Booked On Rock

Eric Senich

Conversations with authors, musicians, and insiders revealing the stories behind classic rock's greatest songs, albums and artists.

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Dec 29, 2022 · 57 min
Talkin' (More) 'Bout Van Halen w/ Corey Morrissette & Mark Camire of "And The Podcast Will Rock" [Episode 104]
This episode’s guests are Mark Camire and Corey Morrissette, hosts of And The Podcast Will Rock - the podcast devoted to Van Halen. Each week Mark and Corey spin the Wheel of Rock to find out which Van Halen song to break down. In this episode we...
Dec 22, 2022 · 42 min
Led Zeppelin News with LedZepNews.Com's James Cook [Episode 103]
James Cook is the founder of LedZepNews, the leading unofficial Led Zeppelin news website. This month he’s celebrating 10 years of covering the band and he’s here to talk about how he broke the news on Zeppelin’s abandoned hologram and exhibition...
Dec 20, 2022 · 43 min
"Rock N Roll Will Only Break Your Heart"/Kenward Cooper [Episode 102]
Most music memoirs and autobiographies are about the artist paying their dues and then reaching the big time. In “Rock N Roll Will Only Break Your Heart”, there is no "big time" for the author. Instead, it's about getting from point A to point B while...
Dec 17, 2022 · 1 hr
Talkin' 'Bout Van Halen w/ DLR Cast hosts Steve Roth & Darren Paltrowitz [Episode 101]
It's a dialogue with Steve Roth & Darren Paltrowitz, hosts of The DLRCast - the podcast devoted to all things David Lee Roth! TOPICS DISCUSSED: * David Lee Roth - is he the same offstage as on? Does he have an "off" switch? * Joe Satriani says...
Dec 15, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
"Anatomy of 55 More Songs: The Oral History of 55 Hits That Changed Rock, R&B, and Soul"/Marc Myers [Episode 100]
Following his 2016 smash hit “Anatomy of a Song”, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers has collected fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of...
Dec 10, 2022 · 47 min
"The Jordanaires: The Story of the World's Greatest Backup Vocal Group"/Michael Kosser & Alan Stoker [Episode 99]
As told by the late great lead tenor Gordon Stoker, this is the story of the greatest backup group in the history of recorded music and that is undoubtedly the Jordanaires, a gospel group of mostly Tennessee boys, formed in the 1940s, that set the...
Dec 8, 2022 · 1 hr
"Pink Floyd: Every Album, Every Song"/Richard Butterworth [Episode 98]
Pink Floyd are one of the most innovative, enduringly successful bands in history. Their influence is incalculable. 1973's ‘Dark Side of the Moon’, though far from the first concept album, established a new model for quasi-symphonic, long-form...
Dec 1, 2022 · 1 hr
KISS at 50 with Author James Campion [Episode 97]
Fifty years ago next month - January of 1973 - Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley launched the band KISS. Author James Campion (Shout It Out Loud: The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon") is on the...
Nov 25, 2022 · 56 min
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Lame, Van Halen, AC/DC & Rob Halford Confessions w/ Comedian/Author/DJ Claudia Stavola [Episode 96]
Claudia Stavola is a stand-up comedian, writer for Madhouse Magazine and the weekday morning host for Monsters of Rock on Dash Radio. She has just released a book titled “100 Things To Hate Before You Die” and she's on the podcast to talk about the...
Nov 23, 2022 · 40 min
"Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation"/Steven Hyden [Episode 95]
Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, ‘Ten’, they’ve sold 85 million-plus albums, performed for hundreds of thousands of fans around the world, and have even been inducted into the...
Nov 17, 2022 · 41 min
"The Inner Light: How India Influenced the Beatles"/Susan Shumsky [Episode 94]
The spiritual journey of the Beatles is the story of an entire generation of visionaries in the sixties who transformed the world. The Beatles turned Western culture upside down and brought Indian philosophy to the West more effectively than any guru....
Nov 11, 2022 · 59 min
"Recording Icons / Creative Spaces: The Creative World of Mark Howard"/Mark Howard [Episode 93]
Mark Howard has always made unique records. For Howard, it’s not just about the recording process ― making great music is also about creating unique, comfortable environments designed to bring out the best in the artist. To this end, he’s spent a...
Nov 10, 2022 · 38 min
“Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything In Between”/Michael Tau [Episode 92]
Michael Tau had spent years obsessed by the extremes of musical expression. “Extreme Music: Silence to Noise and Everything In Between” is the culmination of decades of research into the sounds (and silences) that comprise the outer limits and...
Nov 3, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
"Addicted To Noise: The Music Writings Of Michael Goldberg"/Michael Goldberg [Episode 91]
“Addicted to Noise” collects the best interviews, profiles, and essays Michael Goldberg has written during his forty-plus years as a journalist. From combative interviews with Frank Zappa and Tom Waits to essays on how Jack Kerouac influenced Bob...
Oct 27, 2022 · 50 min
"Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives"/Steve Baltin [Episode 90]
Which Beach Boys’ song brings Paul McCartney to tears? What makes “Light My Fire” a rite-of-passage song for teens in every generation, according to Doors guitarist Robby Krieger? What is it about music that brings back so vividly the passion of our...
Oct 20, 2022 · 57 min
Tom Petty's Musical Legacy w/ "Tom Petty Project" Host Kevin Brown [Episode 89]
This episode’s guest is Kevin Brown, who is the host of an absolute must listen podcast for any Tom Petty fan called “The Tom Petty Project”. Kevin digs into Tom Petty's catalogue, starting with the first track from the debut Heartbreakers album, all...
Oct 12, 2022 · 43 min
"Top of the Mountain: The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965"/Laurie Jacobson [Episode 88]
On a sweltering Sunday evening in August 1965, 56,000 people traveled by plane, car, bus, ferry, and subway train to pack New York’s Shea Stadium. They were there not for a ballgame, but a rock and roll concert—the audacious dream of promoter Sid...
Oct 11, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
David Lee Roth & Sammy Hagar Then, "Right Now" & In The Future w/ Author Greg Renoff [Episode 87]
Greg Renoff is the author of “Van Halen Rising: How A Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal” and “Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music”. This week, both David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar celebrate birthdays and Greg is...
Oct 6, 2022 · 44 min
"Elton John at 75"/Gillian Gaar [Episode 86]
Few rock artists continue to gather more and more adulation with age. Sir Elton Hercules John is an exception who proves the rule. In “Elton John at 75”, veteran rock journalist Gillian Gaar presents a unique and beautifully produced celebration of...
Sep 29, 2022 · 43 min
"21 Songs from 10 Years (1975-1985)"/ Fiona McQuarrie [Episode 85]
“Mixtape” is a journey through one of the most exciting eras of popular music. Each chapter covers a song released between 1975 and 1985, and features in-depth research, critical assessment, and the occasional dose of snark. Some of these 21 songs...