Today's Guest: Nick Rhodes, keyboard player, Duran Duran (NOTE: One of the wildest concerts I ever attended as a music critic was Duran Duran at Florida's Lakeland Civic Center in March 1984. It was louder than hell and quite fun. A few days before the show, I did a telephone interview with the band's... Continue Reading →
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Daniel Cross by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of blues fans who love the music but never thought about actually going to Louisiana or Mississippi to see it performed live … in the NEW new media... Continue Reading →
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with ROBERT MUGGE by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of finger snappers and toe tappers who can talk – unconvincingly – for hours about the meaning of jazz … in the NEW new media capital of... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Renee Rosen, novelist, Windy City Blues Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Renèe Rosen by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters fans who will never agree on who was the greatest Chess guitarist of... Continue Reading →
(This interview with country singer Louise Mandrell was originally published in the St. Petersburg Times on November 16, 1984. -- Bob Andelman) Louise Mandrell bubbles as she talks. It comes across in her stage and television appearances, and it was even apparent in a long distance interview with her from the phone in... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: John Fogerty, singer, songwriter, Creedence Clearwater Revival (EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's interview with singer John Fogerty, was originally published on October 24, 1986. The audio, sadly, did not survive the decades, which is too bad, because Fogerty was kind enough to wish a "Happy Birthday, Cynda," to one of my editors at the time, the... Continue Reading →
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This interview with Robby Steinhardt--conducted by Bob Andelman--was original published in Music Magazine on August 25, 1982.) Once Upon A Time, in a land of grain and fairy tales, a musical ensemble squirreled themselves away, as was their wont, to produce a new edition of their own special magic. Many days and... Continue Reading →
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with CHRISTOPHER WARD by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Alannah Myles and Bryan Adams impersonators doing “The Safety Dance”… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! What I don’t know about... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (As we continue to mine my print archives for interviews, the 100th anniversary of legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald's birth -- April 25, 1917 -- reminded me that it was time to get this delightful conversation I had with her for the St. Petersburg Times on October 25, 1985... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Carl Perkins, Rock 'n' Roll Hame of Fame member, "Blue Suede Shoes" (EDITOR'S NOTE: This interview with legendary rocker Carl Perkins, conducted by Bob Andelman, was originally published in the now-defunct Tampa Tribune on October 10, 1986. We're republishing the interview to celebrate his birthday, April 9, 1930. -- Mr. Media) Carl Perkins... Continue Reading →
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