Ear of Newt
Album review: Concrete Blonde, Free (1989)
0:00 | Oct 6th, 2019
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JUNE 9, 1989 By Steve Newton “God Is a Bullet” is one of the best singles of the year so far. A raging tirade […]
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has made this episode no longer publicly available.That time Lemmy from Motörhead made me feel like a twit because I hadn’t heard Skunk Anansie yet
0:00 | Mar 21st, 2019
By Steve Newton One thing you had to love about Lemmy Kilmister–apart from his brain-rattling music–was how good he was at being himself. He wasn’t the type to put on […]
That time I asked Jeff Healey about his 1989 Grammy nomination and he told me that Jimmy Page would probably win
0:00 | Feb 11th, 2019
By Steve Newton On February 16, 1989, I did the second of my three interviews with Canadian guitar hero Jeff Healey. He was only 22 at the time, but holy […]
That time Adam Levine of Maroon 5 told me that he needed more spicy plum sauce–and didn’t love the White Stripes
0:00 | Feb 3rd, 2019
By Steve Newton Maroon 5 are pretty huge these days. Huge enough that they’re playing the Super Bowl halftime show today, for what that’s worth. I interviewed the band’s 24-year-old […]
That time I asked Bruce Fairbairn if Bob Rock had tried stealing his AC/DC project, The Razors Edge
0:00 | Dec 2nd, 2018
By Steve Newton Back in December of 1991 I wrote an article in the Georgia Straight–the weekly Vancouver newspaper I still work for–on local producer-to-the-stars Bob Rock, who’d made a […]
That time B.B. King told me that Eric Clapton could make him do whatever he wants
0:00 | Nov 5th, 2018
By Steve Newton I’ve been lucky enough to have interviewed blues legend B.B. King twice, once way back in 1984, then again in 2002. The last time was a couple […]
That time I called Susan Tedeschi to talk about Just Won’t Burn and her mom said she was in the tub
0:00 | Oct 27th, 2018
By Steve Newton I did my first interview with Susan Tedeschi in November of 1998, just eight months before she met husband-to-be Derek Trucks while opening for the Allman Brothers […]
That time Dickey Betts told me why he got kicked out of the Allman Brothers Band
0:00 | Sep 15th, 2018
By Steve Newton Hey, it’s Friday night, so seems like a perfect time to grab a Pil, throw on some At Fillmore East, and post another excerpt from my fourth interview with […]
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