Tales from the Road

My next guest is the legendary voice of Rock and Voice of Deep Purple, Ian Gillan. O caught with Ian from his home in Portugal. We discussed the latest Deep Purple album Whoosh, working with the legendary Bob Ezrin, the art of songwriting, the value of music in these times, touring and a whole lot more.  To see what else Ian is up to check out his website For Deep Purple tour dates, merch and ever...

My next guests are Fred and Moose, from Sons of Liberty, the UK’s very own southern rock band, We caught up to talk about their new album Aces and Eights, their approach to songwirting and structuring an album, getting your music discovered in the era of streaming and a whole lot more. To listen to the album and support the band go hereAces and Eights also streams on these platforms - https://ditt...

My next guest is the Italian born, but proud Californian, multi talented producer/writer/musician and good friend Fabrizio Grossi. I caught up with Fab to talk about his new project the Soul Garage Experience, their new single Ain't Givin Up and their album Counterfeited Soulstice Vol 1 that comes out Sept 10. Go see what Fab is upto at https://www.fabriziogrossi.comWatch the new single Ain’t No G...

I'm joined by Mike Burt, Brittany and Tony from Limberlost, an Award Winning American rock band from Seattle, to talk about the band, the new singles, songwriting, the state of the industry, getting your music discovered, marketing in the era of social media and streaming and in general the business of music.  Check out more Limberlost at https://www.limberlostmusic.com Follow Tales from the Road...

The last time I spoke with Luke was this week 2 years ago when I shot a show for them in London. By the time I got off the road a month later they had announced that it was the end of TOTO. Luke joins me to talk about the solo album he’s since put out, the end of toto, finding love , playing with Ringo Starr and going back out of the road in 2022 with a new avatar of TOTO. Buy Steve Lukather's new...

AARON LEIGH is an American Rock musician / multi-instrumentalist Aaron is most known as the bassist for Y&T and the Frank Hannon Band (Tesla’s guitarist). I invited Aaron to talk about his EP and his new single live for today. We spoke about songwriting, the state of the music industry , playing with some of the top names in rock from  Steve Vai to Jani Lane, to Gary Hoey, Joel Hoekstra, Brad Gill...

My next guests are Dave Alford and Chris Hager from the 80’s hard rock band Rough Cutt. We talk about the band making a comeback with their new single Black Rose, the hard rock scene on the sunset strip in the 80’s, why the band didn’t make it as big as they could have, songwriting and a whole lot more.  Follow us on Facebook | Instagram  Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Gaana | Jio S...

Don Miggs, the founder of Whole Damn Mess a rock n roll band from Los Angeles, a band that represents the union of lifelong musicians and friends with a mind-blowing collective pedigree. I caught up Don from his studio and we chatted about working with Indian musicians , Tales from the road touring with Cheap Trick and ZZ Top, different styles of songwriting and his collaborations with everyone fr...

Tony Covino is one part of  In Theory” an upcoming shape-shifting rock blues band, a collaborative group with two key players—Mike Mostert and Tony Covino.  While Mike plays guitar  and produces all the band’s songs, Tony is ‘the voice’ of In theory, The voice with somber despair and resounding rage, reminiscent of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell. Mike and Tony were signed EMI artists in an earlier li...

Rickey Medlocke - SOUTHERN ROCK’S BRIGHTEST STAR,  Rickey was one of the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd back in the 70’s and a founding member of southern rock band Blackfoot. I caught up with him from his home in Florida and we looked back on Rickey’s life and spoke about Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, tlife on the road, where he was during the infamous plane crash,  Rickeys Indian heritage, his...

Conquering big mountains Mindset, Fitness, and Humility with Adrian Ballinger.  Adrian,  is a world class mountaineer, skier, business leader, and professional speaker. In the last 12 years h he has achieved 17 successful 8,000m summits, reaching the summit of Everest 8 times, Manaslu 4 times, Cho Oyu 3 times, and both K2 and Lhotse once. Adrian is also the founder of guiding company Alpenglow exp...

You’re the voice with Wayne Nelson of Little River Band.  My next guest on the podcast is Wayne Nelson from Little River Band,  Wayne has been in the band for more than  30 years, making him the veteran of the group, the longest surviving member, and, in fact, the primary keeper of the vision. I caught up with Wayne at home in Arizona and we spoke about THEI NEW ALBUM “Black Tie,”.We also spoke ab...

