Interviews
Our discussions with many significant classic rock artists and others.
Tom Petty—Archival Interview from 1980: ‘I Just Want to Write Good Songs; Is That Asking Too Much?’
“There was a band identity established [early on], rather than me and whoever was in the studio at the time. Their identity is coming out more and more.”—Petty
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David Clayton-Thomas Interview: His Early Years With Blood, Sweat & Tears
DCT: “I had to go back to Canada to renew my visa. A couple of days later I got a call. ‘Do you want to try out for the band?’ I said, ‘You’re damn right.’”
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Clive Davis on Santana: ‘An Instant Connection’
“They were fresh; they were combining rock with jazz, with blues. There was the Latin influence, and Carlos was a dazzling virtuoso.”—Clive Davis
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Allen Ginsberg @ 100: An Archival Interview with America’s Poet Laureate
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ginsberg’s birth, his landmark work ‘Howl’ is being reissued on vinyl.
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Tom Scholz on Brad Delp: ‘Best Male Studio Singer I’ve Ever Heard’
From our interview: “The two of us would go on all day and into the night and start again the next day. It was mental telepathy.”
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Rick Wakeman Interview: Yes and Those Legendary Capes
The keyboard legend chats about his prog rock career, Yes’ Rock Hall induction, and why he started wearing those famous capes!
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Producer Jack Douglas on John Lennon, Cheap Trick
After producing classic albums by Aerosmith, he helped a band from Illinois get its start and oversaw production of 1980’s Double Fantasy album.
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Eric Burdon: An Interview With an Animal
Six decades after he first arrived with the Animals, one of the great British blues-rock belters of all time is still going strong.
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Donovan Interview: ‘Sunshine Superman’ and Jimmy Page
In a freewheeling, often revealing conversation, the Scottish singer-songwriter and Rock Hall inductee talks about his first big hit of the psychedelic era.
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Talking Heads’ David Byrne—The Lost Tapes: A Vintage 1979 Interview
“We said, well, we’re not going to do this or that. We’re not going to do drum solos, wear clothes like such and such, and all that. And that just sort of left us with what we are.”–Byrne
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