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Podcast: MODERN MUSICOLOGY
Episode: #71 - Interview with RICKY BYRD
Description: This week we have the pleasure of chatting with RICKY BYRD -- guitarist, songwriter, current solo artist, former member of the classic line-up of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. In this interview, Ricky talks about learning Beatles and Stones songs off the radio as a kid, seeing bands at the Fillmore East, Max’s Kansas City, and Nobody’s, seeing Queen open for Mott the Hoople, his time as the lead guitarist with the Blackhearts, playing with the likes of Paul McCartney, Mavis Staples, Ian Hunter, Gene Chandler, Roger Daltrey, Sheila E, Eddie...