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Alex Lifeson- Victor 30th Anniversary

The January 1996 solo project release "Victor"  by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson was a highly personal rock Rorschach test for the gestalt guitarist, primal scream therapy with a beat. Alex Lifeson lies down on the couch here In the Studio on the album's thirtieth anniversary.. 
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Peter Frampton- Comes Alive 50th Anniversary

Peter Frampton interview In the Studio for "Frampton Comes Alive" 50th anniversary.
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Steve Winwood- Arc of a Diver 45th Anniversary

When I sat down In the Studio in Autumn 1990 with Steve Winwood to talk about his then new release "Refugees of the Heart" , he had already established himself with the breakthrough album  "Arc of a Dive"r  ten years prior, then midway in between released "Back in the High Life", one of the biggest albums commercially as well as critically, and "Roll With It",  in the Eighties.

R.E.M.- Fables of the Reconstruction- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck

With R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe and lead guitarist Peter Buck in my classic rock interview. Includes the earliest days of the Athens GA band, with songs from their first four full albums Murmur, Reckoning, Fables of the Reconstruction, & Life's Rich Pageant.
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The Who- My Generation- Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey

"In the case of The Who, the thing that comes across for me is that The Who started as a Pop band. Good Pop possibly is the sublime and the ridiculous, the important and the absurd." Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey are my guest In the Studio for "My Generation" @60!
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Scorpions- Crazy World- Klaus Meine, Rudolph Schenker

It's the thirty-fifth anniversary of Scorpions "Crazy World". Scorpions lead singer Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolph Schenker are my guesst In the Studio.

Spirit- Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus 55th- Jay Ferguson

In order to explore the best of Spirit plus the concept album "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus", we sat down with singer/ songwriter/ keyboard player Jay Ferguson to hear "I Got a Line on You", "Dark-Eyed Woman", "Animal Zoo"," Mr Skin", and "Nature's Way".

The Kinks- Sir Ray Davies

For "Lola", Kinks singer/songwriter Sir Ray Davies In the Studio discussing those essential Kinks recordings.

The Outlaws- Ghost Riders- Henry Paul, the late Hughie Thomasson

November 1980 The Outlaws released "Ghost Riders". Henry Paul and the late Hughie Thomasson, the only musician to perform on every Outlaws album, joined me In the Studio for this classic rock interview in what sadly turned out to be Hughie's final one.
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George Harrison- All Things Must Pass

“All Things Must Pass" from the late George Harrison, who surprised everybody by becoming the most popular maker of solo music for the first five years after the Beatles called it a career. George Harrison talks easily about "What Is Life?","My Sweet Lord","Isn't It a Pity" from the triple LP massive ( and massively popular) All Things Must Pass;