Showco- Jim Bornhorst #6

Highest claps-per-dollar? A mirror ball; "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" the hottest show on television in the late Nineties, starring the late Regis Philbin and a giant ring of Vari-Lites; architectural lighting from the Empire State to the…

Showco- Jim Bornhorst #5

"There was blood on the floor of the arena..." for the first show in history using automated lighting September 23, 1981 in Barcelona; the lamb lies down with ptomaine; improving with the VL-2 and VL-3; London West End theatre and "Miss Saigon"…

Showco- Jim Bornhorst part 4

Jim calls out the companies big and small who were first offered the VariLite ...and passed (it's a big club, they should print up jackets ); Genesis manager Tony Smith catches the Hail Mary pass; wire-wrapping thousands of microprocessor card…

Showco- Jim Bornhorst part 3

Showco introduces the concept of the portable custom P.A., commissioned by and traveling with the bands; John Tedesco's pneumatic lighting towers; Kirby Wyatt, Randy Blair, Steve Jander, & Led Zeppelin play with lasers; the "gel-change project";…

Showco- Jim Bornhorst part 2

Young EE JimBo goes to Big D. In the first ninety days at Showco he designs a bullet-proof crossover which saves hundreds of dollars per system. People notice. Part two.

Showco- Jim Bornhorst- Pt 1

Showco Jim Bornhorst pt 1

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer- Tarkus

Listening now to the epic title song to "Tarkus", the second studio album in June1971 which followed quickly after their stunning 1970 debut, with Greg Lake's voice delicately yet nimbly bounding along to Keith Emerson's piano runs, it's clear that Emerson Lake and Palmer were much  less "Be Bop a Lula" in their melodic grandeur and much more "Andrew Lloyd Weber". Here In the Studio is the story in their own words of progressive rock's first supergroup.
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Dire Straits- Making Movies- Mark Knopfler

In 1980 for their third album "Making Movies", Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits' easily least melancholy, most upbeat batch of songs, Mark Knopfler joins me here In the Studio  for the tales behind "Expresso Love","Skateaway" "Solid Rock", the epic "Tunnel of Love", and  "Romeo and Juliet".
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George Harrison- All Things Must Pass

It is the  fiftieth anniversary of "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; 

Simple Minds- Sanctify Yourself- Sydney 12-7-12

We saw the endearing, lovable Jim Kerr, guitarist Charlie Burchill, and Simple Minds  perform in Dallas/ Ft.Worth in November 2018, and even before entering the auditorium proper we were alerted to the explosive sounds of "Big Music" from the…