Garland Jeffreys joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his long and storied career from the early days through his most recent critically lauded releases.  We talk about his inspirations, the social messages often contained in his work and his legendary hit Wild In The Streets.  He shares stories about his friendships with Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon and so many more.

Ed Roland of Collective Soul joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the Collective Soul early days and hits – Shine, December, Gel, all the biggies.  We explore Ed’s positive approach to songwriting, influences, family and the inspirations behind some personal songs.  We also talk quite a bit about his fantastic side project, Sweet Tea Project and how it fueled his approach to the latest Collective Soul album, See What You Started By Continuing.

Willy Porter joins Eric in conversation. Willy has an incredible and unique style – he mixes lightning fast finger picking guitar virtuosity, soulful and thoughtful lyrics, humor, brilliant arrangements, and a wide variety of genres.  He’s had a storied 20+ year career and 10+ albums, if you don’t know Willy, you really, really should. In this conversation we trace his career from the early days to his latest album, Human Kindness and beyond.

Kasim Sulton joins Eric in conversation. You may know Kasim as a member of Utopia. You may know Kasim from his work on Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell records and tours. You may know Kasim from The New Cars. You may know Kasim from Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. You may know Kasim from Blue Oyster Cult. Or you may know Kasim as a fantastic singer/songwriter in his own right. Suffice it to say, Kasim has a long, successful and storied career and we talk about it all including his new solo album, 3.

Violinist David Ragsdale of Kansas joins Eric in conversation. We talk about how he connected with Kansas, how he initially picked up the violin, the departure of Steve Walsh and the addition of Ronnie Platt, what it’s like working with the various members of Kansas and we go track by track on the 1995 Kansas album, Freaks of Nature in celebrating it’s 20th anniversary.  Also, we get some insight on the new Kansas album in the works!