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Last Fall 2019 when I made what felt like a pilgrimmage to a suburban Dallas movie theater with very dear friends to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s film of making their latest album, “Colorado” , I could not resist the comparisons to “Ragged Glory” three decades earlier.
“YOU try following up ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. Go on, just try it!” playfully admonishes Pink Floyd guitarist/singer David Gilmour. “We’ve been trying to do it ever since!”, laughs drummer Nick Mason. Gilmour and Mason are my guests, Roger Waters makes a cameo, and we include archive comments from the late keyboard player Richard Wright to round out the definitive classic rock interview regarding “Wish You Were Here” on its fiftieth
anniversary.
“Light and shade,” Jimmy Page once told me, speaking to the secret of Led Zeppelin’s universal popularity, and never was that combination more on display than on the title song to Jethro Tull’s September 1975 “Minstrel in the Gallery”.
But after selling over a million copies of the album “Hints, Allegations,and Things Left Unsaid” primarily on the phenomenon of “Shine” alone, the second album in March 1995 simply under the name “Collective Soul”, and containing “Where the River Flows”,”Gel”,”December(Spit Me Out)”, and the gorgeous “The World I Know” is one of the strongest sets of melodies and tasteful arrangements to come from the era. Ed Roland is my guest In the Studio.
Rory Gallagher and the Irishman’s trio in New York City club The Bottom Line in November 1978 performing “Tattoo’d Lady”, unfortunately still struggling to get a sizable fanbase in America after almost a decade of constant recording and touring, requiring them to play two complete shows in one night.
Southern Rock giant Charlie Daniels has died at age 83.
Beginning in 1979 and continuing all the way until 1987 with “Crest of a Knave”, Jethro Tull’s fate and fortunes would be quite unlike their first decade of success when the unique amalgam of blues rock, Scottish Highlands folk, and hard rock, led by Ian Anderson and exemplified by “Aqualung” and the worldwide #1-seller “Thick As a Brick”, packed arenas.
Eligible for Hall of Fame induction for twenty-two years, Styx has continued to be one of the top touring ticket sellers year after year to this day, continued to record and release spectacular high-concept high-tech rock such as 2017’s The Mission , yet surprisingly been unable to conjure up even a single nomination for Rock Hall of Fame consideration.
Former members Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo take you to “ Promised Land”, their best seller, In the Studio on the album’s 25th anniversary.
Queen headlining the Rainbow Theatre for the first time in late March 1974 were so impressive in concert that when they booked the same venue in November later that same year to premiere their third studio album, “Sheer Heart Attack” , the young foursome had to add a second night.