Interview: Mike Garson, David Bowie / Smashing Pumpkins / Trent Reznor / Free Flight (Part 1 and 2)

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A real bucket list moment speaking with Mike. This first part covers his work with Bowie

 

Audio link (Part 1)

Audio link (Part 2)

 

 

 

 

[Joe Muscara]

I love it when you get a guest with a great NY-area accent.  

 

If you guys were to make a Mike Garson playlist, what tunes would you include? He referenced many in the interview but over such a long career, I'd like to hear the variety. I'd probably start with the oft-referenced Aladdin Sane from the album of the same name. What else would you include?

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On 4/26/2023 at 1:38 AM, Joe Muscara said:

I love it when you get a guest with a great NY-area accent.  

 

If you guys were to make a Mike Garson playlist, what tunes would you include? He referenced many in the interview but over such a long career, I'd like to hear the variety. I'd probably start with the oft-referenced Aladdin Sane from the album of the same name. What else would you include?

Wow that's a hard one! I'd also need to go back through his full discography. I love some of the stuff he did with Duran Duran:

 

 

 

Then there's this:

 

 

 

[CowboyNQ]

On 4/26/2023 at 1:08 AM, Joe Muscara said:

I love it when you get a guest with a great NY-area accent.  

 

If you guys were to make a Mike Garson playlist, what tunes would you include? He referenced many in the interview but over such a long career, I'd like to hear the variety. I'd probably start with the oft-referenced Aladdin Sane from the album of the same name. What else would you include?

I couldn’t agree more on the accent.

 

I’ll never hear “Diamond Dogs” quite the same way again…