interview Archive
28 Jan 2020
Pat Travers is Still Right in the Swing of Things
Pat Travers was part of a wave of late ’70s guitar heroes, artists who – in the wake of Peter Frampton’s runaway success – seemed poised to break out in […]
23 Jan 2020
Sweet Ride: More of My Look Back at Moby Grape with Guitarist Peter Lewis (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … What kind of things inspire you to write? [You write about life experiences] because somehow that makes the part of your life meaningful. It’s not […]
22 Jan 2020
Sweet Ride: More of My Look Back at Moby Grape with Guitarist Peter Lewis (Part One)
Moby Grape is the prime example of a richly talented group that endured a long series of setbacks; those obstacles blunted the group’s success. Had their luck (and, it must […]
21 Jan 2020
Moby Grape’s Peter Lewis: A Rock ‘n’ roll Survivor on ‘The Road to Zion’ (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Peter Lewis’ problems at the time weren’t nearly as severe as those facing Spence, who famously came at band mates Miller and Stevenson with a fire […]
20 Jan 2020
Moby Grape’s Peter Lewis: A Rock ‘n’ roll Survivor on ‘The Road to Zion’ (Part One)
Ask a hardcore rock music fanatic to name the most underrated band of the 1960s, and the answer you’re most likely to get is this: “Moby Grape.” Though sometimes credited […]
18 Jan 2020
Justin Ray: Singing and Swinging
Asheville-based trumpeter Justin Ray has been a member of pop singer Michael Bublé’s band for 15 years. After a long string of tours around the world, Ray decided that he’d […]
17 Jan 2020
Dream Theater: The Path That Unites
When dazzling keyboardist Jordan Rudess joined Dream Theater in 1999, the progressive metal band had already been together for nearly 15 years. Through a combination of superb musicianship, thoughtful songwriting […]
15 Jan 2020
No Such Thing As Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Conversation with Mott the Hoople’s Morgan Fisher (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Released in March 1974, The Hoople was the last one that the band made before Ian Hunter left. At that point, was there a sense that […]
14 Jan 2020
No Such Thing As Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Conversation with Mott the Hoople’s Morgan Fisher (Part One)
Fans were thrilled when in mid 2019 a concert tour was announced, one featuring the core of Mott the Hoople’s mid 1970s lineup. And they were understandably disappointed when in […]
10 Jan 2020
Life Like Water’s Trance-folk
Songwriter and musician David Matters has a background playing bluegrass and old-time music. And while he maintains a love for those styles, the music he started writing a few years […]