This constantly expanding feature will present complete transcripts with 1960s folk-rockers. These comprise a vault of information for the serious fan; you won't find them anywhere else.
Click beneath to access lengthy Q&As with:
Larry Beckett: as lyricist, the closest lifelong collaborator and friend of Tim Buckley
Bruce Botnick: veteran engineer/producer discusses his work with Love, whose 1967 classic Forever Changes he co-produced with Love leader Arthur Lee
Joe Boyd: the major producer of early British folk-rock, working on albums by Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, and the Incredible String Band
Chris Darrow: one of several multi-instrumentalists in Kaleidoscope, the group that mixed folk, rock, and world music
Judy Henske: talks about her early Elektra recordings, including the classic folk-rock precursor "High Flying Bird," and work with Jack Nitzsche
Chris Hillman: the original bassist in the Byrds, and co-founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers, looks back at the birth of both folk-rock and country-rock
Bruce Langhorne: premier folk-rock session guitarist talks about his contributions to the recordings of Richard & Mimi Fariña, Bob Dylan, and others
Iain Matthews: one of the singers in Fairport Convention's first lineup assesses the band's early days of Fairport Convention
Barry McGuire: remembers
not
just "Eve of Destruction," but also the Mamas & the Papas, P.F.
Sloan,
Lou Adler, and Fred Neil
Barry Melton: Country Joe & the Fish's guitarist on the transition from acoustic folk to electric folk-rock and psychedelia
Tom Paxton: the renowned socially conscious '60s singer-songwriter on his early work, Elektra Records, Bob Dylan, and more
John Sebastian: one of the major 1960s folk-rock giants speaks about his work with the influential singer-songwriter Fred Neil
Peter Stampfel: zany roots music maestro in the Holy Modal Rounders
Shel Talmy: known most for producing the Who and the Kinks, here he discusses his work with major British folk-rockers the Pentangle and Roy Harper
Sylvia Tyson: half of Ian & Sylvia, the important 1960s folk-duo and influence upon a generation of early folk-rockers
You can also link to the Perfect Sound Forever website for my interviews with:
Irwin Silber: the editor of Sing Out!, the leading American folk magazine, during folk-rock's controversial birth in the mid-1960s
Robin Williamson: along with Mike Heron, mainstay of Scottish psychedelic folk-rock minstrels the Incredible String Band
The Kaleidoscope website has my interview with:
Chester
Crill: another of the multi-instrumentalists in Kaleidoscope, the
most
eclectic folk-rock group.
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