,”Come and Get It”, to a little-known English band The Iveys, soon to be rechristened Badfinger and to become second only to The Beatles in sales on the Apple Records label.
YES- Fragile- Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman
The remarkably durable breakthrough fourth album by progressive rockers YES has turned out to be anything but “Fragile”… YES co-founder Jon Anderson is joined In the Studio by keyboard innovator Rick Wakeman who joined the band to make “Fragile”.
Cars- Shake It Up 40th anniversary- Greg Hawkes, the late Ric Ocasek
The Cars’ “Shake It Up” was their first album to contain a Top Ten Billboard hit in the title song, so 1981’s “Shake It Up”, with its peak at #9 on Billboard album sales chart as well as #34 for the entire year, was seen by many as a return to high performance by the Boston band. Keyboard player Greg Hawkes joins me In the Studio with archival interview by Cars bandleader the late Ric Ocasek on “Shake It Up” fortieth anniversary.
Lindsey Buckingham- Best Of
For two days, the quicksilver singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer Lindsey Buckingham and I sat in a small windowless room serving as his confessional, his therapeutic safe space, and we did not leave until Lindsey told me his truth about playing the role of Vincent in the real-life Van Gogh soap opera that has been his life and musical career for nearly fifty years.
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes- Better Days 30th
Southside Johnny Lyon visited my Q102/ Dallas radio show to discuss his tenth (!) album “Better Days”, as well as the Jukes’ 1976 “I Don’t Want to Go Home” debut containing the Bruce Springsteen chestnut “The Fever”; 1977’s “This Time It’s for Real”; the essential 4.5 star “Hearts of Stone” in 1978; the instant classic “It’s Been a Long Time” featuring Johnny with producer/ songwriter/ running buddies Steven Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen…
Boston- Third Stage 35th- Tom Scholz
“Third Stage” Boston comeback album released in September 1986 put up spectacular numbers in popularity, with three Top 20 hits on Billboard including “Cant’cha Say”,”We’re Ready”, and the #1 “Amanda”, all helping to blast the album to #1 sales. Boston bandleader Tom Scholz, my guest, also brought free-agency to the music business.
Ozzy Osbourne- No More Tears
Ten years prior to the release of “No More Tears” in September 1991, Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t get arrested outside England. Particularly in America, the former singer for heavy metal godfathers Black Sabbath was perceived by US record label execs as damaged goods…Then for the whole of the Eighties, Ozzy was constantly in the press, but rarely was it for his music. Ozzy admits here In the Studio that “No More Tears” was the first album he ever recorded sober, and the results were spectacular.
Lynyrd Skynyrd- One More From the Road- the late Gary Rossington
In September 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Atlanta’s venerable Fox Theater each needed a minor miracle. Performing over three hundred shows on 1975’s notorious “Torture Tour” had original Lynyrd Skynyrd members dropping like flies. Three things were evident: America’s hyped bicentennial was entering the history books even as the wrecking ball was heading for the Fox Theater; a live “best of” discounted price double album by Peter Frampton earlier that year was re-writing the record books; and Lynyrd Skynyrd was selling more concert tickets than copies of their diminished ranks studio album “Gimme Back My Bullets”. The band needed a stop-gap recording that could capture their lightning in a bottle live show, and the Fox Theater needed a lightning rod which could make saving it a cause celebre. Original co-founder the late guitarist Gary Rossington joined me here In the Studio for the tale behind “One More from the Road”.
Triumph- Allied Forces- Rik Emmett, Gil Moore, Mike Levine
If you’ve ever been in a band, you need to listen to this honest, heartwarming, hysterically funny interview with Triumph … 1979 breakthrough “Just a Gam”e with the songs “Hold On” and “Lay It on the Line”, plus the even bigger seller “Allied Forces” forty years ago with “Magic Power” and “Fight the Good Fight”.