City Boy was a band that was almost impossible to classify. Imagine if ELO, Queen and Yes got together and decided to get weird and you're in the ballpark. They did manage to hit the pop charts once when the epic "5705" off their third album Book Early reached #27 in the states in 1978. Unfortunately, that was it in terms of the charts, but then again chart success was never the highest priority. This week we talk to bassist Chris Dunn about what fueled their quirky creativity, as well as what it was like having a young, up-and-coming producer named Mutt Lange produce their first five albums. Chris also brings a unique perspective to the show because once the music career ended, he started a successful music equipment rental business that supplied studios and producers with the exact keyboards, mics, compressors, what have you, they needed. Get to know a congenial guy with some great stories and rediscover City Boy!
Episode 483 - Danton Supple
Episode 482 - Annie Golden of the Shirts
Book Club - Gillian Gaar author of Springsteen @ 75
Episode 481 - Mark Gardener of Ride/Ryan Policky of A Shoreline Dream
Episode 480 - Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon
Deep Dive - Peter Holsapple on the dB's Stands for Decibels (1981)
Episode 479 - Rick Buckler of The Jam
Episode 478 - Graham Gouldman of 10cc/Wax/Solo
Book Club - Andrea Swensson author of Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years
Episode 477 - Junior Marvin of The Wailers/Solo
Deep Dive - Jim Goodwin and Tom Ferrier of The Call on Reconciled (1986)
Episode 476 - Susanne Freytag and Claudia Brücken of Propaganda
Episode 475 - Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins
Episode 474 - Jeff Babko
Episode 473 - Ian Hunter/John Butler of Diesel Park West
Episode 472 - Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish/Solo
Episode 471 - Jim Peterik of the Ides of March/Survivor/Solo
Episode 470 - Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil
Book Club - Darren Paltrowitz author of DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World
Bonus - "When Two Podcast Worlds Collide": Jon Lamoreaux from the Hustle
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