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.
241: Buzz Osborne (Melvins)
240: Meshell Ndegeocello
239: Laura Veirs
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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