[EP 430] Live Aid: Two Teenage Runaways, One Life-Changing Journey with Shane Robitaille & Livi Stanford
Live Aid brought Queen, Led Zeppelin, U2, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Run-DMC together for an unforgettable day in music history. B...
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Booked On Rock with Eric Senich
For Those About To Read & Rock...Join host Eric Senich for deep dive discussions of the greatest artists, albums and songs in rock history with the authors who've written all about them.
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[EP 429] Grateful Dead: The Hidden Histories Behind Their Most Beloved Songs with Alex Pappademas & Joan LeMay
What are the hidden stories behind some of the Grateful Dead’s most beloved songs? From a mysterious prison singer whose music became “I Kno...
[EP 428] Rock Stardom: “I Lost My Passion for the Music” – with David Barnett
What happens when the dream of becoming a rock star turns into a dangerous obsession with fame, drugs, and rebellion? Author David Barnett j...
[EP 427] Paul Simon’s Graceland: The Story Behind the Music and Controversy with Kalvin Schmidt-Rimpler Dinh
Paul Simon’s Graceland is one of the most celebrated albums of the 1980s, blending American songwriting with South African musical tradition...
[EP 426] 5 Rock Songs, 5 Dark Stories: The Music Behind the Nightmares with Courtney Skelton
What happens when five hard rock and metal songs inspire five dark tales of psychological horror, supernatural mystery, revenge, and redempt...
[EP 425] Howard Stern: Rock Star Friendships, Feuds, and Fallout with Greg Prato
Howard Stern’s relationships with rock stars produced unforgettable interviews, unlikely friendships, and plenty of fallout. Author Greg Pra...
[EP 424] James Brown’s Funky Drummer: The Beat That Changed Music but Left Clyde Without Credit — with D. Leah Steinberg
What if one of the most influential drumbeats in music history came from a musician who never received the recognition—or compensation—he de...
[EP 423] Nirvana, Pearl Jam & Soundgarden: How Grunge Took Over Rock with Gillian Gaar
How did Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains transform Seattle’s underground music scene into a worldwide rock revolution? M...
[EP 422] Did the CIA Write “Wind of Change”? Songs That Changed the World with Andrew Clarke
Can a song really change the world? Author Andrew Clarke joins Booked On Rock to explore the stories behind some of rock music’s most influe...
[EP 421] Counting Crows: The Surprising Stories Behind Their Biggest Songs with Geoff Harkness
Who was “Mr. Jones,” and how did Monica Potter help save “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby”? Author Geoff Harkness returns to Booked On Rock to explore...
[EP 420] Beck: The Man Behind the Myth with Josephine Riesman
Beck has spent more than three decades reinventing himself, from the unlikely breakthrough of “Loser” and the sample-heavy experimentation o...
[EP 419] Roger Daltrey: “The Keith Moon of Singers” with Don Henze
Roger Daltrey has one of rock’s most unmistakable voices—but what was he really like inside the recording studio? Author and musician Don He...
[EP 418] Black Dog: Rock, Addiction & Recovery with Erica Kent
Erica Kent’s debut novel Black Dog is a raw, darkly funny coming-of-age story about rock music, addiction, loss, and recovery in 1980s Bosto...
[EP 417] 987 Album Listens: One Fan’s Quest to Rank His Classic Rock Favorites
What happens when you listen to the complete catalogs of 29 classic rock artists—not once, but three times each—and score every album along...
[EP 416] Fleetwood Mac: The Breakups That Made Rumours with Andrea Swensson
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours wasn’t just born from heartbreak—the band members were living through broken relationships, new romances, creative t...
[EP 415] Rewriting the History of Rock with Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman joins Booked On Rock to explore a fascinating question: What if rock history happened differently? In his new book, Rock: A...
[EP 414] Rock’s Greatest “What Ifs”: The Decisions That Could Have Changed Everything with Mike Garam
What if some of rock history’s biggest personnel decisions had gone the other way? What if Eric Clapton had joined The Beatles, Slash had la...
[EP 413] Lynyrd Skynyrd: How Ronnie Van Zant Led Rock’s Most Defiant Band with Chris Salisbury
Lynyrd Skynyrd became one of the most influential and enduring bands in Southern rock, powered by the songwriting, vision, and uncompromisin...
[EP 412] Metallica: The Best, Worst & Most Overrated Albums with Martin Popoff
Metallica’s journey from underground thrash pioneers to the biggest metal band in the world is one of the most remarkable stories in rock hi...
[EP 411] Paul Weller: The Ever-Changing Man with Kevin Sedelmeier
Paul Weller has spent more than four decades refusing to stand still. From his rise with The Jam and the musical experimentation of The Styl...