Posts From Mark Brown
Eagles’ ‘The Long Run’: The Making of a Classic
“’The Long Run’ was a pretty painful birth because we were like, ‘How the f*** are we going to top “Hotel California”‘?”–Joe Walsh
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Caribou Ranch Recording Studio: Where the Stars Gathered
Superstars like Elton John, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire and many more wrote and recorded memorable music at this recording retreat. Visitors included John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and others
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Joe Walsh’s ‘But Seriously, Folks’: Behind the Scenes
“Coming off of ‘Hotel California,’ this was just big fun. This was dessert. It wasn’t drudgery, it wasn’t work, it wasn’t doing things over and over again.”
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A Visit to Stockholm’s ABBA Museum
Sweden’s equivalent of Graceland (slogan: “Walk in, Dance Out”), it’s just like ABBA’s signature hits: pristine perfection
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‘Radical Radio’: A New Website Recalls the Heady Era of Freeform Programming
A new website, packed with content, recalls the days when a disc jockey could play anything he or she wanted.
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Prince Insiders Talk About His 1987 Masterpiece, ‘Sign O’ the Times’: Exclusive
“A lot of musicians end up doing the same song over and over. This sounds like nothing he’d ever done before,” his archivist says. “It is staggering”
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Lisa Marie Presley Was ‘Lights Out’ On Her Recording Debut
Of her 2003 album: “That was my biggest challenge, to break through this phantom tabloid thing I had and put down something substantial.”
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Eagles Producer on the Making of the ‘Hotel California’ LP
They had one song prepared when they entered the studio. By the time they finished the album nine months later, they’d created a masterpiece. Our exclusive talk with Bill Szymczyk
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Tom Petty, in 1996, Runs Down a Dream: ‘I Want To Play the Fillmore’
“I never sought to be a personality or a celebrity. I just want to be a musician.”–Tom Petty clarifies his life goals in a long-ago chat
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Joe Walsh Interview: Paying It Back for Veterans
Walsh: “I had played a lot of functions for other people, friends and stuff for various charities they were involved with. But I never had my own.”
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