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.
173: John "J.R." Robinson (Rufus, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Daft Punk, etc.)
172: Pete Moffett (Government Issue, Wool, Burning Airlines, Second Letter, etc.)
171: Dave Elitch (Antemasque, Justin Timberlake, M83, Killer Be Killed)
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170: Brian Blade (Fellowship, Wayne Shorter, Joni Mitchell, etc.)
169: Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage)
168: Michael Shrieve (Santana, Go, Solo Artist)
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166: Karriem Riggins (Ray Brown, Hank Jones, J Dilla, Common)
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165: Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Barrett Martin Group, Mad Season, REM)
164: Adrienne Davies (Earth)
163: Atom Willard (Against Me!, Rocket from the Crypt, Angels and Airwaves, The Offspring)
162: Ralph Johnson (Earth Wind & Fire)
161: Dan Bailey (Father John Misty)
160: Adam Carson (AFI)
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159: Joey Castillo (Wasted Youth, Sugartooth, QotSA, Eagles of Death Metal, Zakk Sabbath)
158: Stephanie Luke AKA Rusty Coathanger (The Coathangers)
157: Orpheo McCord (The Magnetic Zeros, Cass McCombs, The Fall)
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