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EM18 - Gary Wright Nov 25, 2015

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Gary Wright joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his earliest days discovering music and forming Spooky Tooth. We talk quite a bit about his Spooky Tooth days, including working with Mick Jones and the origin of perhaps the best album title of all time – You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw! Of course we cover his friendship with George Harrison, George as a friend, mentor and influence musically. Also the songs he wrote with George – are there more to be uncovered? Above all we talk about his wonderful music from Dream Weaver and beyond, including his career-spanning autobiography and his current and upcoming releases including a new EP, Wonderwheel and the Spooky Tooth boxed set.

SamePageCast | Statement Of Intent: Media And Fandom! Nov 19, 2015

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Meet your hosts Craig and Megan in the introductory episode of SamePageCast - a podcast about media and fandom!

This podcast is presented by THE PODS & SODS NETWORK: http://podsodcast.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/podssods https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pods-sods/id713066884

SamePageCast Theme performed by Craig and Megan

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EM17 - Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions Nov 18, 2015

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Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his earliest years of playing guitar, growing up in Germany, forming Scorpions, and connecting with Klaus Meine. Rudolf shares what he learned when the Scorpions were invited to support KISS on their 1976 German tour. We cover his writing process and some specific songs including Wind of Change and the fan favorite Hey You. And also lots of talk about 50 years in the business and their latest record, Return To Forever.

Weekapod Groove episode 01 | Meet Rob Grabill Nov 12, 2015

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Conversing about Phish with Rob Grabill.

EM16 - Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust Nov 11, 2015

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Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his earliest years of singing in church, memories of his father's band. We talk about working with the guys from Twisted Sister early on. We chat about Living Colour as an influence and his recent meeting/performance with them. Also we cover some of the origins of some classic Sevendust songs, their career and we pay particular focus to the new Sevendust record, Kill The Flaw.

Our Look At 1985 (part I) with Jeff Harris Nov 09, 2015

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Jeff Harris joins us for an in depth look at the year 1985 in our continuing series of 80s-centric episodes. In this episode, we look at the top ten Billboard singles of the year and follow up with some favorites from the year as honorable mentions.

EM15 - Mike Portnoy Nov 04, 2015

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Mike Portnoy of The Winery Dogs joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his earliest years of playing drums and his early influences. We talk about his many, many, many projects including Dream Theater, Metal Allegiance and of course The Winery Dogs. Also we cover his Hello Kitty drum kit, the band Jellyfish, Steven Wilson and prog rock in general. Will he do a straight up solo album? An autobiography? Would he collaborate with the DT guys again? Check out the episode to find out…

EM14 - Billy Sheehan Oct 28, 2015

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Billy Sheehan of The Winery Dogs joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his earliest years of playing bass and his influences. We talk about his offer to join Van Halen in the very early 80s, his years with David Lee Roth, the successes and pressures with Mr Big, and his relationships with his Winery Dogs bandmates, Richie Kotzen and Mike Portnoy. And we focus quite a bit on their new record, Hot Streak.

EM13 - Alex Skolnick Oct 21, 2015

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Alex Skolnick of Testament joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early years of playing and his influences including Ozzy and KISS – does he like The Elder? We talk about Testament, performing with Ozzy and Geezer Butler, his friendship with Living Colour, his prolific jazz trio, his world music projects and finally his connecting with Mike Portnoy, Dave Ellefson to work on his latest project, Metal Allegiance.

EM12 - Martin Barre of Jethro Tull Oct 14, 2015

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Martin Barre formerly of Jethro Tull joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early years of Jethro Tull, the band's final days, his early days in the British music scene, his relationship with Ian Anderson, his first steps into solo work in terms of songwriting, lyric writing and touring, his friend Willy Porter (another recent guest) and finally his latest solo album, Back To Steel.

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