A lot more family friendly than the stuff that's on prime-time now.
Right.
It just seems like it's still relevant. I chaperoned a field trip for my daughter's high school orchestra a few weeks ago. We went to Chicago and between the various stops all the kids were passing the time singing eighties songs. It felt no different than when I went on my high school class trips.
Absolutely. My kids are really liking a lot of it. And I feel kind of bad, because when I was growing up in the seventies, and of course the eighties, I use to listen to a lot of the current stuff that was out there. My mom would really keep it going, you know like The Eagles and all that stuff. The music my kids are growing up with is eighties. Part of me feels bad that they are listening to something they probably wouldn't normally listen to, but they genuinely seem to like it.
You shouldn't feel bad. That's the good stuff!
For a lot of moms that are listening to Retro Rewind, that's what they say, that they really enjoy sharing it with their kids. That's what it's all about.
I'm sort of in the opposite position with what I do. I get a wide variety of current music to listen to and possibly review. What I genuinely like is all across the board, but in the car this morning, driving my daughter to school, Working Class Dog is what we were listening to. That music is where I go when I'm relaxing.
Working Class Dog? Rick (Springfield) would like to hear that. He loves to hear those stories, and it's a great album.
It is a great album. I had the iPod on random, and one song from it came on and I told my daughter, "Turn on Working Class Dog, Mom's driving."
You can't go wrong with Rick Springfield. He's been a great friend of mine and the show's for many years. You'll get no arguments from me there.
Beyond Retro Rewind you have many songwriting credits, including several songs on the Scott Grimes album. Do you plan to continue working with him musically?
With Scotty? Yeah, Scott's my best friend. We go back a long time. It's been a real joy to watch his career blossom since I've known him. I've known him since right before Party of Five, right before he got that show. Of course, Party of Five really helped him and then he landed Band of Brothers and it took off from there. And of course there's ER.
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