When I heard that Doug Fieger passed away on Feb 14, 2010, I got really sad. I met him back in 2006 when I covered the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp for the show and he seemed like a really nice guy. Of all the people at that thing, he was my favorite. Most people wrote off The Knack as a one hit wonder or a novelty band or something like that. Go back and listen to that first Knack record and you will hear some of the best pop songs ever put to record. Like a lot of people do when a musician they like dies, I put on some of Doug’s music and it was so good, I started seeking out some other stuff from The Knack. I am glad I did, because there are some great records out there.
My friend Joe Klein called me a few days ago and the subject of Doug Fieger came up and he reminded me that he produced Doug’s old band The Sunset Bombers. I thought it might be fun to have Joe on the show and tell some Doug Fieger stories and we could listen to some tunes together.
What you get on tonite’s show is just that. 2 guys paying tribute to one of rock’s most under appreciated talents. We play a lot to songs, tell some great stories and listen to some stories from Doug Fieger himself, pulled from the RnR Geek archives. I hope this show turns you on to some of Doug’s music and just how great of a guy he was.
Links:
Joe Klein – New Media Creative
Doug Fieger with Cheap Trick telling stories
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One thought on “Doug Fieger Tribute – Rock and Roll Geek Show 390”
Michael –
Great show! Would love to hear the Sky tracks — keep looking!
I have Re-Zoom on CD and it’s one of my top ten PowerPop albums for sure. I said the sme thing about Terry’s snare. You get used to it, but it sounds like it’s playing a piccolo snare or something.
You mentioned Terry B in Missing Persons but niether of you mentioned his amazing ‘Joe’s Garage Era’ work with Zappa.
If you haven’t seen him sing ‘Punk’s Whips’ from the movie BABY SNAKES, you really must. I think he’s about 22 back then, so you know the boy has chops!
The band at the time also featured Adrian Belew and Peter Wolf (from J Giels band) on keys — really amazing stuff.
Keep up the great work!
~ts