Into the vaults for Bruce Pollock's 1984 conversation with the esteemed bluesman. Hooker talks about transforming a Tony Bennett classic and why you don't have to be sad and lonely to write the blues.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
"I'll Be" was what Edwin called his "Hail Mary" song. He says it proves "intention of the songwriter is 180 degrees from potential interpretation by an audience."
He's a singer and an actor, but as a songwriter Paul helped make Kermit a cultured frog, turned a bank commercial into a huge hit and made love both "exciting and new" and "soft as an easy chair."
Outrageously gifted and just plain outrageous, Millie is an R&B and Rap innovator.
Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved.
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