The VVN Music Interviews

Henry Paul has had success in not one, not two, but three bands over the last 44 years. He was a founding member of the Outlaws and has had a number of stints with the band over the years. In the 80's he had his own Henry Paul Band while, in the 90's, he started the country hitmakers Blackhawk.

Today, he is in both the Outlaws and Blackhawk with ongoing projects with both groups. The Outlaws' latest album was just released, Live Legacy.

For 47 years, Mick Box has been the guitarist and the driving force behind the classic British rock band Uriah Heep.

BMG has recently started a reissue series with deluxe editions of the Uriah Heep catalog along with a new anthology, Your Turn to Rememeber: The Definitive Anthology 1970-1990. Two-CD sets with rarities of their first two albums, Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble and Salisbury are also now available.

Randy Bachman is the only person to be inducted twice into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (a fact he didn't know until this interview) as a member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

This is an archive interview from 2014 when he was releasing his DVD Vinyl Tap Tour: Every Song Tells a Story. We talk about his early years playing in bands with the likes of Neil Young, his time with the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner and a host of other subjects.

Jesse James Dupree was one of the co-founders of the southern rock and metal band Jackyl who have just released their latest album, ROWYCO. Along with being a musician, Dupree also owns his own record label and management company, liquor company and is a partner in the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, SD, producing and co-starring in the popular reality show on the bar.

John Corabi has gone from five years as the singer for Motley Crue to stints in Union, the Eric Singer Project (ESP), Twenty 4 Seven, Brides of Destruction and, now, the Dead Daisies.

He was part of the Daisies lineup for their historic concert in Cuba and is the singer on their just released "Make Some Noise".

When we last talked with Jon Anderson, he was releasing a new album with Jean Luc Ponty, Better Late Than Never. Now, he has two new projects. The first, with Swedish guitar great Roine Stolt, is the result of the two artists meeting during a rock cruise. Their new album, Invitation of Knowledge, is available now. The other project brings together Anderson with former Yes bandmates Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman in ARW. They will be touring starting in October and have been writing new music together.

Our guest is Roger Earl, longtime drummer for Foghat.

Roger was originally a member of Savoy Brown before breaking off in 1970 with bandmates Dave Peverett and Tony Stevens along with Black Cat Bones guitarist Rod Price to form Foghat. With numerous changes in personnel over the years, Earl has been the one constant in the band. He has played on every one of their albums including their latest, Under the Influence, which is available now.

Our guest is classic rock guitarist Michael Schenker.

Schenker played his first gig at the age of 11 with his brother Rudolph's band, The Scorpions. By 17, he was a full member of the group before leaving to join UFO.

Over the years, Michael has played with a number of other bands along with his own Michael Schenker Group, the McCauley Schenker Group and, now Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock.

Temple of Rock have just released a new live album, On a Mission, Live in Madrid.

Our guest for this episode is Canadian singer Lee Aaron.

Aaron emerged in the early-80's with her album The Lee Aaron Project. While selling well in Canada, Aaron also made a name for herself in England where, even though the album was never officially released, it gained a strong cult following.

Through the rest of the 80's and into the 90's, Lee recorded a number of successful albums including Metal Queen, Call of the Wild and Bodyrock. In the early-90's, she struck out with her own label and, late in the decade, started exploring blues and jazz music. Aaron has just released her first new album in twelve years, Fire and Gasoline, which returns her to the world of rock.

Our guest for this episode is entertainer Bobby Rydell.

Rydell made a name for himself in the late 50's through the mid-60's with a long series of hit singles but, even while being a teen idol, he was branching out into singing at the Copacabana, in film and on television variety shows.

In 2012, he narrowly escaped death when a kidney and liver were found for him at the last minute.

Rydell tells these stories and many more in his new book Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Tale of Two Chances.

Please note that, at two points in the interview, the phone line becomes slightly faulty. This clears up within a minute.