Interviews
Our discussions with many significant classic rock artists and others.
The Motels’ Marty Jourard Recaps Capitol Records Era, Band Reunions
The sax/keyboard player traces the New Wave rock band’s colorful history including their hits, personnel changes, and reunions
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John Sebastian in Conversation: Recapturing the Lovin’ Spoonful ‘Magic’
After refusing to re-record his old hits with the Lovin’ Spoonful for decades, John Sebastian did just that with guitarist Arlen Roth. He tells us why.
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Nancy Wilson Talks About the Moment She Knew Heart Had Made It
The musician and rock icon talks about her first solo LP, looks back at Heart’s early success and offers advice to her 21-year-old self
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Beach Boys’ Mike Love Talks ‘Pet Sounds’
We asked him how the rumor got started that he didn’t like the album. He tells us: “I don’t know if there are any better harmonies ever”
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Tom Scholz Reflects on Boston’s Self-Titled Debut
The 1976 album ranks as one of the best-selling debut albums in music history with 17 million copies sold in the U.S. alone
Read More 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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Russ Solomon, Late Tower Records Founder: Interview
In a 2017 interview, the founder of the Tower Records retail music corporation discussed the history of the company. He died in 2018 at age 92
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Whatever Happened to Stephen Talbot, ‘Leave It to Beaver”s Gilbert? We Asked Him!
Talbot on Jerry Mathers [Beaver]: “He carried that show. He was smart, and in the last couple of years, he was chafing against playing dumb.”
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Reboot: Nancy Sinatra Remembers Her Unlikely But Brilliant Collaborator, Lee Hazlewood
“We used to call it Beauty and the Beast!” says Nancy Sinatra on her unlikely, but hugely successful, pairing with the producer, songwriter and arranger.
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From the Vaults: Conversations with Steely Dan’s Becker and Fagen
“When we started we were arrogant enough to think we would be successful, in spite of the fact that what we were doing was far off the beaten path”
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