'60s '70s '80s - Warm, Candid, Classic, Rock Interviews with Music Legends - A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Iconic artists? Music Legends? Sandy Kaye interviews them all on A Breath of Fresh Air - a multi award-winning podcast featuring in-depth interviews with the artists you love. Through compelling conversations, we gain a rare, behind-the-scenes and intimate look at the personal stories and inspirations that fueled the music that shaped entire generations.
Explore the lives, struggles, and creative journeys of these legends and relive the timeless hits that defined the soundtrack of our youth.
It's all about Their Lives. Their Stories. Their Music
https://www.abreathoffreshair.com.au
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 197
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
JOHN FORD COLEY - Half of '70s duo with England Dan on Making The Hits
JOHN FORD COLEY is a Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum-selling singer-songwriter, best known for being half of the '70s duo England Dan and John Ford Coley. Considered a mid-'70s phenomenon, and often…
GARY PUCKETT's Wild Ride: From Civil War Costumes to Chart-Topping Hits
During the late '60s -a period distinguished as rock's most radical, innovative, and far-reaching - GARY PUCKETT and the Union Gap forged a series of massive chart hits that were full of melodrama. T…
ROGER COOK - The Man Who Taught the World to Sing with Roger Greenaway
During his lengthy international songwriting career, ROGER COOK has had more than 80 top 30 hits, including classics such as Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart – Gene Pitney, Something Tells Me – Ci…
SUPERTRAMP's Super Saxophonist - JOHN HELLIWELL
Join me to learn the story around legendary English group, SUPERTRAMP as told by founding member JOHN HELLIWELL.
John Helliwell was a small-town computer programmer-turned-musician who embarked on an…
Go-Go's Drummer GINA SCHOCK on the Power of Positive Thinking
GINA SCHOCK: From Working-Class Baltimore to Drumming for the Go-Gos
After a lifelong journey of believing in the power of positive thinking, Gina Schock, the baby of a middle class family, is shock…
The Rascals' FELIX CAVALIERE on Life, Gurus and Music
THE RASCALS were the pinnacle of '60s blue-eyed soul. It’s been said that they were the first rock band in the world. Led by FELIX CAVALIERE, the band drew much of its inspiration from British Invas…
Rick Wakeman - The Wizard of the Keyboards
It’s all about the ‘Wizard of the Keyboards’ this week, with one of the last podcast interviews that famed Englishman, RICK WAKEMAN has agreed to.
It took me months to get him to agree but finally I …
Peter Noone, Tommy Roe, Walter Trout
His granddaughter refers to him as the Justin Bieber of the 60s. And for very good reason. He was the king of Bubblegum music, and hugely popular the world over. But TOMMY ROE didn't set out to fathe…
Melanie, TRAFFIC's Dave Mason and PILOT's David Paton
Scottish musician DAVID PATON led the band Pilot to huge success in the 70s, with two major hits, Magic and January. David talks about how he came up with the idea for both songs, what it was like wo…
Alice Cooper, Talking Heads, Paul Williams, Average White Band, Norman Greenbaum
A smorgasbord of talent this week.
The world’s most notorious ‘one-hit-wonder, NORMAN GREENBAUM shares his experience writing ‘Spirit in the Sky’. The song was a huge success, selling over 2 million…
The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban on Elvis, Elvira and Johnny Cash
The OAK RIDGE BOYS are a country and gospel vocal quartet that originated in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet and became popular in Southern gospel du…
Abba's Janne Schaffer, Five Man Electrical Band, Kelly Lang
Let's head to Sweden to meet that country’s most famous songwriter and guitarist, best known for his work playing with the smash hit group, ABBA. In our interview from Stockholm, JANNE SCHAFFER talks…
10cc's Graham Gouldman on His Incredible Musical Journey
British musician and prolific songwriter GRAHAM GOULDMAN has been at the forefront of the music industry for more than 50 years.
Best known as the founder, lead singer and bassist for art rock band…
Dexy's Midnight Runners' Helen O'Hara - Backbone of the Band
There could have been no DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS without violinist HELEN O'HARA. She has an amazing story to tell and she’s written it all into a memoir titled ‘What’s She Like’, named after the Dexy…
Journey's Neal Schon, Robbie Dupree, John Schumann
American rock band JOURNEY has a style that’s hard to define and pigeonhole. The group was formed in San Francisco by members of Steve Miller Band and Santana in 1973. Journey had its biggest commerc…
Canned Heat's FITO de la PARRA
The story of American sixties Blues band, CANNED HEAT is a tragic tale of drugs, alcohol, sex and rock n Roll.
It was founded by two blues historians and record collectors, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite…
The Cowsills, KT Tunstall and Pavlov's Dog David Surkamp
It's a mixed bag this week that I think, has something for everyone. We meet 60s family band THE COWSILLS, or at least what's left of them - Bob, Paul and Susan Cowsill. The siblings have recently r…
Dr Hook's DENNIS LOCORRIERE on His Journey From The Start
I’m so happy to be sharing this week’s show with you because it’s not only a super interview, it’s also a response to one of our listeners’ requests.
Shayne from Sydney wrote me asking if she could p…
Jethro Tull's Martin Barre, Merrilee Rush and Oz's Kevin Borich
Guitarist Martin Barre was an integral part of English band Jethro Tull for many years and had been joined at the hip with founder, Ian Anderson since 1969. The two had a massive falling out which le…
Chicago founder Lee Loughnane on 55 years of making music
Meet Lee Loughnane, founding member of the band Chicago who shares details about the band's 38th studio album release - Born For This Moment as well as their most recent tour.
Lee reflects on the ba…