Gary James Presents
Rock 'n' Roll Interviews


Gary James has interviewed over 2300 entertainment personalities since 1978.
He has interviewed the likes of KISS, Black Sabbath, Foreigner,
Creedence Clearwater Revival, members of The Doors, Chicago,
Herb Alpert, David Cassidy, Donny Osmond and hundreds more.
He has also interviewed actors, authors, dancers, politicians and entrepreneurs.
Here you will find his fascinating talks with some of Rock 'n' Roll's greatest stars.








Musicians & Songwriters
Hal Blaine
(session drummer)
Les Paul
(guitar legend)
Jim Weatherly
(wrote Midnight Train To Georgia)
Duane Hitchings
(co-wrote Do You Think I'm Sexy)
Jimmy Sturr
(The Polka King)
Rick Schell
(Syracuse musician)
Elliott Murphy
(The Last of the Rock Stars)
Don Black
(wrote To Sir With Love)
Wayne Kramer
(Of The MC5)
L. Russell Brown
(wrote Tie A Yellow Ribbon)
Henry Mancini
(Romeo and Juliet)
Neal Smith
(Flying Tiger)
Wayne Carson
(wrote Always On My Mind)
Carmine Appice
(rock drummer)
Tony Hatch
(wrote Downtown)
Chris Spedding
(studio musician)
Ronnie Montrose
(rock guitarist)
Bandaloni
(one man band)
Robert Tepper
(No Easy Way Out)
Jean-Luc Ponty
(Cosmic Messenger)
Bruce Sudano
("It's Her Wedding Day")
Charlie McCoy
(super session musician)
Simon Kirke
(Filling The Void)
Norbert Putnam
(Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
Larry O'Brien
(The Glenn Miller Orchestra)
Jaimie St. James
(Black 'n' Blue)
Yngwie Malmsteen
(Rising Force)
Cynthia Weil
(wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling")
Jennifer Batten
(Michael Jackson's guitarist)
Rob Stoner
(Bob Dylan's former bassist)
Parkside Drive
(Premier Wedding Band)
Jay Boy Adams
(The Shoe Box)
Broken Nails
(Montreal's hottest band)
Tom Paxton
(wrote "Bottle Of Wine")
James Hunter
(People Gonna Talk)
Robert Fortune
(Rock guitarist)
Steve Wariner
(Two Teardrops)
Caroline Kole
(Money To Me)
Firehouse
(Love Of A Lifetime)
A.J. Croce
(That's Me In The Bar)
Bobby Keys
(session sax player)
Big Jay McNeely
("The Deacon's Hop")
Honey Voshell
(America's Honeycombs)
Tony Macauley
(wrote "Build Me Up Buttercup")
Lonestar
("Amazed")
Wale
('70s New York Group)
Galt Mac Dermot
(Wrote "Hair" and "Aquarius")
Dar Williams
(In The Time Of Gods)
G. E. Smith
(Musical Director for
Saturday Night Live!)
Chuck Leavell
(Rolling Stone's pianist)
The Shana Stack Band
("Pleasure And Pain")
Butch Patrick
(Eddie And The Monsters)
Doreen Taylor
("Magic")
Harry James Orchestra
(Band Leader Fred Radke)
Sister Sparrow And The Dirty Birds
("The Long Way")
Dallas Smith
("Tippin' Point")
Joshua Scott Jones
(formerly of Steel Magnolia)
Steve Hunter
("Tune Poems Live")
Electric Blonde
(Toronto Dance Band)
Erik Scott
("And The Earth Bleeds")
Will Lee
(bassist for The Fab Faux
and The CBS Orchestra)
Nu-Blu
("Jesus And Jones")
Janiva Magness
("Do I Move You?")
Sunny Sweeney
("Provoked")
Kristine W
("One More Try")
Ben Mauro
(Lionel Richie's guitarist)
Sean O'Loughlin
(Symphony Conductor)
Devin Bing
(Jazz Musician)
Buzz Cason
("Everlasting Love")
Location Of Incident
("Strong Without My Fears")
Arthur Alexander
(wrote "Anna")
Steve Douglas
(recording session sax player)
Aztec Two Step
(No Hit Wonder)
Mimi Farina
(wrote "In The Quiet Morning")
Phil Kenzie
(Last Of The Great Rock Sax Players)
P.F. Sloan
(songwriter)
Gary Link
(bassist for Rita Coolidge & Steppenwolf)