My next guest is the legendary Don McLean is a Grammy award honoree, a Songwriter Hall of Fame member, a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and his smash hit “American Pie” resides in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry and was named by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) a top 5 song of the 20th Century. A New York native, Don McLean is one of the most revered and resp...

My next guest is Nikki Stringfield. Nikki is an American heavy metal singer  and guitar player best known as the current guitarist for both The Iron Maidens  We chatted about her EP HARMONIES FOR THE HAUNTED, touring with the maidens, coming to India, gender stereotyping in metal music, her early years and what her top 5 albums of all time are. 

My next guest is Doug Aldrich. Doug is currently the guitar player of The Dead Daisies. Doug spent many years being the go to guy for Ronnie James Dio and then for David Coverdale and WS. This is an interview I've been looking forward to for a long time and someone who’s guitar playing ive always been a fan of. There are many times ive been disappointed meeting my heroes.  Doug though , is one of...

My next guest on the podcast is the legendary Michael Schenker . He formed Michael Schenker Group (MSG) back in 79’ and laid the foundation for one of hard rock’s most glorious solo careers of all times. And while nobody expected anything less from a former guitarist for The Scorpions and UFO, it’s close to impossible mentioning everything Michael has built over the past 50 years, or the countless...

Brian is far from your typical rock star. As bassist for the multi-platinum band, Tesla, he’s enjoyed the spoils of success and lived the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle to the hilt. But it came at a cost, one that took years to repair. In our conversation Brian spoke about his new Memoir, his influences meeting his hero Paul Mcartney and a lot more. Brian was also very candid and shed lig...

David Ellefson , bassist, songwriter, record producer, author He also bassist of thrash metal titans MEGADETH. As a member of MEGADETH, he has been awarded 10 Grammy nominations, countless gold & platinum records and toured the world for the better part of 3 decades. Outside of Megadeth,  David has lent his playing and writing abilities to several other recording and touring projects including Sou...

Vocalist/bass guitarist/songwriter Glenn Hughes is a true original. Known popularly as the voice of rock , Glenn started his career with Trapeze in the early 70’s and then went on to join Deep Purple. Throughout the '80s and '90s, Glenn made countless guest appearances as a vocalist, bass guitarist or songwriter on other artists' albums including a stint with Black Sabbath. Glen was also a part of...

Today’s guest on the podcast is the guitar extraordinaire and legend John Petrucci. John is best known for his work with Dream Theater AND Liquid Tension Experiment. I caught up with John who was home in NY and we spent time talking about his new album Terminal Velocity, how the album came together, what it was like working with Mike Portnoy and Dave La Rue. John spoke abut how writes songs, his c...

Chuck Billy from testament is my guest this week.  I caught up with him from his home in California and we spent time talking about his recovery from Covid, touring and the new Testament album Titans of Creation . Chuck also spoke about his battle with cancer, native american healers, aliens and a lot more. 

In the latest episode of my podcast @talesfromtheroad I catch up with Simon Hall from Bloodstock Open Air. Apart from being a musician a candlemaker and the founder of Razor Line management , Simon also works at the UK's best metal festival Bloodstock Open Air. Simon books the Sophie Lancaster stage and runs the Metal 2 the Masses New blood stage as well. We spoke about how Simon curate’s the 2 st...

Lauren is a singer, songwriter, healer and dancer. Rick is of course Def Leppards drummer and his also an artist,philanthropist and photographer. In this conversation, we spent time talking about Laurens new EP big love , and how it came together. We also spoke about Laurens experiences growing up , how she got discovered healing, We talked briefly about Rick’s Injury, new projects, and their mult...

Babar Sheikh, is one of the pioneers of the Pakistan metal scene and is the founder of the metal band Dusk. Babar is also original members of Sufi rock group Chand Tara Orchestra. He is also a filmmaker with several brilliant music videos to his credit. Babar is also an assistant professor at the Indus Valley school of art and architecture. 

Bloodywood is a metal band from India known for pioneering a sound that seamlessly fuses Indian folk instruments with metal to devastating effect. Expect to hear the percussive power of the mighty Dhol, the melancholic flute, the single stringed Tumbi and several other uncommon, yet distinctly characteristic sounds from India. A combination of thunderous Hindi/Punjabi choruses and meaningful yet u...