Booked On Rock

John Lennon's Final Interview: A Rock Journalist's Journey [Episode 259]


Listen Later

Laurie Kaye is the last-ever reporter to interview John Lennon before his assassination. In fact, she was with John and Yoko just hours before his death. She’s on the podcast to talk about that fateful day and her book Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading up to John Lennon's Last Interview.

Kaye is a writer and producer, and this book is her long-awaited memoir. In it, we read about Kaye's music-related early life wrapped around that day in December 1980 which Kaye spent with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the legendary Dakota apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. On December 8, 1980, while working for RKO Radio, Kaye, a then twenty-something rock journalist, co-conducted an interview with her longtime idol, John Lennon. It was to become Lennon's final interview on what tragically turned out to be his last day on the planet. That evening, John Lennon was gunned down by a man Kaye had encountered just hours before.

Purchase a copy of Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading up to John Lennon's Last Interview
 
Visit the Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper website 

----------
 
BookedOnRock.com
 
The Booked On Rock Store
 
The Booked On Rock YouTube Channel
 
Follow The Booked On Rock with Eric Senich:
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
TIKTOK
X
 
Find Your Nearest Independent Bookstore
 
Contact The Booked On Rock Podcast: [email protected]
 
The Booked On Rock Music: “Whoosh” by Crowander / “Last Train North” & “No Mercy” by TrackTribe
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Booked On RockBy Eric Senich

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

26 ratings


More shows like Booked On Rock

View all
Sound Opinions by Sound Opinions

Sound Opinions

1,980 Listeners

The Eddie Trunk Podcast by SiriusXM

The Eddie Trunk Podcast

1,323 Listeners

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast by Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

3,942 Listeners

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds by The Vinyl Guide

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

526 Listeners

Dean Delray's LET THERE BE TALK by Cactus Radio Network

Dean Delray's LET THERE BE TALK

2,327 Listeners

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond by Pushkin Industries

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

4,109 Listeners

The Bob Lefsetz Podcast by iHeartPodcasts

The Bob Lefsetz Podcast

448 Listeners

Rolling Stone All Access by Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone All Access

1,015 Listeners

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles by Gamut Podcast Network

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

389 Listeners

Something About the Beatles by Evergreen Podcasts

Something About the Beatles

362 Listeners

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST by Grateful Dead

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

2,215 Listeners

Indiecast by UPROXX

Indiecast

570 Listeners

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt by Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

324 Listeners

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan by Billy Corgan

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

690 Listeners

Professor of Rock by Gamut Podcast Network

Professor of Rock

166 Listeners