Gary James Presents
Rock 'n' Roll Interviews
(page two)


Gary James has interviewed over 2400 entertainment personalities since 1978.
He has interviewed the likes of KISS, Black Sabbath, Foreigner,
Creedence Clearwater Revival, members of The Doors, Chicago,
The Beach Boys, 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.












Voices From The Past

New! Hear the stars speak to Gary James in selected Audio Excerpts Below

Glen Campbell
("Rhinestone Cowboy")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Paul Revere
(of Paul Revere And The Raiders)
(with Audio Excerpt)
Cynthia Lennon
(John Lennon's first wife)
(with Audio Excerpt)
John Entwistle
(bassist for The Who)
(with Audio Excerpt)
Ray Manzarek
(keyboard player for The Doors)
(with Audio Excerpt)
Butch Trucks
(of The Allman Brothers Band)
(with Audio Excerpt)
Jimmy O'Neill
(host of TV's Shindig!)
(with Audio Excerpt)
Greg Lake
(of Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
(with Audio Excerpt)
Gene Pitney
("Only Love Can Break A Heart")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Ben E. King
("Stand By Me")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Bobby Vee
("Take Good Care Of My Baby")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Andy Williams
("Moon River")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Sonny West
(Elvis' Bodyguard)
(with Audio Excerpt
David Cassidy
("I Think I Love You")
(with Audio Excerpt)
>Frankie Laine
("Moonlight Gambler")
(with Audio Excerpt)
 

