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The On Record series presents rare archival images and insightful interviews by long-time popular-music journalist and radio personality G. Brown."When G. Brown writes about you, his readers give you a chance. They listen. G.’s trusted voice is a big reason my audience grew. I’m grateful to him for including me in his writing over the years and to be part of his On Record series.” – Lyle Lovett, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and actorOn Record Vol. 11 – 1989 captures Tom Petty’s first full solo release and Roy Orbison’s last record of new material, major label debuts (Tone Loc, Indigo Girls), modern-rock hitmakers (the B-52’s, Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers), the UK scene (the Cure, the Stone Roses, Neneh Cherry, Love and Rockets), glam-metal acts (Warrant, Skid Row, Motley Crue) and comeback kings and queens (Bee Gees, Cher, Alice Cooper, Donny Osmond), plus the year in pop, R&B, country and jazz.
Interview-based profiles of more than 100 artists and bands include:
- Tom Petty
- Pixies
- Bonnie Raitt
- Babyface
- Lou Reed
- Tone Lōc
- Neil Young
- Roy Orbison
- Michael Bolton
- The Cure
- Faith No More
- Don Henley
- Aerosmith
- The B-52’s
- Mötley Crüe
- Chris Isaak
- Richard Marx
- UB40
- Paul McCartney
- Debbie Gibson
About the Series: Colorado Music Experience founding director and author G. Brown covered popular music at The Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing well over 3,200 musicians, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Kurt Cobain, all of whom recounted their escapades and reminisced about what their time on the charts meant to them personally and musically. Over the decades, G. also amassed an archive of close to 15,000 rare promotional photos.
Each volume of the On Record series presents nearly 200 rare archival images and 100 interviews with an array of performers from that year. To date, Colorado Music Experience has released 10 volumes in this year-by-year, comprehensive look at the evolution of popular music from 1978 to 1998.
Proceeds from book sales benefit Colorado Music Experience.
About the author
G. Brown has navigated the Rocky Mountain musical landscape for decades, both as a journalist and as a radio personality. He covered popular music at the Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing well over 2,500 musicians, from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen to Bono and Kurt Cobain. Published in numerous national magazines, including Rolling Stone and National Lampoon, Brown also covered music news and hosted and programmed for a myriad of Denver-based radio stations.
He is the author of four other books, including the award-winning Red Rocks: The Concert Years, Colorado Rock Chronicles, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival: The First Forty Years. And he is the founding director of Colorado Music Experience, a nonprofit cultural and educational organization established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music.
G. currenty lives in Colorado.
FB: @colomusic.org
