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EM11 - Michael Sweet of Stryper Oct 07, 2015

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Michael Sweet of Stryper joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early days of Stryper, some of his childhood guitar heroes and influences, the classic days of To Hell With The Devil, his solo career, songwriting and the unique spot that Stryper inhabits in the music world in terms of music and message. We also learn about the next Sweet & Lynch album and hear stories behind some of the songs on the new Stryper record, Fallen.

EM10 - Garland Jeffreys Sep 30, 2015

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Garland Jeffreys joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his long and storied career from the early days through his most recent critically lauded releases. We talk about his inspirations, the social messages often contained in his work and his legendary hit Wild In The Streets. He shares stories about his friendships with Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon and so many more.

EM09 - Ed Roland of Collective Soul Sep 22, 2015

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Ed Roland of Collective Soul joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the Collective Soul early days and hits – Shine, December, Gel, all the biggies. We explore Ed's positive approach to songwriting, influences, family and the inspirations behind some personal songs. We also talk quite a bit about his fantastic side project, Sweet Tea Project and how it fueled his approach to the latest Collective Soul album, See What You Started By Continuing.

EM08 - Willy Porter Sep 15, 2015

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Willy Porter joins Eric in conversation. Willy has an incredible and unique style – he mixes lightning fast finger picking guitar virtuosity, soulful and thoughtful lyrics, humor, brilliant arrangements, and a wide variety of genres. He's had a storied 20+ year career and 10+ albums, if you don't know Willy, you really, really should. In this conversation we trace his career from the early days to his latest album, Human Kindness and beyond.

EM07 - Kasim Sulton Sep 09, 2015

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Kasim Sulton joins Eric in conversation. You may know Kasim as a member of Utopia. You may know Kasim from his work on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell records and tours. You may know Kasim from The New Cars. You may know Kasim from Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. You may know Kasim from Blue Oyster Cult. Or you may know Kasim as a fantastic singer/songwriter in his own right. Suffice it to say, Kasim has a long, successful and storied career and we talk about it all including his new solo album, 3.

EM06 - David Ragsdale of Kansas Sep 02, 2015

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Violinist David Ragsdale of Kansas joins Eric in conversation. We talk about how he connected with Kansas, how he initially picked up the violin, the departure of Steve Walsh and the addition of Ronnie Platt, what it's like working with the various members of Kansas and we go track by track on the 1995 Kansas album, Freaks of Nature in celebrating it's 20th anniversary. Also, we get some insight on the new Kansas album in the works!

EM05 - Jim Peterik of Survivor Aug 26, 2015

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Jim Peterik of Survivor, Ides of March and Pride of Lions joins Eric in conversation. Specifically, we talk about his work with Jimi Jamison in honor of the one year anniversary of Jimi's passing. We discuss their initial meeting, stories behind the songs and the recording of the three Survivor records featuring Jimi – Vital Signs, When Seconds Count, and Too Hot To Sleep. We also talk about their reconnecting for Jimi's solo record, Crossroads Moment and so much more. Jim shares some sweet, funny and wonderful memories and honors his musical partner gone too soon, Mr Jimi Jamison.

EM04 - Stuart Matthewman of Sade Aug 19, 2015

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Stuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric in conversation. Stuart has been with Sade since before they were signed – playing guitar, playing sax and co-writing many of the biggest hits in their 50+ million album selling career. We talk about the earliest days, go record by record through the Sade catalog, Live Aid, hit some of the key songs and stories behind them, talk about what's next for Sade and get a taste of his new project, Twin Danger.

EM03 - Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull Aug 12, 2015

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Rock legend Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his upcoming Jethro Tull Rock Opera, maintaining a busy touring schedule, agri-business, Pavarotti, the art of songwriting, Spinal Tap, his relationship with Martin Barre and some funny, horror stories from the road.

EM02 - Howard Jones Aug 05, 2015

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Electronic music pioneer and 80s icon, Howard Jones joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his two break-out albums of the 1980s, Human's Lib and Dream Into Action, his performance at Live Aid, the origins of a few specific songs, about technology in music (including his position on auto-tuning,) about his new interactive project Engage and so much more.

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