RPM45
We’re going back to the heyday of the 45 rpm record -- the little records with the big holes.We’re talking about the '60s '70s and '80s. We'll talk to some of the artists that had big hits back then.
RPM45
Jock Bartley of Firefall
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Jock Bartley of Firefall
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Season 1
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Episode 27
Firefall was founded in 1974 by Rick Roberts, Larry Burnett, Mark Andes, David Muse and this episode's guest -- lead guitarist Jock Bartley. By the end of they decade, they had three gold albums and three Top 10 singles: "You Are the Woman," "Just Remember I Love You" and "Strange Way."
In this episode we talk with Jock about...
- How he got started in music.
- How the '70s rock scene in Boulder, Colorado boosted his career.
- How Firefall came together and got its record contract with Atlantic.
- How the group's first album "Firefall" became the fastest record to achieve gold status in Atlantic Records history.
- How the group's hits like "You Are the Woman" differed from the band's deeper cuts.
- Firefall's connection to the Southern California folk rock and country rock sound.
- How successful musicians don't make as much money as we might think.
- How the band broke apart in the early '80s.
- How he brought Firefall back with help from the resurgence of interest in classic rock.
- The group's new album "Comet," including the song "Way Back When."