Really cool stuff

Thank you!!!

Great interview. Interesting insights on Stravinsky and Sibelius.

I just love these interviews - it amazes and saddens me that this channel isn't more widely renowned. Definitely outstanding as regards this one - great thought-provoking questions, which Jon responded so well to. Thank you for what you do!

Great work again Sean, I think that Jon enjoyed that quite a lot.

Fantastic 😊

IMHO the best player technically and melodically

Brilliant - just letting the genius talk. Fascinating insights - best ever Patrick interview.

This is great!

The Best is a phenominal Album! You can catch performances of individual jams on KZbin under The Best. "Killer" is a profound understatement

You guys are adorable! One of the best Skunk Baxter interviews to date

i love the story of Steve minding his own business walking past a cafe sometime in the late 1980s when to his astonishment could hear Solar Music Suite ( something similar) being played . The owner being Alex of The Orb whom hooted about the sound of this ambient stuff & for being way ahead of its release time then his astonishment to be meeting its composer! i first heard & heard of Steve & Co in 1981 when the Gas Service engineer i was apprentice to lent me Fish Rising & Angels Egg. Fantastic. The track System 7 did with Rovo is as Wonderous as it gets in my book. Thanks from SW England 😁👽🐢👍

This is amazing…I always got the sense that there were many struggles and hardships in his 70’s heyday, and it’s a shame that he has musically avoided progressive rock for 40+ years aside from string arrangements and so forth with a variety of Kscope related artists.

The whole Wackerman family are music geniuses and beautiful people ❤

Great interview.

I really like the song "Piece of You!" It is one of my favourites as well as the title song.

Kevin Gilbert and his talent will sadly never be understood by everyone So glad you guys got together and did a career span of Kevin from Giraffe Toy Matinee and Thud Man I have always wondered what fine music Kevin would have made or produced Marc Bonilla is such a funny dude!!

I have always thought his contribution took Yes to a new level. That he did not last more than one album is a real loss.

Can't believe I just came across this. I lived in PHX in the 90s and did the whole New Times musician wanted ads. Met some freaks and geeks and they ALL were awesome people. Even became great friends with a few. Also born in Mesa. Now in Tulsa. But have a MWM tshirt too. 2 worlds just collided for me. Wow.

Hi Gary!

I’ve been a die hard fan of Camel for over 45 years now, recently I rigged into Colin’s projects and let me tell you how much this gentleman and artist elevated my enthusiasm. Both Andy and Colin are one the kind and irreplaceable . Thank you for your art and music, and thank you for this great interview.

Having read a lot of the interviews from Rush's "Clockwork Angels" era, Geddy and Alex were very, very aware of Peter Erskine and Neil's lessons with him. They were immensely impressed with Neil's "new clock" and the power behind the kit that he was playing with. He was always known for really pounding the kit hard, but if you look at live videos from the Time Machine, Clockwork Angels, and R40 tours, the kit is literally shaking while he's playing. That came from Peter's tutelage. So yeah, Peter should have passed Geddy that note. I'm pretty sure Geddy would have been humbled to hear from him.

Coo! Interview guys!✌🏼

In 1970 my dad worked in London. In the flat below him lived Jeff Green, Gary's brother. I was 13 at the time and he let me play his white strat a little (I couldn't really play then but I bough myself a bass and have been playing ever since) and he played me King Crimson's first album. He also told me about his brother's band, GG--- and I've been listening to them ever since. Thanks Jeff--- you made a deep impression on me!

I'm sorry to say that this whole interview would have been better without the presence of Vaylor. Otherwise, Sean is a good interviewer and Gary is as sympathic as he is a good musician. Interviews on Giant stuff are too scarce. Thanks a lot for making it happen !

Fantastic! Hedy Lamarr and Jeff Baxter, where Hollywood meets tech genius!

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:52 2024 Live shows 00:01:50 Details about his first solo album The Speed Of Heat 00:05:40 Reworking “My Old School” and “Do It Again” for The Speed Of Heat 00:07:37 Memories of playing pedal steel on “East St. Louis Toodleoo” 00:08:51 Thoughts on the evolution of the Steely sound. 00:10:41 Pre McDonald Doobies leading into MMD era. 00:11:35 Steely moving away from touring after Pretzel Logic 00:14:08 How Skunk originally met Donald Fagen and Walter Becker 00:17:14 Creation of the original Steely Dan band 00:20:00 How they landed on Steely Dan as the band's name 00:20:35 Thoughts on the Village Recorders studio the first three SD albums were recorded in 00:23:50 How the songs for Can't Buy A Thrill came together 00:26:10 Steely's relentless pursuit of perfection- Did it get “too perfect”? 00:32:15 How home recording in the late 80s/early 90s leveled the playing field 00:34:10 Thoughts on how classic solos like “Rikki” and “My Old School” came to be 00:36:44 Did he meet Frank Zappa and did he influence Steely Dan 00:38:22 Memories of the first gig Steely Dan played 00:39:48 The first Steely tour and who they were on the bill with 00:40:26 Thoughts on early 70's rock tours and double bills 00:42:39 Did Michael McDonlad's time in Steely Dan inspire his approach to harmony 00:47:13 Did Steely and the Allman Brothers paths ever cross 00:47:58 Thoughts on a few Steely tracks like “King of the World”, “The Boston Rag” & “My Old School” 00:51:12 A chance meeting with Segovia inspire Skunk to sit down on stage 00:57:19 Memories of playing and working on The Midnight Special 01:17:59 Thoughts on Shunk playing with the group The Ultimate Spinach 01:01:47 How The Doobie Brothers wound up on the TV show What's Happening 01:40:30 Working with Bob Weir on Where The Beat Meets The Street 01:50:50 Working with Joni Mitchell 01:07:39 Playing with the “unknown” supergroup The Best (Skunk, Emerson, Entwistle, Walsh, Phillips) 01:12:19 Was Skunk a fan of 70s progressive rock 01:15:02 The short version of how Skunk got into advising the government on missile defense and closing thoughts

