Jim Peterik of Survivor, Ides of March and Pride of Lions joins Eric in conversation. Specifically, we talk about his work with Jimi Jamison in honor of the one year anniversary of Jimi’s passing. We discuss their initial meeting, stories behind the songs and the recording of the three Survivor records featuring Jimi – Vital Signs, When Seconds Count, and Too Hot To Sleep. We also talk about their reconnecting for Jimi’s solo record, Crossroads Moment and so much more. Jim shares some sweet, funny and wonderful memories and honors his musical partner gone too soon, Mr Jimi Jamison.
Stuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric in conversation. Stuart has been with Sade since before they were signed – playing guitar, playing sax and co-writing many of the biggest hits in their 50+ million album selling career. We talk about the earliest days, go record by record through the Sade catalog, Live Aid, hit some of the key songs and stories behind them, talk about what’s next for Sade and get a taste of his new project, Twin Danger.
Rock legend Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his upcoming Jethro Tull Rock Opera, maintaining a busy touring schedule, agri-business, Pavarotti, the art of songwriting, Spinal Tap, his relationship with Martin Barre and some funny, horror stories from the road.
Electronic music pioneer and 80s icon, Howard Jones joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his two break-out albums of the 1980s, Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action, his performance at Live Aid, the origins of a few specific songs, about technology in music (including his position on auto-tuning,) about his new interactive project Engage and so much more.