175 - Classic Rock and the Pros & Cons of Nostalgia w/ Bob Ruggiero

Rock journalist Bob Ruggiero (Houston Press) joins the show this week to talk about his latest book, "The Classic Rock Bob Reader," released earlier this year. The book compiles interviews Ruggiero has conducted in over a quarter century in journalism. We talked about the classic rock's (and rock's) future as a genre as well as some of the many interviews in the book including Eddie Van Halen, Doug Clifford, Ronnie James Dio and more.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing Bob Ruggiero & thoughts on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• 4:05 "It brings back a special memory."
• 10:02 Eddie Van Halen
• 18:48 Rob Halford, Women in Rock, Living Color
• 23:50 Doug Clifford & Creedence Clearwater Revival
• 25:57 Billy Joel, Alice Cooper, Ray Davies, feuding brothers, Bruce Springsteen, J. D. Souther, Bob Dylan
• 34:55 Reunion Dreams: Grand Funk Railroad, Talking Heads
• 37:46 Classic rock (and rock's) future & a false stop
• 43:22 Ronnie James Dio