Crosby, Stills, and Nash- the late David Crosby, Stephen, Graham
The late David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash In the Studio for their 1969 debut!
New Search
If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
72 search results for: Sting
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.
Peter Frampton- Shine On Early Best
The sub-title of this classic rock interview should probably be “Frampton Barely Survives”. Everybody knows that young Englishman Peter Frampton revolutionized the recording industry in early 1976 with his live double set “Frampton Comes Alive”. But where did those now-iconic songs like “Show Me the Way”, “Lines on My Face”, “Baby I Love Your Way”, “All I Want to Be (Is By Your Side)”, and “Do You Feel Like We Do” originally come from? Peter joins me In the Studio to trace the days after he left Humble Pie, his struggles with four solid but woefully under-exposed solo studio albums, his phenomenal transformation into pop superstardom with the live album, and the tumultuous years immediately afterward trying to survive it all.
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell- David Gilmour, Nick Mason
March 1994’s “The Division Bell” by Pink Floyd became the last offering of new music from the remaining triumvirate of singer/guitarist/composer David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason, and keyboard player Richard Wright. “The Division Bell” sold over three million copies just in the Nineties thirty years ago. Gilmour and Mason join me In the Studio on the 30th anniversary.
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.
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”.
Meat Loaf- Bat II: Back Into Hell
If you think the songs of composer Jim Steinman are populated by fantastic people and places right out of central casting, they ain’t got nothin’ on the real life sojourn of the 300 pound interior lineman dressed in a prom tuxedo named Marvin Lee Aday from Dallas Texas, aka Meat Loaf. Here is a rare colorful classic rock conversation with the man to a mark the thirtieth anniversary of “Bat” sequel,” Bat II: Back Into Hell”.
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.
Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord- Justin Hayward, John Lodge, the late Graeme Edge
The Moody Blues’ third album, “In Search of the Lost Chord” released in 1968, unfolded like a sweeping cinematic epic playing in the panorama between your ears. The antithesis of a Top 40 band, nevertheless “In Search of the Lost Chord” contained the progressive rock “Legend of a Mind” as well as “Ride My Seesaw”. Justin Hayward, the late Graeme Edge, and John Lodge co-host here In the Studio.
Mott the Hoople- Mott- Ian Hunter
One of Britain’s most beloved party bands this side of The Faces, Mott the Hoople is still revered there with sold-out tours, and we were so fortunate to have Mott main man Ian Hunter join me In the Studio for the golden anniversary of “Mott”. Or should I say “The Golden Age of Rock’n’Roll”?