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EM72 - Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash Feb 27, 2018

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Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days discovering guitar, forming Wishbone Ash in the vibrant British music scene of the early 70s, breaking into America, the success of the band's classic Argus, some memories of gigs with such interesting opening acts as Bruce Springsteen and KISS, the changing business through the 1980s, the recent deluxe reissues of Twin Barrels Burning and Raw To The Bone, and his honest thoughts on the artwork of the time, what went into assembling The Vintage Years 1970 - 1991, which is a 30 CD massive box set that includes tons of content and contributions from all former band members, what logistics go into putting together a project like that, what's ahead for their 50th anniversary and much more!

Dan Reed Picks the Essential Danny Vaughn Feb 15, 2018

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Dan Reed Picks The Essential Danny Vaughn

Dan Reed of Dan Reed Network shares his 10 Essential Danny Vaughn of Tyketto songs. These two fan favorites have joined forces in recent years for a recurring tour called the Snake Oil and Harmony Tour. And they've also become great friends and admirers of each other's work both as solo artists and with their respective bands.

On this Part Two of Two, Dan Reed shares his essential Danny Vaughn songs, why he chose the songs he chose, how they connected, what he admires about Danny and his work, what he's learned from travelling and sharing the stage with Danny, what inspires him and what's next for this fantastic duo!

EM71 - Jeff Scott Soto Feb 13, 2018

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Jeff Scott Soto of Sons of Apollo joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days discovering his voice, how he got the gig singing on the first two Yngwie J. Malmsteen records and what he learned from that experience, finding his own voice after early days in cover bands, performing with such greats as Journey, Queen and Jimi Jamison, his various solo careers efforts - Soto, his solo albums, working on Song For Joey in tribute of his brother, the new W.E.T. record, connecting with the Mike Portnoy, Bumblefoot, Billy Sheehan, and Derek Sherinian to form Sons of Apollo, what it's been like recording and hitting the road with that band, what's next for their second record and much more!

Danny Vaughn Picks the Essential Dan Reed Feb 08, 2018

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Danny Vaughn Picks The Essential Dan Reed

Danny Vaughn of Tyketto shares his 10 Essential Dan Reed of Dan Reed Network songs. These two fan favorites have joined forces in recent years for a recurring tour called the Snake Oil and Harmony Tour. But, they've become great friends and admirers of each other's work both as solo artists and with their respective bands.

On this Part One of Two, Danny Vaughn shares his essential Dan Reed songs, why he chose the songs he chose, how they connected, what he admires about Dan and his work, what he's learned from travelling and sharing the stage with Dan, what inspires him and what's next for this fantastic duo!

Next week - Dan Reed Picks the Essential Danny Vaughn!!

Researching Prince: A Conversation With Author Duane Tudahl Feb 02, 2018

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RESEARCHING PRINCE: A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR DUANE TUDAHL

Author Duane Tudahl joins Craig for a discussion about his book PRINCE AND THE PURPLE RAIN STUDIO SESSIONS: 1983 AND 1984. A Prince fanatic with an impressive resume going back several years, Duane tells the story about procuring a stack of Prince's session documents from Sunset Sound and how interviews with those who worked with Prince folded into an impressive work which is - in Craig's opinion - the ultimate look at the Purple Rain years. Visit Duane at duanetudahl.com, where you can purchase a signed copy of the book while supplies last. The book can also be found at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538105497

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Glen Phillips Picks the Essential Talk Talk Feb 01, 2018

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Glen Phillips Picks The Essential Talk Talk

Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket joins Eric to share his 10 Essential Talk Talk songs. Talk Talk lead the synth pop movement with their 1982 debut album The Party's Over and scored a couple MTV style hits early on, but they quickly evolved beyond their beginnings to become a truly innovative and unique band under the direction of Mark Hollis. Their final album was 1991's incomparable, experimental and inspired Laughing Stock, which is considered by many to be a true masterpiece. Check out Glen's 10 essential Talk Talk songs spanning their brief but significant five album career.

EM70 - Ronnie Platt of Kansas Jan 30, 2018

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Ronnie Platt of Kansas joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days discovering his voice, working his way up through the Chicago music scene for decades struggling through a string of bands including Shooting Star and ARRA, his near misses with both Survivor and Foreigner, how that prepared him for when he ultimately got the meeting with the guys in Kansas after Steve Walsh had announced his retirement, what it's been like for him to take the stage and record and write with one of his most inspirational bands, the new rebirth that Kansas is currently experiencing with Prelude Implicit and their new live album Leftoverture Live & Beyond, Kerry Livgren's reaction to seeing him sing Hold On, his favorite deep cuts from the Kansas catalog, what's next in terms of an anniversary tour for Point of Know Return, a new studio album in the works and much more!

Bermuda Schwartz Picks The Essential Weird Al Originals Jan 25, 2018

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Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz Picks The Essential Weird Al Originals.

Weird Al's lifelong drummer, Bermuda Schwartz joins Eric to share his 10 Essential Weird Al original songs. Also some memories and anecdotes about working on those songs, what it's like for him to perform the wide variety of styles in Al's catalog both original and parody, memories from some of the video shoots, how Al presents songs to the band, what it's been like for him on the long journey beside one of the greats.

EM69 - Phil Collen Jan 23, 2018

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Phil Collen of Def Leppard and Delta Deep joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days of discovering the blues via British classic and hard rock, his early connections to the guys in Iron Maiden, first joining Def Leppard during the making of Pyromania, writing for Hysteria, how the loss of Steve Clark affected him personally when working on Adrenalize, how the band looks back at some of these records in terms of production, his work with the blues band Delta Deep, Def Leppard releasing their catalog on the streaming sites and what tracks does he think deserve a second look, hitting the road with Joe Satriani personally and Journey with Def Leppard in 2018, his thoughts on producing the upcoming Tesla record, how far along the new Def Leppard studio album is and what's next.

EM68 - William Bell Jan 17, 2018

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Stax legend William Bell joins Eric in conversation to discuss his early days of discovering music, seeing Sam Cooke as a kid, getting started with The Del-Rios as a young teenager, how he first connected with Stax Records, meeting Sam Cooke and what he learned from him, what the environment was like working with such Stax legends as Booker T & The MGs and Mavis Staples, he shares a wonderfully funny road story from his time touring with Otis Redding, what it was like to tour in the segregated South as part of the Stax family, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr, bringing that full circle in regards to performing You Don't Miss Your Water for the first African American President at The White House, how he connected with John Leventhal, how the 2016 Grammy winning This Is Where I Live came together and what it means to his career, life on the road and what's next.

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