Who- Early Best- 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
Ted Nugent- Cat Scratch Forty
Ted Nugent does a colorful TED talk on Cat Scratch Forty!
Monterey Pop Festival -Art Garfunkel
The first great rock festival blossomed fifty years ago June 16-17-18 as the Monterey Pop Festival. One of the performers and Artistic Directors, Art Garfunkel of Simon and Garfunkel, recalls the pioneering event.
Cream Reunion London May 2005- Eric Clapton, the late Jack Bruce
One of the most unlikely reunions in rock history wrapped up May 6 2005 when Cream performed the final of four nights at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Jethro Tull- Thick As a Brick 2- Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson In the Studio for the brilliant 21st century sequel to Jethro Tull's "Thick As a Brick".
Grand Funk Railroad- Best pt 2- Don Brewer, Mark Farner
Todd Rundgren brought some polish to Grand Funk's freight train in the studio, which also encouraged singing drummer Don Brewer to step up his game with songwriting and step up to the main vocal microphone with the #1 hit title song "We're an American Band".
Steve Perry- Street Talk Solo Best
Predictably, the induction of Journey into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rekindled several obvious questions once again with loyal fans, among them: why did the much-beloved and enormously successful Eighties line-up of the Bay Area band, fronted by Steve Perry, disband?
Simple Minds- Celebrate the Greatest Hits pt2- Jim Kerr
By 1995 there was a real question whether Scottish band Simple Minds could remain relevant in a third decade. Jim Kerr reveals just how close they came to packing it.
The Band-The Last Waltz- Robbie Robertson
Interview includes the legendary "Last Waltz" concert and subsequent Martin Scorsese-directed film never included Robbie Robertson threatening to leave the band, as has been misreported for years;
Julian Lennon- Help Yourself
...prior to Help Yourself. A peculiar and confounding thing happened with the reception to that fourth Julian Lennon album and its brilliant eco-ballad "Saltwater". The song went to #6 in the UK and straight to #1 in Australia, but failed to even chart in America.