Hanging with Gerry Beckley (America)
About this episode
Gerry Beckley discusses his songwriting and experiences with the band America.
Legendary songwriter ("Sister Golden Hair", "Ventura Highway"), member of the band America, Gerry Beckley, joins us today to chat wedding songs, George Martin, his relationship to Australia and how its all about "the show". We also chat about Billy Corgan/Courtney Love vs Kim Gordon/Steven Malkmus class war.... Take a deeper dive at https://weirdertogether.substack.com #america #horsewithnoname #70s #gerrybeckley #songwriting
People in this episode
Hosts: Ben Lee, Ione Skye
Guest: Gerry Beckley
Topics covered
- songwriting
- music history
- band dynamics
- wedding songs
- 70s music
Keywords
- Gerry Beckley
- America
- songwriting
- 70s
- Billy Corgan
- Courtney Love
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: America
Books & works: Sister Golden Hair, Ventura Highway
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