Mike Post started out as a studio guitarist, recording on hits such as Sunny and Cher's "I Got You Babe." As a producer, he won a Grammy for "Classical Gas" in 1968 and worked with artists ranging from Sammy Davis Jr., to Dolly Parton (on her smash 9 to 5 album), to Van Halen.
But Mike is best known as the preeminent television composer of his generation. Often in conjunction with his longtime composing partner, the late Pete Carpenter, Mike crafted thematic earworms that reside in the collective consciousness. The A-Team, Doogie Howser, Quantum Leap, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, The Greatest American Hero, and the entire Law & Order Franchise represent just a slice of a body of work comprising thousands of hours of television music.
Mike discusses his decades spanning career, and he and Joe recall the unusual way they became friends.
297: Alan Braufman
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)
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