Ep085: Billy Sheehan Defies Gravity
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2017
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Billy Sheehan has legendary bass skills and has been at the centre of many great bands, Mr Big, Talas, The Winery Dogs, David Lee Roth's first solo band and very nearly Van Halen. Today Billy joins us to talk about the vinyl records that inspired his rise from Buffalo clubs to worldwide stages, playing with greats like Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Eddie Van Halen and how to keep from punching Eric Martin in the face. Plus a track from the upcoming Mr Big LP 'Defying Gravity', out in August!
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm in David Lee Roth. |
| 0:04.0 | I heard you miss me? |
| 0:05.0 | Well, I'm back and I'm not alone. |
| 0:07.0 | This is Devine. |
| 0:08.0 | And... |
| 0:09.0 | Billy Shee. |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, we got the power twins here, man. |
| 0:12.0 | Enough with the opening act. |
| 0:13.0 | It's show time. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, Dad. |
| 0:19.0 | Come on? How? How? |
| 0:23.6 | How? |
| 0:24.6 | Well, let me just |
| 0:26.6 | just up to the cera |
| 0:28.6 | to let's just |
| 0:30.6 | that's a bea |
| 0:32.6 | I'm |
| 0:34.6 | I refer to the Yankee Rose |
| 0:36.6 | Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha |
| 0:43.3 | Don't ever think that |
| 0:48.3 | You are less of a player or that you have not accomplished something because you're not using whatever |
| 0:55.5 | physical techniques you see from some other player and they're completely unrelated it really has to |
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