Basement Rock’s Glen Braget interviews Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Member of the Byrds Roger McGuinn in November, 2005 about his Folk Den Music Project.

Roger Mcguinn is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of the Byrds’ records in the mid 1960’s and early 1970’s. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Byrds.

Since 1995, Mcguinn has used the Internet to continue the folk music tradition since November 1995 by recording a different folk song each month on his Folk Den site. The songs are made available from his Web site, and a selection (with guest vocalists) was released on CD as Treasures from the Folk Den, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Traditional Folk Album. In November 2005, McGuinn released a four-CD box set containing one hundred of his favorite songs from the Folk Den.

Basement Rock’s Glen Braget interviews Jim Bonfanti, drummer of 70’s power pop legends The Raspberries, in May 2005 to talk about the recent remastering of the Raspberries album catalog and band reunion.

The Raspberries were a power pop/pop rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. They had a run of success in the early 1970s music scene with their crisp pop sound, which exquisitely crafted melodies and achingly gorgeous harmonies. The group drew influence from the British Invasion era—especially The Beatles, The Who, The Hollies, and Small Faces—and its mod sensibility. In both the U.S. and the UK, the Raspberries helped pioneer the power pop music style that took off after the group disbanded. The Raspberries reformed in 2005 and have been playing together off and on since.

Basement Rock’s Glen Braget interviews Mark Farner, founding member of Grand Funk Railroad, In September 2005.

Mark Farner is best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad, and later as a contemporary Christian musician. Farner was the guitarist and lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad as well as the songwriter for most of their material.

Basement Rock’s Glen Braget interviews Ian McLagan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bands Small Faces/Faces in May, 2005 about the well received Faces box set Five Guys Walk Into a Bar.

Ian McLagan is best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He has also collaborated with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and has been leading his own band, the Bump Band for quite some time. McLagan has released several solo albums. In 2012, both the Small Faces and Faces were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Basement Rock’s Glen Braget interviews Minnesota born 1960’s pop music legend Gary Puckett in May 2006 to promote an appearance Puckett made at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN.

Gary Puckett, along with the Union Gap, forged a series of massive chart ballads in the late 1960’s. They are known for such hits as Woman, Woman , Young Girl, Lady Willpower, Over You, and This Girl Is a Woman Now.