Under The Classic Rock

Episode #26 After the Success of working with Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and a host of other successful a... Read more

The name of the first Mama Papa’s album is Lou Adler’s actual reaction to when he first saw the group.  Adler made it ha... Read more

Gene Cornish remembered that first rehearsal as a life changing event. He said, “They immediately jelled and were a tigh... Read more

It was not so much the orchestra that molded the Moody Blue’s sound as it was the Mellotron… a keyboard instrument that ... Read more

Bill Bruford, Yes’s original drummer, once described the band as Multi-cultural and Multi-Ethnic… he was not describing ... Read more

As with many of the Classic Rock Bands of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s lucrative branding was developed so bank accounts cou... Read more

When you think of Steppenwolf, the band’s two songs huge top 10 songs come to mind, both released in 1968, Magic Carpet ... Read more

Every band is like a Dysfunctional family. Fights and arguments rule the day with such strong egos. Soon chaos broke out... Read more

In the late 50’s Bob Gaudio had been picking up studio work as as keyboardist for producer Bob Crewe. Then Crew started ... Read more

The band grew out of three hard working LA solo singers deciding to make a go at it as a threesome. Danny Hutton, Corey ... Read more

Episode 28 Grand Funk Railroad sprang up in 1966 from Don Brewer’s band The Jazz Masters. A former Disc jockey, who want... Read more

Show #25 In 1968 the 2nd generation of BS&T went to work on the album that became the band's best-selling album. It ... Read more

After the 3rd album, Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan stopped doing live shows. Fagan and Becker were always impressed with the... Read more

Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder had been playing with a band in Hamburg Germany called El Riot and Rebels… when they returned... Read more

Their biggest hit and some say Motown’s biggest hit, was initially just an instrumental track created by the Motown reco... Read more