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Rickie Lee Jones, Chuck E. Weiss: Chuck E. Weiss: Hanger-Out Is Moving Up

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1979

CHUCK E.'S IN business. Thanks to Rickie Lee Jones' hit single 'Chuck E.'s in Love', one of L.A.'s perennial hangers-out is emerging from the shadows ...

The Ronettes: Wrong Phone Number Brought Success

Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 11 January 1964

TALK ABOUT a coincidence! A thundering great coincidence — a flash of fate which virtually launched the swinging Ronettes, one of the most successful girlie ...

Beck (1994)

Interview by Gerrie Lim, Rock's Backpages Audio, 4 February 1994

Beck talks about his early influences and songwriting; about Mellow Gold; about his loathing of MTV; about being censored in Singapore... and about slackers and Generation X.

File format: mp3; file size: 24.7mb, interview length: 27' 01" sound quality: ** (phoner)

John Lee Hooker (1988)

Interview by Roy Trakin, Rock's Backpages Audio, 7 July 1988

An avuncular (if occasionally inaudible) John Lee talks about making The Healer, doing Iron Man with Pete Townshend, his roots, and the state of the world today

File format: mp3 File size: 24.9mb Interview length: 27 minutes 12 seconds Sound quality: ***

Three Dog Night's Danny Hutton (1993)

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, June 1993

First Dog Hutton takes us back to the heady '60s days on the Sunset Strip, hanging out with Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson and Lowell George, and Three Dog Night.

File format: mp3; file size: 80.1mb, interview length: 1h 27' 31" sound quality: ***

Prince Charles & The City Beat Band (1983)

Interview by Simon Witter, Rock's Backpages Audio, 18 May 1983

From the ghetto and gangs of Roxbury in Boston to the Lyceum ballroom: Prince Charles Alexander and his trusty Lyricon move on up.

File format: mp3; file size: 48mb, interview length: 52' 27" sound quality: ***

Levon Helm (2009)

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, September 2009

Together with his co-conspiritor Larry Campbell, the great Band drummer looks back over his recent solo activities, the people he works with, and his unique take on American music.

File format: mp3; file size: 31.5mb, interview length: 34' 27" sound quality: ****

Lou Reed (2003)

Interview by Larry Jaffee, Rock's Backpages Audio, 25 February 2003

On The Raven, the ups and, mostly, downs of CDs, mp3s and (re)mastering and more.

File format: mp3; file size: 24.9mb, interview length: 27' 11" sound quality: ***

Humble Pie, Steve Marriott, Small Faces, The: Steve Marriott (1974)

Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock's Backpages Audio, February 1974

The Pieman tells some splendid road stories; talks about recording their latest, Thunderbox; looks back at his schooldays and the Small Faces, and talks about his immediate plans.

File format: mp3; file size: 25.6mb, interview length: 27' 56" sound quality: ***

Alabama Shakes' Unlikely Triumph

Interview by Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 14 March 2013

BRITTANY HOWARD, the powerhouse 24-year-old frontwoman for Alabama Shakes, isn't much for red carpets. ...

The Who: Bus Ride Back To Pop 30 For Who

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 21 September 1968

THE STATES are where the Who now have their biggest hits, most fan fever, and excitement. Pete Townsend, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle ...

Pink Floyd, Rick Wright: Pink Floyd's Rick Wright (1997)

Interview by Jim Sullivan, Rock's Backpages Audio, January 1997

The Floyd keyboard man on his solo album Broken China: writing about his wife's depression; the melancholia in his music; co-writing with lyricist Anthony Moore; Sinead O'Connor's involvement; and becoming a singer himself. He talks about what (isn't) up with Pink Floyd; his run-in with Roger Waters when recording The Wall, his dismissal from the band... and the current state of Syd Barrett.

File format: mp3; file size: 21.5mb, interview length: 22' 22" sound quality: ** (phoner)

Linda Ronstadt (1995)

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, 7 February 1995

The First Lady of Counry Rock on a life in music: from Tuscon to LA; the Troubadour scene; hanging out with Jim Morrison and Gram Parsons; exploring standards and Mexican music; singing, production and producers.

File format: mp3; file size: 152.1mb, interview length: 2h 28' 27" sound quality: ***

Alvin Lee (2012)

Interview by Roy Trakin, Rock's Backpages Audio, 3 July 2012

The ex-Ten Years After guitar wrangler talks about his new album, Still on the Road to Freedom; no longer being the fastest guitar player in the West; memories of playing with Scotty Moore and Jerry Lee Lewis, and how Woodstock took him out of the small halls he preferred.

File format: mp3; file size: 26mb, interview length: 27' 06" sound quality: ** (phoner)

Moody Blues, The: The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward (1980)

Interview by Ian Ravendale, Rock's Backpages Audio, June 1980

The Moody Blues' guitarist/singer talks about the current state of the band; about Mike Pinder's departure; his solo work; his association with Jeff Wayne and The War of the Worlds album; the Moodys' live show, and working with 10cc and Lonnie Donegan.

File format: mp3; file size: 9.8mb, interview length: 24' 27" sound quality: *****

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (1999)

Interview by Paul Zollo, Rock's Backpages Audio, 3 April 1999

The Head Heartbreaker talks at length about writing and recording latest album Echo; the craft of songwriting in general; the continued pleasure of playing with his band; his youth playing covers in Florida; and how the new technologies (internet, mp3s etc.) are changing the way music is made and consumed.

File format: mp3; file size: 80.1mb, interview length: 1h 27' 28" sound quality: ***

Patti Smith (1978)

Interview by Howie Klein, Rock's Backpages Audio, 14 May 1978

Ms Smith regales the listeners to KSAN, San Francisco, with stories about Tina Turner, Sandy Pearlman and the Clash; sings the praises of Fred 'Sonic Smith and Tom Verlaine; gives respect to Bill Graham. She also makes Public Service announcements, and comments on the commercials!

File format: mp3; file size: 81.9mb, interview length: 1h 29' 27" sound quality: ***

Cold Crush Brothers, The: The Cold Crush Brothers' Charlie Chase (1998)

Interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages Audio, 1 October 1998

From discovering the breaks to the most enthralling stage act in hip hop's first decade, Cold Crush Brothers' Charlie Chase — a rare Hispanic DJ — takes us back to the park jams and the PALs, and the DJs like Bam, Flash and Theodore.

File format: mp3; file size: 54.4mb, interview length: 59' 27" sound quality: ****

Kurtis Blow, Afrika Islam: Kurtis Blow and Afrika Islam (1998)

Interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages Audio, 27 September 1998

The pioneering DJ talks about inspirations like Pete DJ Jones; about being a B-Boy; attending Kool Herc parties; starting out as an MC and the rise of rap... until he gets into a shouting match with Afrika Islam. Beef!

File format: mp3; file size: 25mb, interview length: 27' 18" sound quality: ****

Gladys Knight and the Pips: Gladys Knight & the Pips (1976)

Interview by Cliff White, Rock's Backpages Audio, 22 April 1976

Gladys and the boys talks about choosing songs and working out vocal arrangements; becoming album artists and going Platinum with Imagination; doing the Pipe Dreams soundtrack album; the role of the Pips, their choreography, and being marvellously rude about the Stylistics' stage moves!

File format: mp3; file size: 26.6mb, interview length: 27' 39" sound quality: ***