Bill Bruford’s instantly identifiable sound and brilliant sense of composition made him the defining drummer of the progressive rock movement; but at age 60, after four decades in the music business, Bill unceremoniously walked away.
Bill tells Joe about: being a young jazz elitist; "leveraging himself sideways" from an upper-middle class family to the seedy life of a musician; doing a lot with “a modest amount of talent”; the creative dynamics of Yes and King Crimson; how he achieved his signature snare sound; retirement; and earning a doctorate from The University of Surrey. During the course of the conversation, Joe and Bill also christen a new band, Wongford. This is a can’t-miss episode with one of the all-time greats.
296: Jesse Shreibman (Bell Witch)
295: Chris Frantz (Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads)
294: Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Adrian Belew, Solo Artist)
293: Alicia Bognanno (Bully)
292: Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys, Beat Odyssey 2020, Solo Artist, etc.)
291: Steve Jordan
290: Sam Coomes (Quasi)
289: Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Solo Artist)
288: Johanna Warren
287: Jim Eno (Spoon)
286: Sharon Van Etten
285: Matt Barrick (Muzz, The Walkmen, Jonathan Fire*Eatter, Fleet Foxes)
284: Jim Keltner
283: Angel Olsen
282: Lenny White (Miles Davis, Return to Forever, etc.)
BNS: Sahir Hanif (Masters of Maple, Ghost Tech.)
281: Honus Honus (Man Man)
280: Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes, Wye Oak)
279: Andy Stack (Joyero, Wye Oak)
278: Roger Manning, Jr. (Jellyfish, The Lickerish Quartet, The Moog Cookbook, Beck, etc.)
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