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Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

by Eric Senich

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What if one of the most influential drumbeats in music history came from a musician who never received the recognition—or compensation—he deserved? Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's legendary drummer, created the iconic groove behind…
[EP 423] Nirvana, Pearl Jam & Soundgarden: How Grunge Took Over Rock with Gillian Gaar

October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

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[EP 422] Did the CIA Write “Wind of Change”? Songs That Changed the World with Andrew Clarke

October 7, 2026 · 41 min

Can a song really change the world? Author Andrew Clarke joins Booked On Rock to explore the stories behind some of rock music’s most influential songs and how they became connected to political upheaval, social change, cultural rebellion…
[EP 421] Counting Crows: The Surprising Stories Behind Their Biggest Songs with Geoff Harkness

October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

Who was “Mr. Jones,” and how did Monica Potter help save “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby”? Author Geoff Harkness returns to Booked On Rock to explore the surprising stories behind Counting Crows’ songs, drawing from his book Counting Crows: The…
[EP 420] Beck: The Man Behind the Myth with Josephine Riesman

October 4, 2026 · 58 min

Beck has spent more than three decades reinventing himself, from the unlikely breakthrough of “Loser” and the sample-heavy experimentation of Odelay to the emotional intimacy of Sea Change and beyond. But behind the constantly shifting…
[EP 419] Roger Daltrey: “The Keith Moon of Singers” with Don Henze

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

Roger Daltrey has one of rock’s most unmistakable voices—but what was he really like inside the recording studio? Author and musician Don Henze shares his firsthand account of working with The Who frontman during the making of Daltrey’s…
[EP 418] Black Dog: Rock, Addiction & Recovery with Erica Kent

September 27, 2026 · 29 min

Erica Kent’s debut novel Black Dog is a raw, darkly funny coming-of-age story about rock music, addiction, loss, and recovery in 1980s Boston. The story begins with an 11-year-old Jessica Ryder reeling from the murder of John Lennon, and…
[EP 417] 987 Album Listens: One Fan’s Quest to Rank His Classic Rock Favorites

September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

What happens when you listen to the complete catalogs of 29 classic rock artists—not once, but three times each—and score every album along the way? Aaron Belansky is taking on an ambitious classic rock experiment called The Review Board…
[EP 416] Fleetwood Mac: The Breakups That Made Rumours with Andrea Swensson

September 21, 2026 · 42 min

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours wasn’t just born from heartbreak—the band members were living through broken relationships, new romances, creative tension, and emotional turmoil while making one of the most successful albums in rock…