Steven Tyler & Tom Hamilton (part 1) 00:00 – Introductions 00:40 – Who’d win in a fight: Aerosmith or The Rolling Stones? 01:07 – A high-class, American R&B band 01:40 – The Press warming up to Aerosmith 03:10 – Cutting their teeth on the road. 03:40 – Going on the road as an older man (and as a father) 05:04 – Steven knows what he wants 05:58 – M-80’s on stage in Philadelphia / enthusiasm through violence 07:53 – Beer service on stage

Steven Tyler & Tom Hamilton (part 2) 00:00 – The album cover for Night In The Ruts 01:20 – Acting in the Sgt. Pepper movie 02:05 – Who the song “Mia” was written for, sort of 02:32 – How Tom feels about Steve being a teen idol 03:30 – Avoiding the press kit / the previous night’s show 05:22 – George Martin preview

George Martin (part 1) 00:00 – Introduction / banter 01:05 – Getting his due recognition 01:30 – The most significant part of his career 02:30 – Working on comedy albums (Sellers, Cleese, etc.) 03:06 – The cycle of recording techniques, 1950 – 1980 05:00 – The Montserrat studio / working with Jimmy Buffett 05:53 – The increased talent in the general musician pool post-Beatles 07:18 – Discovering what a record producer does 08:04 – Starting his career as an oboist, affinity for classical music 08:32 – How The Beatles came to trust George Martin

George Martin (part 2) 00:17 – Phil Spector / George Martin working on Let It Be 02:40 – George’s hopes of The Beatles not re-uniting 04:50 – The inspiration for writing All You Need Is Ears 05:50 – Hearing loss

Concert impresario Bill Graham, the namesake of this website, was once referred to as a mix between Mother Theresa and Al Capone. In this 1989 interview with Scott Muni, there is only evidence of the former. The two chat almost entirely about 1967’s Human Be-In, an event that helped to shape and define the San Francisco scene and the Summer of Love.

00:00 – Intro to the Human Be-In 01:09 – No rule book / young people in San Francisco 01:35 – A success in trust / a dangerous word 02:12 – Birth of the Summer of Love 03:15 – Some of the performances, the flower paratrooper 03:51 – How many people were there 04:01 – The local talent 04:36 – The pride 05:01 – Running overtime 05:38 – Crowds cleaning up after themselves 06:49 – New Year’s Eve with the Grateful Dead 07:42 – Some new talent / some good reunions 09:08 – Some praise for Bill Graham / outro

Outtakes 10:10 – Other performers at the Be-In 11:00 – A Jerry Garcia sighting? / a great guy 12:49 – Musicians in the Bay Area 13:20 – Recent developments in Bill’s life / racquetball

By the time this interview was recorded in 1989, David Crosby had been, in his own words, to rock bottom, including stints in rehab and in prison (serving 9 months of a 5-year sentence). But by all appearances, it sounds here like Crosby was back. Indeed, Scott Muni is able to focus on how these experiences were channeled into Crosby’s new prolific output. Specific topics are Crosby’s new autobiography, his new solo album, and plans for projects with both Graham Nash and The Byrds.

00:00 – Introduction 00:22 – Keeping busy 01:02 – The new solo album (Oh Yes I Can) 01:58 – The friends and guests that helped with the album 02:31 – Introduction for “Cruisin’” 03:03 – The autobiography (Long Time Gone) 05:06 – The intervention 06:07 – The new solo album (Oh Yes I Can) 06:37 – New album with Graham Nash 06:52 – Possibility for a new Byrds record 07:57 – In praise of Graham Nash / Meryl Streep 09:11 – More praise for Graham Nash 11:01 – Recording the new solo album 11:34 – Introduction for “In the Wide Ruin” / Craig & Judy Doerge 12:29 – Upcoming tour dates 13:15 – Plans for after the upcoming tour 13:32 – The Byrds never had a live album 14:18 – A re-cap of his busy-ness 15:31 – Benefits of sobriety / help from one’s friends 16:31 – Intro for “Monkey and the Underdog” 17:19 – Writing songs in jail / song writing to help quit drugs 18:40 – Outro / being busy / having a great time