Even though I don't recognize many of the bands, I usually tune in to the Grammys, like I will tonight, and then download a few tunes. I like the show because it celebrates musical diversity.
Talking about diversity, I am so glad I stumbled across the 90 minute video of Billy Joel interviewing Don Henley at the 92Y. I have long known Henley as a musical Polymath and in this interview you hear him talk about influences like Herb Alpert, Jackson Browne, Steely Dan, Everly Brothers, Bert Kaempfert, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton (if you don't listen to anything else listen to what he has to say about Dolly and Appalachia around 34:00), Linda Ronstadt, Lawrence Welk, Hank Williams and so many more. You hear of instruments like banjos, hammer dulcimers, fiddles, pedal steel guitars and trombones.
And unbelievably he does not talk much about his time in London when Glyn Johns was producing the Eagles. This was in the early 70s - think The Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen and more. Their paths likely crossed.
Enjoy the show tonight.
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