 
Alan O'Day
("Undercover Angel")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Jerry Vale
("You Don't Know Me")
(with Audio Excerpt)
Alan Livingston
(President of Capitol Records)
(with Audio Excerpt)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alf Bicknell
(The Beatles' Chauffeur)
Sam Andrew
(Of Big Brother
And The Holding Company)
Arthur Alexander
(Wrote "Anna")
Bill Aucoin
(KISS' Manager)
Bob Bonis
(Beatles' Road Manager)
Jim Ed Brown
("Pop A Top")
Solomon Burke
("Got To Get You Off My Mind")
Toy Caldwell
(of The Marshall Tucker Band)
Steve Canaday
(of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils)
Earl "Speedo" Carroll
(of The Cadillacs)
Jimmy Dean
("Big Bad John")
Paul Davis
("I Go Crazy")
Steve Douglas
(session sax player)
Kevin DuBrow
(of Quiet Riot)
Mini Farina
(wrote "In The Quiet Morning")
Barry Fey
(concert promoter)
Jackie Lomax
(was managed by Brian Epstein)
Kim Fowley
(songwriter / producer)
Carl Gardner
(of The Coasters)
Andrew Gold
("Lonely Boy")
Lesley Gore
("It's My Party")
Marshall Grant
(Johnny Cash's Road Manager)
Dobie Gray
("Drift Away")
Jimmy Greenspoon
(of Three Dog Night)
Rob Grill
(of The Grass Roots)
Bobby Hatfield
(of The Righteous Brothers)
Bobby Hebb
("Sunny")
Bobby Helms
("Jingle Bell Rock")
Larry Hoppen
(of Orleans)
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
("Ain't Got No Home")
Sammy Johns
("Chevy Van")
Buddy Knox
("Party Doll")
Bobby Keys
(session sax player)
Lemmy Kilmister
(of Motorhead)
Dan Peek
(of America)
Ronnie Montrose
(Rock 'n' Roll guitarist)
Richard Nader
(promoter)
Patti Page
("Old Cape Code")
Carl Perkins
("Blue Suede Shoes")
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
("The Monster Mash")
Dave Somerville
(of The Diamonds)
Victor Spinetti
(Beatles' co-star in A Hard Day's Night)
Chris Squire
(of Yes)
Dallas Taylor
(drummer for Crosby, Stills and Nash)
Hughie Thomasson
(of The Outlaws)
Alfred Wertheimer
(Elvis Presley's photographer)
Les Paul
(guitar legend)
Johnny Winter
(Rock guitarist)
Wolfman Jack
(American disc jockey)
Tom Fogerty
(of Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Danny Gatton
(guitarist)
Wendy O. Williams
(of The Plasmatics)
Bobby Smith
(of The Spinners)
Billy Joe Royal
("Down In The Boondocks")
Reg Presley
(of The Troggs)
John Gary
(singer)
Danny Joe Brown
(of Molly Hatchet)
Dick St. John
(of Dick And Dee Dee)
Charlie Dick
(Patsy Cline's husband)
Henry Mancini
(orchestra leader)
Sylvester
("Dance")
Major Bill Smith
(Record Producer)
Jah Paul Jo
(of Dread Zeppelin)
St. Clair Lee
(of The Hues Corporation)
Keith Emerson
(of Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Sonny Geraci
(of The Outsiders)
Larry Henley
(of The Newbeats)
Wayne Carson
(wrote Always On My Mind)
Chet Flippo
(Editor In Chief of Rolling Stone magazine)
Sam Leach
(early Beatles promoter)
Tab Hunter
("Young Love")
Rosie Hamlin
("Angel Baby")
John Byrne Cooke
(Janis Joplin's road manager)
Gary DeCarlo
(lead singer of Steam)
Bernard Lansky
(Elvis Presley's clothier)
Jerry Hopkins
(co-author of No One Here Gets Out Alive)
Ed King
(guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Hal Blaine
(session drummer)
Galt Mac Dermot
(Wrote "Hair" and "Aquarius")
Marty Balin
(guitarist for Jefferson Airplane)
Pauline Sutcliffe
(Stu Sutcliffe's sister)
Gary Duncan
(guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service)
Jimmy Cavallo
(Rock 'n' Roll pioneer)
Eddie Money
("Two Tickets To Paradise")
Larry Taylor
(bassist for Canned Heat)
Steve Priest
(of Sweet)
Allee Willis
(songwriter)
Ian Whitcomb
("You Turn Me On")
Bob Shane
(of The Kingston Trio)
Benny Mardones
("Into The Night")
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
("I Put A Spell On You")
Charlie Daniels
("The Devil Went Down To Georgia")
Curt Gunther
(Beatles Photographer)
Denny Laine
(guitarist for Wings)
Jimmy Walker
(Of The Knickerbockers)
Joe Flannery
(Author Of Author Of The Beatles, Brian Epstein And Me)
Trini Lopez
("If I Had A Hammer")
Ken Hensley
(of Uriah Heep)
Spencer Davis
("Gimme Some Lovin'")
Helen Reddy
("I Am Woman")
Mary Wilson
(of The Supremes)
Jimmie Rodgers
("Honeycomb")
Rusty Young
(of Poco)
Hilton Valentine
(guitarist for The Animals)
Chad Stuart
(of Chad And Jeremy)
Billy Hinsche
(of Dino, Desi And Billy)
Paul Revere & The Raiders
(Keith Allison)
Michael Nesmith
(guitarist for The Monkees)
Mick Rock
(Photographed David Bowie)
B.J. Thomas
("Hooked On A Feeling")
Dave Hlubek
(of Molly Hatchet)
Ron Jovi
(of the '80s tribute band Mullet)
Mike Rabon
(of Five Americans)
Don Wilson
(rhythm guitarist for The Ventures)
Jim Weatherly
(wrote 'Midnight Train To Georgia')
Jimy Sohns
(lead singer of
The Shadows Of Knight)
Kal David
("Double Tuff")
Dino Danelli
(drummer for The Rascals)
Jerry Allison
(drummer for Buddy Holly
And The Crickets)
Bobby Rydell
("Volare")
Dean Daughtry
(of The Atlanta Rhythm Section)
Jerry Blavat
(disc jockey)
Cynthia Weil
(song writer)
April Stevens
("Deep Purple")
Kim Simmonds
(of Savoy Brown)
Noel Monk
(Van Halen's manager)
Davy Jones
(of The Monkees)
Larry Chance
(of The Earls)
Ray Hildebrand
(Of Paul And Paula)
Sam Cutler
(Stones and Dead Tour Mgr)
Steve Lawrence
("Go Away Little Girl")
Don Ciccone
(of The Critters)
Wayne Kramer
(of The MC5)
Tommy Smothers
(of The Smothers Brothers)
Doug Fieger
(of The Knack)
Frank Ifield
("I Remember You")
Mick Ronson
("Slaughter On 10th Avenue")
Doug Ingle
(of Iron Butterfly)
Mike Pinder
(of The Moody Blues)
Eric Carmen
("Hungry Eyes")
John Pisano
(guitarist for The Tijuana Brass)
Maurice Williams
("Stay")
Greg Kihn
("Jeopardy")
John Mayall
(Godfather of British Blues)
Charles Cross
(Author Of Cobain Unseen)
Michael Brewer
(of Brewer And Shipley)
Scott Simon
(of Sha Na Na)
Alfa Anderson
(of Chic)
Shal Talmy
(The Who's record producer)
James Darren
("Goodbye Cruel World")
Jack Jones
("Wives And Lovers")
Fenton Bresler
(author of the book
Who Killed John Lennon?)
Sam Moore
(of Sam And Dave)
Geoffrey Ellis
{Chief Executive Of
Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises)
Brenton Wood
{"Gimme Little Sign"}


