Lou Reed- Transformer
Lou Reed focuses on his second post-Velvet Underground album,”Transformer” containing the Top 20 alterna-hit “Walk on the Wild Side”. Rolling Stone magazine writers rank “Transformer” at #109 now on their Top 500 All Time list.
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Joe Satriani- Ceremony- Dallas 1998
Extraordinary guitarist Joe Satriani, whose monstrous virtuosity is matched only by his humility, performing “Ceremony” live In the Studio with me in 1998 on KTXQ-Q102 in Dallas/Ft.Worth Texas. –Redbeard
Cream- Wheels of Fire- Eric Clapton, the late Jack Bruce
Cream’s breakthrough album “Disraeli Gears” only nine months earlier tee’d up the English/Scottish trio’s June 1968 third release, “Wheels of Fire”, for some impressive numbers. It went almost immediately to #3 sales in the UK and a bonafide #1 in the US, becoming the first double album to sell over a million copies. Eric Clapton & the late Jack Bruce are my guests.
Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night
the Edgar Winter Group’s “They Only Come Out at Night”. Edgar shares songs including “Tobacco Road”,”Keep Playing That Rock’n’Roll”,; “Dying to Live”; “Easy Street” from 1974’s “Shock Treatment”; and three hits from “They Only Come Out at Night”, “Free Ride”,”Hangin’ Around”, and the #1 song in 1973, “Frankenstein”. The late Ronnie Montrose also is interviewed.
Kansas- Point of Know Return- Phil Ehart, Richard Williams, Kerry Livgren
With back-to-back quadruple platinum albums “Leftoverture” in 1976 and “Point of Know Return” barely eighteen months later, the band Kansas was assured of permanent statehood in rock history.
Billy Joel- The Stranger
Billy Joel is certainly not “The Stranger” to spectacular popularity, or the record books documenting same. And it’s not as if Billy Joel had not been a prolific recording singer/songwriter or an infrequent touring musician prior to his fifth album, “The Stranger”, in Fall 1977. But strangely his album sales were in a decidedly negative trend after “Piano Man”. “The Stranger” changed all that, permanently. Billy Joel joins me In the Studio on the album’s 45th anniversary.
Yes- Close to the Edge- Jon Anderson, Steve Howe , Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford
A half century ago, YES’s Close to the Edge was stunningly popular, with Top Five sales in both the U.S. and UK. In these thoughtful, detailed classic rock interviews, YES lead singer/lyricist Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe, extraordinary drummer Bill Bruford, and keyboard innovator Rick Wakeman provide a surprisingly candid recounting of the undisputed peak of the Progressive Rock era.
R.E.M.- Document- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck
“Document” was the mainstream breakthrough for R.E.M. in a five album stubbornly eclectic alternate route to the top of the US album sales chart in September 1987. Guitarist Peter Buck and singer Michael Stipe are my guests In the Studio for the “Document” 35th anniversary..
R.E.M.- These Days- Utrecht Holland 9-14-87
R.E.M. packaged the September 1987 Utrecht Holland full concert as a bonus disc on the ” Document” anniversary deluxe edition. Here’s a careening live version of “These Days” from those days.
Aerosmith- Permanent Vacation- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Tom Hamilton join me In the Studio in this classic rock interview for the back story on “Permanent Vacation” & “Magic Touch”,”Dude Looks Like a Lady”,”Rag Doll”, and the #3 power ballad “Angel” which erased all doubts…to the tune of over 5,000,000 sold beginning in August 1987…