Episode 210: Chris Welch

We were honored this week to have the celebrated journalist and author Mr. Chris Welch join us! Anyone who has followed Popular Music especially in the 1960s and 1970s will no doubt know this man who has been a staple of the Music Journalism scene since the 1960s. He has written over 40 books and thousands of articles. He first joined the British weekly music magazine Melody Maker in 1964, staying on until 1979. Chris has interviewed, hung with and traveled with every major rock act from the 1960s and 70s, including The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Spencer Davis Group, and MANY more and later notably YES in the 70s and also Wings. So this was a homerun for us! Of Chris' many published works, he wrote the The Definitive Biography on Paul which was published in 1974. He later penned Close To The Edge: "The Story of YES published first in 1999, with a revision in 2003. He recently published a new book on the life of ELP Keyboardist Keith Emerson. We could have talked for hours about Chris' experiences. The man has lived quite the life and we are so thankful for the time he gave us! Thank you so very much Chris! His Links: www.chriswelchonline.com Keith Emerson Book