Rock 'n' Roll's Unsolved Mysteries
Elvis Presley
Dead or Alive?
Bobby Fuller
His Mysterious Death
Jim Morrison
What Really Happened?
Kurt Cobain
How Did He Die?
John Lennon
Why Was He Killed?
Jimi Hendrix
A Drug Related Accident?
Buddy Holly
Foul Play or Horse Play?
Ritchie Valens
The Day The Music Died
Brian Jones
Death Of A Rolling Stone
James Dean
Was His Death An Accident?
Gerald Pitts
says Jim Morrison is alive!
Paul McCartney
The Death Hoax of 1969
John Ceperich
says Jim Morrison is alive!
Wanda June Berry Hill
Elvis may be alive
Joel Gilbert
Paul McCartney Is Dead
The Last Testament Of George Harrison
David Logan
says Jim Morrison is alive
Michael Jackson
Was His Death A Hoax?
Stacey Lynn
(Spiritual Medium)
Wanda June Berry Hill
says Elvis may be alive
Major Bill Smith
says Elvis faked his death
Maria Columbus
(Says Elvis Is Alive)
Alan Graham
(Jim Morrison's brother-in-law
talks about his death)
 
 
Danny Garcia
(producer of Rolling Stone: Life And Death Of Brian Jones)
Alan Douglas
(The Mysterious Death
of Jimi Hendrix)


Rocker's Friends and Relatives
Laura Joplin
(Janis Joplin's sister)
Pamela Des Barres
(A Super Groupie)
Ingrid Croce
(Jim Croce's Widow)
Janie Hendrix
(Jimi Hendrix's sister)
Rod Crosby
(Bobby Fuller's friend)
Fayette Hauser
(Janis Joplin's friend)
Bill Haley Jr.
(Bill Haley's Son)
Royston Ellis
(A Friend Of The Beatles)
Charlie Dick
(Patsy Cline's husband)
Freddie Cole
(Nat King Cole's brother)
Howard Steele
(Friend And Bandmate Of Bobby Fuller)
Warner Davis
(A Friend Of Jim Morrison)
Barbara Anna Marion
(Brian Jones' daughter)
Janis Buxton-Davis
(Sister of Alice Cooper
guitarist Glen Buxton)
Debby Campbell
(Glen Campbell's daughter)
Prince Stash Klossowski De Rola
(Friends with Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones)
Reinhard Straub
(Friend And Bandmate Of The Monkees' Peter Tork)
David Portnow
(Teenage Friends With Kurt Cobain);
Hank Harrison
(Kurt Cobain's father-in-law)
Bev Cobain
(Kurt Cobain's cousin)
 
 
Joanne Cash Yates
(Johnny Cash's sister)
 
 
Jen Chapin
(Harry Chapin's daughter)
 
 


Musicians and 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)
 
 
 
 
Marc Blatte
(wrote "When She Was My Girl")
 
 
 
 


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