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Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

Conversations with authors, musicians, and insiders revealing the stories behind classic rock's greatest songs, albums and artists.

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Yesterday · 1 hr 34 min
[EP 419] Roger Daltrey: “The Keith Moon of Singers” with Don Henze
Roger Daltrey has one of rock’s most unmistakable voices—but what was he really like inside the recording studio? Author and musician Don Henze shares his firsthand account of working with The Who frontman during the making of Daltrey’s 1992 solo...
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Sunday · 29 min
[EP 418] Black Dog: Rock, Addiction & Recovery with Erica Kent
Erica Kent’s debut novel Black Dog is a raw, darkly funny coming-of-age story about rock music, addiction, loss, and recovery in 1980s Boston. The story begins with an 11-year-old Jessica Ryder reeling from the murder of John Lennon, and music remains...
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September 25 · 1 hr
[EP 417] 987 Album Listens: One Fan’s Quest to Rank His Classic Rock Favorites
What happens when you listen to the complete catalogs of 29 classic rock artists—not once, but three times each—and score every album along the way? Aaron Belansky is taking on an ambitious classic rock experiment called The Review Board, listening...
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September 21 · 41 min
[EP 416] Fleetwood Mac: The Breakups That Made Rumours with Andrea Swensson
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours wasn’t just born from heartbreak—the band members were living through broken relationships, new romances, creative tension, and emotional turmoil while making one of the most successful albums in rock history. Music journalist...
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September 19 · 55 min
[EP 415] Rewriting the History of Rock with Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman joins Booked On Rock to explore a fascinating question: What if rock history happened differently? In his new book, Rock: A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music, Klosterman imagines an alternate musical...
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September 16 · 54 min
[EP 414] Rock’s Greatest “What Ifs”: The Decisions That Could Have Changed Everything with Mike Garam
What if some of rock history’s biggest personnel decisions had gone the other way? What if Eric Clapton had joined The Beatles, Slash had landed the gig with Poison, Richie Sambora became a member of KISS, or Sammy Hagar never joined Van Halen?...
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September 13 · 1 hr
[EP 413] Lynyrd Skynyrd: How Ronnie Van Zant Led Rock’s Most Defiant Band with Chris Salisbury
Lynyrd Skynyrd became one of the most influential and enduring bands in Southern rock, powered by the songwriting, vision, and uncompromising leadership of Ronnie Van Zant. In this episode of Booked On Rock, author Chris Salisbury joins me to explore...
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September 8 · 1 hr 1 min
[EP 412] Metallica: The Best, Worst & Most Overrated Albums with Martin Popoff
Metallica’s journey from underground thrash pioneers to the biggest metal band in the world is one of the most remarkable stories in rock history. In this episode of Booked On Rock, acclaimed rock author and historian Martin Popoff returns to discuss...
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September 5 · 1 hr 5 min
[EP 411] Paul Weller: The Ever-Changing Man with Kevin Sedelmeier
Paul Weller has spent more than four decades refusing to stand still. From his rise with The Jam and the musical experimentation of The Style Council to an acclaimed solo career, Weller has continually reinvented his sound while remaining rooted in...
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September 3 · 34 min
[EP 410] “What If You Woke Up a Rock Star?” with Charles Harvey
What if you woke up one day as a rock star—but couldn’t play guitar? Author Charles Harvey joins Booked On Rock to discuss his novel Xylene X Band: A Fictionalized Chapter in the History of X Band, a story that mixes rock and roll, identity, ambition,...
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September 1 · 45 min
[EP 409] Paul McCartney & Wings: Why 'London Town' Deserves Another Listen with Luca Perasi
Paul McCartney and Wings entered one of their most adventurous periods with 'London Town', the atmospheric 1978 album featuring “With a Little Luck,” “London Town,” “I’m Carrying,” “Girlfriend,” and “Morse Moose and the Grey Goose.” Author Luca...
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August 27 · 47 min
[EP 408] Bruce Springsteen: Why His 1973–1987 Run Will Never Be Matched with David Starkey
Author David Starkey joins Booked On Rock to explore Bruce Springsteen’s extraordinary 1973–1987 era, from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and Born to Run through Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, Nebraska, Born in the U.S.A. and Tunnel of...
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August 23 · 46 min
[EP 407] Eagles: Inside the Chaotic Making of Hotel California with Sean Egan
The Eagles’ Hotel California remains one of the most successful and mysterious albums in rock history—but its polished sound concealed a chaotic creative process. Rock historian Sean Egan, author of Eagles and Hotel California: 50 Years, reveals how...
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August 21 · 38 min
[EP 406] Living Colour: Reclaiming Rock’s Black Roots with Preston Frazier
Living Colour reshaped rock music by fusing hard rock, funk, metal, blues, jazz, and socially conscious lyrics into a sound that refused to be categorized. Author Preston Frazier joins Booked On Rock to discuss his book Shade of Living Colour and...
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August 18 · 54 min
[EP 405] Def Leppard: “They Showed the World How to Be a Band” with Scott Robinson
Def Leppard’s story is filled with massive hits, groundbreaking albums, incredible triumphs, and devastating setbacks. In this episode, author Scott Robinson joins me to discuss his book Def Leppard: Every Album, Every Song, part of Sonicbond’s On...
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August 16 · 1 hr 7 min
[EP 404] How “Touch of Grey” Changed the Grateful Dead Forever with John Brackett
The Grateful Dead spent decades building one of the most devoted followings in rock history without ever needing a conventional hit single. Then came “Touch of Grey.” In 1987, the song became the band’s first—and only—Top 40 hit, introducing the Dead...
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August 13 · 2 hr 19 min
[EP 403] Terry Kilgore: Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth & An Incredible Rock ’n’ Roll Comeback
Terry Kilgore has spent decades as one of Southern California’s most respected guitarists, coming up in the same Pasadena-area scene as Eddie Van Halen and later playing and writing with David Lee Roth. In this episode, Terry shares firsthand stories...
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August 7 · 1 hr 6 min
[EP 402] Who Really Wrote “Morning Dew”? John Einarson on Bonnie Dobson’s Fight to Reclaim Her Song
Bonnie Dobson wrote the haunting folk classic “Morning Dew” in 1961, inspired by the fear of nuclear annihilation. The song would go on to be recorded by the Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Nazareth, Devo and countless others—but along the...
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August 1 · 1 hr 29 min
[EP 401] Neil Young: The Many Sides of a Rock Legend | Sylvie Simmons on the Updated Reflections in Broken Glass
Neil Young has never followed the rules—and that's exactly what made him a rock legend. In this episode of Booked On Rock, legendary rock journalist and author Sylvie Simmons joins me to discuss the updated and revised edition of her acclaimed...
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July 30 · 53 min
[EP 400] The Story of Violent Femmes' Debut: How "Blister in the Sun" Became a Classic with Nic Brown
How did Blister in the Sun go from an underground college radio favorite to one of the most recognizable songs in America? In this episode of Booked On Rock, author Nic Brown (33 1/3: Violent Femmes) explores the remarkable story behind the Violent...
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