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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