Great interview. Thanks to this video I have discovered...........The Ultimate Spinach.......🔥🤪

A great interview of one of the great musicians/composers of the last 50 years.

Great work on this Interview .. gotta Love Skunk 🎸

Terrific interview with a spectacular musician, thank you!

Great interview! See if you can score an interview with Gary Katz. Now that would be an amazing interview 🎉

One of my favorite Erskine Interviews. Thank you very much 🙏🥁

Good stuff Sean!

Great interview! Thanks.

Elevator is awesome!!

What can I say a master and a very nice man

Wats vaylor think of dickey betts?

Father vai

Very enjoyable and interesting interview. I have the 3 Threesome's and I wish the Jellyfish albums were easier to get on vinyl!

Wow I’ve never seen him talking like this, he’s a fiendishly amazing musician!

Thank you gentlemen for sharing these wonderful stories of your life with Gentle Giant. Gary, you’ve given me so much joy over the years with your incredible music! Thank you

Always very interesting interviews on this channel! Thanks and keep it up!

Fantastic. The Hydra talk was fascinating.

Wow, this is my favorite one yet! The insight into his writing, playing, and thought process is fascinating and inspiring!

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:38 Thoughts on the recent G3 tour & what Steve is up to for the rest of 2024 (and 2025), including the Satch/Vai tour that happens in 2024/25. + Some new songs they are collaborating on. 00:00:5:20 A new group Steve is part of that is still under wraps but promises to “surprise and delight the fans”. 00:07:00 Vaylor asks Steve about the creation of Zappa's “The Jazz Discharge Party Hats”. The 'song' where Steve played along with Frank's spoken word monologue... + Various thoughts on working with Frank and his amazing music. 00:17:12 Thoughts on Steve's compositional process... 00:19:15 Vaylor gets the details on Frank adding the Allman Brothers “Whipping Post” to his setlist. At long last.... 00:21:25 Deciphering “Ya-Yo Gakk”..... 00:22:25 Details on Steve's recent album, Inviolate. His love of double (and triple) necked guitars. The genesis of his three necked “Hyrda” guitar. 00:24:00 Also, the heart shaped guitar from the 80s (seen in the Just Like Paradise video) & it's creation & use. 00:25:52 Thinking up the Hydra triple neck... 00:27:00 Specifics unique to the Hydra- details on the different necks. + Sustainer, guitar synth, & sample & hold 00:28:00 How Steve came to nail down the layout and look of the Hydra & it's cinematic inspiration. 00:29:20 First drafts of the Hyrda- from paper proofs to reality... Thanks to Ibanez's inspired design team. 00:29:45 Writing the song, “Teeth of the Hydra”, on/for the Hyrda triple neck. Demands, worries and limitations overcome... 00:33:50 Playing the Hyrda for the first time and the surprises that came with it. 00:37:20 Making the video for the song, “Teeth of the Hydra”. 00:39:00 Details on the tuning of each of the Hyrda's three necks, the amps each run into and if a chiropractor is needed on the road... 00:46:25 More on the making of the "Teeth of the Hydra" video and performing it live 00:52:20 Thoughts on the Experience Hendrix tour 00:54:00 The recently released Vai/Gash album. It's genesis and Steve's love of motorcycles. Him building them early on and the ones he acquired along the way. 01:01:15 Steve's thoughts on rock and roll lead singers. The rock star singer DNA... 01:04:45 Thoughts on David Lee Roth as a singer 01:06:35 Thoughts on Eat Em And Smile VS Skyscraper 01:09:35 The Coral electric sitar- Frank and Steve's usage of it 01:10:15 Is that slide on “Bad Horsie”? & Closing remarks

I was so hoping he'd show the Hayina!! Love Steve and his music! I missed the most recent G3 but have been to every other show of his in my area... as well as Eric Johnson. Going to the Joe Satch Van Halen Tribute in August... the coolest dudes! Thanks for sharing this! 😎🤘🎸

Another great episode, what a guy.

Wow!!! Great interview Sean ! I saw the Tormato tour in 79 and then in 2013 with Chris Squire!!