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.
BNS: Bill Bruford Revisited
221:Danny Carey (Tool, Green Jello, Carole King, Zaum, etc.)
220: Billy Brimblecom (The START, Blackpool Lights, Steps of Faith Foundation)
219: Joey Armstrong (SWMRS)
BNS: Carla Azar Revisited
218: Steven McDonald (Redd Kross, Melvins, Off!)
217: J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, GI, Channels, Office of Future Plans, etc.)
216: Aaron Harris (Isis)
BNS: Sara Lund Revisited
215: Ray Barbee
214: Jeff Parker (Tortoise, AACM, Solo Artist)
213: Greg Anderson (Sunn O))))
212: Hayden Menzies (Metz)
211: Mindee Jorgensen (Dale Crover Band, Dangerously Sleezy, ModPods)
210: Mary Timony (Ex Hex, Helium, Autoclave, Wild Flag)
209: Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think, Film Composer)
208: Jay Bellerose (Sam Phillips, T Bone Burnett, Plant/Krauss, Paula Cole)
207: Aldous Harding
BNS: Brian Blade Revisited
206: Bardo Martinez (Chicano Batman, The Doves)
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