S15E864: Tom Petersson

Rock Solid

Pat Francis

Comedy, Music

4.6 • 559 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Pat welcomes bassist Tom Petersson to the show to discuss his career in music and promote the 21st Cheap Trick studio album called "All Washed Up."

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Tom Peterson from Cheap Trick, and you're listening to the Rock Solid podcast.
0:23.6	Make me a deal and make it good for me. I won't get full of myself, I can't afford to be.
0:27.6	This is small-town music, this is big-town music.
0:31.6	He's ahead of his time, you know, but he can't use it.
0:35.6	Funny he could prove it.
0:44.7	Well, tomorrow's just a song away, a songway, a songway, a songway.
0:50.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to Rock Solid, the comedy podcast for all things music, both new and classic.
0:55.2	I'm Pat Francis, and joining me in the Zoom Room to promote the release of Cheap Trick's 21st studio album called All Washed Up.
0:58.9	Please welcome the inventor of the 12-string bass
1:01.8	and the coolest guy to ever play it, Mr. Tom Peterson.
1:05.6	How's it going, Tom?
1:06.9	Good morning. I'm doing fine. How are you doing?
1:09.6	I'm good. So you're in Reno, Nevada right now?
1:12.6	Yes. You got a show tonight.
1:15.1	Correct.
1:16.7	What's the show prep after 50 years of touring? What do you do to get ready for tonight?
1:22.1	Nothing.
1:23.5	Okay. That's it.
1:26.6	That's all right.
1:27.2	Okay. Well, I got to get dressed. Yeah, sure. Okay. That's it. That's all right. Okay.
1:28.3	Well, I got to get dressed.
1:30.0	Yeah, sure.
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