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Host Jesse Jackson thanks Patreon supporters, then welcomes returning guest Steve Rosen, a veteran music journalist and author. Rosen recounts growing up in Culver City, his early radio influences, discovering Jeff Beck through the Yardbirds, and seeing the Jeff Beck Group in 1969, calling Beck the most profoundly gifted and creative guitarist. He explains how learning guitar and a love of writing pushed him into journalism, from high school and UCLA papers to the LA Free Press and major magazines, and describes meeting Eddie Van Halen in 1977 and their 26-year friendship, later chronicled in Tone Chaser. Rosen discusses rewriting his Japan-only 1978 Jeff Beck biography into a new book released on Beck’s birthday, why Beck remained underwritten, and stories about Beck’s difficult bandleading. He also answers the “Thunder Road” question: Mary gets in the car.
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00:00 Patreon Thanks
01:28 Meet Steve Rosen
02:02 50 Years Writing Music
02:48 Rewriting the Jeff Beck Book
04:54 Growing Up in Culver City
05:37 Beach Boys and Early Radio
07:53 Discovering Jeff Beck
11:13 Deep Dive Into Guitar Heroes
14:25 First Byline Breakthrough
16:56 From School Papers to Creem
20:41 Meeting Eddie Van Halen
26:11 Why Write About Beck
29:09 Rewriting the Beck Book
29:47 Why Beck Stayed Underrated
32:27 Artists on Beck’s Genius
33:05 Band Leader Chaos Tales
34:52 Making It in Music
37:31 Tech Changed Everything
40:02 YouTube as a Teacher
45:06 Does Mary Get In
50:07 Book Plug and Farewell
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