Interviews
Our discussions with many significant classic rock artists and others.
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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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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Recording CSN&Y’s ‘Déjà vu’: Engineer Bill Halverson Remembers
“They had a rule: Whoever writes the song gets final say. And that served them well.”–Bill Halverson, engineer
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Melanie on ‘Candles in the Rain,’ ‘Brand New Key’ & More
“I was just Melanie, the cute flower child person. To the hip people, the real hipsters, I became the cool person to bash. I don’t know how that happened.”
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Joan Baez Interview: On Dylan, Aging and the Rock Hall
Says the folk legend: “I’m comfortable and happy. I’m not trying to reach notes that I can’t reach anymore. I’m working on what I have, which I like a lot.”
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Making the Scene With Lenny Kaye: Musician, Author, ‘Nuggets’ Curator, Fan
Kaye: “Ideas start coming together, almost like cosmic dust starts to form a planet. Then there’s a realization that something different is happening.”
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Graham Bonnet on Rainbow: Since You Been Gone
The singer fronts his own band now and talks about buying the classic rock group’s albums for his audition because he didn’t know who they were
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Dave Clark Is Still Glad All Over—An Interview With the British Invasion Legend
“Ed Sullivan contacted us, but I’d never heard of him so I turned it down. Then, I found out he was huge. I said to the guys, “Quit your jobs.”–Dave Clark
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