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.
241: Buzz Osborne (Melvins)
240: Meshell Ndegeocello
239: Laura Veirs
238: Mike Post (Rockford Files, A-Team, Van Halen, Dolly Parton, etc.)
237: Jeff Friedl (Beta Machine, Devo, A Perfect Circle, etc.)
236: Jason Sutter (Cher, Marilyn Manson, Foreigner, etc.)
235: Money Mark (Beastie Boys, Beck, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, Solo)
234: Hunt Sales (Hunt Sales Memorial, Tin Machine, Iggy Pop)
233: Ben Lee (Noise Addict, Solo Artist)
232: Josiah Wolf (Why?)
231: Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes, Trigger Hippy)
230: Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, Elliott Smith, etc.)
229: Anna Waronker (That Dog)
228: Mary Lattimore (Solo Artist, Thurston Moore, Meg Baird, Kurt Vile etc.)
227: Paddy Boom (Scissor Sisters, Solo Artist)
226: Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional)
225: Hugh Grundy (The Zombies)
224: Ali Koehler (Vivian Girls)
223: Jimmy LaValle (The Album Leaf, Tristeza, The Locust, Film Composer, etc.)
222: Hrishikesh Hirway (The One AM Radio, Song Exploder, etc.)
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