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Coming up an interview with one of the biggest-selling bands of the 70s, America led by Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek. Here the 2 principals Dewey and Gerry give us the story of a song that became their third consecutive top 10 hit and a radio staple of the early decade, Ventura Highway. The song conjured up imagery of a wondrous and mystical destination, although the group has taken flack for decades for some of the lyrics… including one about flying alligators? or maybe listeners just heard them wrong? One strange lyric was used by Prince a decade later in a song and a record that would blow up… Purple Rain but then America was the first to use it in a pop song… Maybe Prince was listening.! Featuring one of the most creative guitar lines of the time, Ventura Highway is a sonic time machine and will take you back to the carefree 70s in an instant. the interview is next on Professor of Rock.
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I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs and albums. Stories you won't get anywhere else. We have a great show today with one of the biggest bands of the 70s… they took over radio when their first single and album both hit #1. Their next single hit the top 10 as well. and they were off to the races. Then they won the Best New Artist Grammy in a competitive year that had that up against the likes of Loggins and Messina, Eagles, John Prine and Harry Chapin. Then they released their second album Homecoming that was kicked into high gear by their 3rd straight top 10 hit, the carefree singalong Ventura Highway. The song became a staple of classic rock and pop radio thereafter but as the band will tell you, they took some flack for some of the out-of-this-world lyrics like alligator lizards in the air and the old man joe and of course being hit by Purple Rain… Prince might’ve been listening to that one… We know that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who co-wrote and produced most of Janet Jackson’s biggest hits were listening since Miss Jackson sampled this song in one of her biggest hits. Up next both Dewy Bunnell and Gerry Beckley tell us the story of this 70s classic in our exclusive interview.
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