Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 1999ĭickey Betts of the Allman Brothers, 1992 Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde, 1990
Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, 2003 Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers, 1991
Hey, sometimes it pays to knock on wood, right Tony? I know you’re not my Facebook Friend anymore, but I’d like to part on better terms, so here’s another audio excerpt from that 32-year-old interview that you might appreciate more than the last one. I’m a big fan of your work with Rainbow, and your Some Tough City solo LP made my list of the Top 10 albums of 1984. Carey, the goal of banging out that blog yesterday was not to piss you off. Or it could just be that I’ve always been fascinated by how such a supremely gifted guitarist as Ritchie Blackmore, one of my all-time faves, could be viewed by so many fellow musicians and ex-bandmates as such a dick.Īt any rate, Mr. Or maybe it’s just because I’m bored during my current staycation and felt like digitizing some of the more intriguing quotes I’ve gathered on cassette over the last 30-plus years of interviewing rockers. Or maybe it’s because the Rainbow album that first brought you fame, Rising, just celebrated its 40th anniversary, and every classic-rock blogger in the world has been trumpeting that fact since Tuesday. I don’t know. Maybe because I’m a longtime music writer who’s deeply interested in the history of the awesome rock bands I grew up loving in the ’70s–including the untold stories behind them. “Why in the world would you take a 32-year-old interview and make a new blog out of it?,” he asked, before adding the fun part: “F*** you, ass****.” Turns out the singer, songwriter, and keyboard great was none too impressed with the blog I posted yesterday, which included audio from 1984 of him denouncing his previous band, Rainbow, and in particular guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. I woke up to an angry Facebook message from rocker Tony Carey this morning.
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