Bobby Hart
(co-wrote "Last Train To Clarksville")
The Sloths
(opened for The Doors)
Two Wolf
(Southern Rock Group)
Ricky Byrd
(of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
Crystal Taliefero
(Billy Joel's percussionist)
David Rosenthal
(Billy Joel's keyboard player and musical director)
Carl Fischer
(Billy Joel's trumpet player)
Chuck Burgi
(Billy Joel's drummer)
Even Stevens
(songwriter)
Olivia Lane
("Steal Me Away")
Randy Holden
(of Blue Cheer and Sons Of Adam)
Mike Campbell
(Tommy Roe's drummer)
Lucy Angel
("Crazy Too")
Jimmy Ryan
(of The Hit Men)
Reverie Lane
(Country duo)
George Egosarian
(of Jukin' Bone)
Jimmy Webb
(wrote "MacArthur Park")
George Mahoney
(of Alecstar)
Andy Pratt
("Avenging Annie")
David Werner
(wrote Billy Idol's "Cradle Of Love")
Paul Shaffer
(David Letterman's band leader)
Paul Robinson
(of Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks)
Kenny Aronoff
(session drummer)
JES
("As The Rush Comes")
Little Texas
("Some Guys Have All The Love")
Allee Willis
("wrote "I'll Be There For You")
Shelly Peiken
(wrote "What A Girl Wants")
Jack Tempchin
(wrote "Peaceful Easy Feeling")
Collective Soul
("Shine")
Pat Bautz
(Session Musician/Audio Engineer
and Drummer For Three Dog Night)
Rick Cua
(formerly of The Outlaws)
Steve Cropper
(legendary studio guitarist)
Micki Free
(Grammy Award winning guitarist)
David Bromberg
(singer/songwriter)
Jeff Coffey
(formerly of Chicago)
Rich Dart
(The Monkees touring drummer)
Rich Robinson
(of Black Crowes)
Steve Morse
(Rock guitarist)
Mark Andes
(of Firefall, Heart, Canned Heat)
Ellen Shipley
(wrote 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth')
Stanley Sheldon
(bassist for Peter Frampton, Tommy Bolin)
Sandy Gennaro
(drummer for Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, Benny Mardones, Johnny Winter)
Lotus
("Nomad")
Marty Walsh
(session guitarist)
Reggie McBride
(session musician)
Del Casher
(inventor of the Wah-wah pedal)
Doug "Cosmo" Clifford
(Creedence Clearwater Revisited Drummer)
Howard Fields
(Harry Chapin's drummer)
Byron Metcalf
(drummed for Dottie West, Waylon Jennings, Kenny Rogers)
Colleen Shannon
(DJ, actress, musician, Playboy model)
Kiki Ebsen
(Singer/Songwriter)
Elizabeth Lamers
(of World Goes Round)
Kyle Vincent
(sang with Manilow, The Rollers, Bo Donaldson)
Kal David
("Double Tuff")
Glenn Phillips
(of The Hampton Grease Band)
Joe Deninzon
(The Jimi Hendrix Of Violin)
Richard Greene
(Violinist Extraordinaire)
Michael Jahnz
(of Richrath Project 3:13)
Muck And The Mires
("I'm Your Man")
Brian Tichy
(drummer for Billy Idol, Foreigner, Whitesnake)
Everclear
("Wonderful!")
Jimmy Stafford
(guitarist for Train)
Lips Turn Blue
(guitarist Don Mancuso)
Joel Hoekstra
(guitarist for
Whitesnake, Foreigner, Cher)
Marc Blatte
(wrote "When She Was My Girl" for The Four Tops)
John De Nicola
(co-wrote "The Time Of My Life")
John Mahon
(Elton John's drummer / percussionist)
Matt Bissonette
(played bass for Elton John)
The Imaginaries
("Whole Lotta Livin'")
Nina Di Gregorio
(of Femmes Of Rock
starring Bella Electric Strings)
Desmond Child
(wrote "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Dude Looks Like A Lady")
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Friends & Relatives
Rock Managers
And Executives


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