May 6, 2019 – Billy Joel will turn 70 in a few days and as always the Piano Man is a colorful interview. Rolling Stone magazine delivered a new chat with the singer today – We will have links to the full interview in the description of this video. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billy-joel-turning-70-donald-trump-new-music-831081/ […]
Atlanta Rhythm Section & Classics IV Co-Founder J.R. Cobb Dead At 75 James Barney “J. R.” Cobb Jr. Died of a heart attack this past Saturday (May 4, 2019). The guitarist was a member of two big top 40 bands. First, the Classics IV – Cobb would co-write their three […]
3- We Told Steve Hackett “That Genesis Reunion Is Never Going To Happen Right?” May 6, 2019 – What do they say down south? “That dog won’t hunt.” It’s not going to happen. I will always have some hope for the trio version of Genesis to reunite in some form […]
Interview Clip #4 – Jack Tempchin On Writing Hits for the Eagles & Friendship With Glenn Frey This is part four of our series on singer/songwriter Jack Tempchin who wrote or co-wrote five Eagles songs and was Glenn Frey’s chief songwriting partner as a solo artist. First I asked about […]
Interview Clip #9- Uli Jon Roth Takes Us Track-by-Track Electric Sun’s “EarthQuake” from 1979 May 5, 2019 – It was his first album after recording five with the Scorpions and It’s one of my favorites from him. I once took a road trip to Vegas and it was the only […]
Interview Clip #-2 Uli Jon Roth is Puzzled By Michael Schenker’s Squabble With Brother Rudolf May 2, 2019 – It’s not the first time we’ve heard about rock and roll brothers fighting Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks, Noel Liam Gallagher of Oasis and many more. Well, Rudolf Schenker […]
May 1, 2019 – Alan Parsons latest album is “The Secret.” Check out our sister YouTube Channel “Rock History Book” for our exclusive interview with Alan as he takes us through every song on the album. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO REPORT ON THIS STORY HERE https://youtu.be/R413Dv66R7s The project features Nathan […]
2- Steve Hackett & Alan Parsons Talk About Working Together On “The Secret” June 29, 2019 – The new Alan Parsons album, “The Secret” was just released yesterday and we have a Track-by-Track breakdown of the project on our sister YouTube channel Rock History Book with Alan as our special […]
(#14) Bobby Rydell Explains That Special Sound Of “Wild One” His Biggest Hit Click on the link below for the entire video https://youtu.be/fnfygpiRrz4 That tune was released the year I was born. Years ago I started studying the music of 1960. The #1 song of that year was ‘Theme From […]
Interview Steve Hackett – “Spectral Mornings” – We look Back at the tunes Off His 3rd Album April 27, 2019 – I love the evolution of an artist. How one’s musical tastes can change from album to album. When Hackett’s “Spectral Mornings” came out in 1979 I was 19 and […]
