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This week, a relaxed and very interesting chat with The Tragically Hip circa 1991. Gord Downie and the band are promoting their second album, “Road Apples”. They talk about working in New Orleans, road testing their new songs and how many chances a song gets in the studio before they toss it out. They also talk about the time they were booked into a hip hop club as well as the time they played an Alberta gig on the worst possible night – it was the day that Gretzy got traded to L.A.
Then, we have a 1980 chat with Rick Nielsen and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick. This is a weirdly fun series of clips, as the band breaks down their history… going all the way back to the American Civil War??? And Rick talks about the wild success of “I Want You To Want Me” from their “Budokan” album. This is a fun segment.
Bo Diddley was one of rock’s pioneers. And in a couple of brief clip, Bo tells us about his previous career and then how he helped propel rock and rock to popularity. It’s great to hear rock history from an artist who was there at the beginning!
And we finish off the show with a very entertaining chat with Nick Lowe. Nick talks about his history as an in-demand producer and how breaking the rules is so much easier when you don’t know them in the first place. He also tells us about working with Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello. And we also find out the funny story behind Nick’s nickname, “Basher”.
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This week, an excellent 2005 interview with Roger Hodgson, as he reflects on the glory days of Supertramp, his post-breakup years and his relationship with his former bandmates. Roger also tells the very entertaining stories behind two of Supertramp’s biggest hits. We also have Tom’s...
Published 11/08/24
First up this week is an extraordinary 1992 interview with Lindsey Buckingham. Lindsey recently turned 75 and is still creating music, but it’s so interesting to hear him more than 30 years ago. Although the interview was ostensibly to promote his solo work, Lindsey talks a lot about Fleetwood...
Published 10/25/24