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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Nov 25, 2022
1 min

Elton John at 75

Gillian Gaar has authored a beautiful coffee table book, Elton John @75, examining Sir Elton through the lens of 75 career accomplishments.

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Nov 11, 2022
1 min

Michael Lockwood find Lions and Ghosts

We go deep into Michael Lockwood's music history with his LA based band Lions & Ghosts on the What Difference Does It Make Podcast.

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Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp hold a Saucerful of Secrets

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Oct 21, 2022
1 min

Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp hold a Saucerful of Secrets

Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt are busy recreating the music of Pink Floyd circa 1967-1972. We get into all their secrets this week on the podcast.

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Oct 14, 2022
1 min

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets

Pink Floyd drummer and Rock Hall member Nick Mason talks to the What Difference Does It Make podcast about the early music of the band.

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Sep 9, 2022
1 min

Bowie at 75

Martin Popoff has authored a coffee table book, simply called Bowie @75. We touch on a number of significant moments in Bowie's career.

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Nov 12, 2021
1 min

John Illsley: Life In Dire Straits

Podcast talk with John Illsley, bassist for Dire Straits documenting his life in his memoir, "My Life In Dire Straits".

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Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister writes a Bizoir

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Sep 24, 2021
1 min

Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister writes a Bizoir

Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister has written a book, Twisted Business. Both Jay Jay and business partner, Steve Farber join our podcast.

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Nöthin' But A Good Time: '80s Hard Rock Explosion

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Mar 19, 2021
1 min

Nöthin' But A Good Time: '80s Hard Rock Explosion

We continue our celebration of March Metal Madness with Nöthin' But A Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. Authors Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock did an intensive dig into the musicians and insiders involved in the scene that launched the careers of Mötley Crüe and Poison on the west coast and Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot on the east. Our talk with Tom and Richard gets into the highs and lows of so many of the bands that many first saw on MT

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Aerosmith at 50: Author Richard Bienstock

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Nov 20, 2020
1 min

Aerosmith at 50: Author Richard Bienstock

Talk with Richard Bienstock, Author of Aerosmith, 50th Anniversary: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Bad Boys from Boston

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Oct 23, 2020
1 min

Immediate Family Cruel Twist

Our talk with The Immediate Family. Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell share their stories.

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Oct 16, 2020
1 min

The Immediate Family

If you're familiar with the names Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, James Taylor, Keith Richards and Carole King then you are familiar with The Immediate Family. Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel,Waddy Wachtel and Steve Postell have been involved in many of your favorite songs from the 70s and 80s and are also the musicians playing on stage with so many of these Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legends. After playing for decades for others they have now come togeth

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BrownMark and his life in Prince's Purple Kingdom

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Sep 18, 2020
1 min

BrownMark and his life in Prince's Purple Kingdom

BrownMark, bassist for Prince and the Revolution joins us to talk about his book, My Life In The Purple Kingdom.

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Jefferson Starship Mother of the Sun talk

Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Sep 11, 2020
1 min

Jefferson Starship Mother of the Sun talk

Talking with Jefferson Starship in support of their EP, Mother Of the Sun on the What Difference Does It Make Podcast.

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Dave Sloan/Holly Cantos

Jul 17, 2020
1 min

The Pandoras Return

Melanie Vammen, Karen Basset and Sheri Kaplan Weinstein are back to talk all things Pandoras and what happens when a band breaks up and creates new opportunities. These musicians have formed a bond that continues to inspire. We encourage you to donate to ALS and Team Shattuck Also, relive the magic on our What Difference Does It Make playlist page and on Spotify As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases #80srock #garagepunk

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