Andy Johns: The man Behind The Legends.
Record producer Andy Johns talks about some of his experiences over the years, including work with Van Halen, Eddie Money, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones...
Well, how are you?
Well, I'm all-right. It's been a bit hectic this week but I'm getting things sorted out.
Yeah, I hear you've been to Florida and back.
No, not me.
Oh, OK.
I was gonna go, now it's not Florida, I've got to go to Chicago and then San Francisco.
Well that's a nice schedule.
…to do some guitar stuff with Rick Nielsen from Cheep Trick and Joe Satriani.
Oh really! What are they doing?
Well it's for this…Desmond Child is producing, executive producing this Latino artist called Alejandro Guzman. And he wrote all the songs and they just wanted Scott and I to sort-of cast around and get some guitar player types. And that's what we came up with.
You can't get past Rick Nielsen and Satriani can you?
Well they wanted Eddie Van Halen but he didn't want to do it 'cause he said Warner's wouldn't let him.
Right, OK.
That was his excuse anyway.
(laughing) Yeah, I might get on ...