Jimmy Ryan, Musician, Composer, Producer, Author - StoryBeat with Steve Cuden: Episode 387

Описание: Jimmy Ryan is back for his second visit to this podcast. Jimmy’s best known as a guitarist, composer, producer, arranger, and author with a career spanning almost six decades and continuing to this day.

He recently performed with triple Grammy winner, Olivia Rodrigo, at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, celebrating his long-time friend and former bandmate, Carly Simon, as she was made a member of the Hall of Fame.

Jimmy was Carly's guitarist for twenty-one years. He was a soloist on the theme song from Working Girl, Let The River Run, which won a Golden Globes Award, A Grammy, and an Oscar. He was the bassist and a vocalist on Anticipation, as well as the guitarist and soloist on the hit, You're So Vain, which holds a place in the Billboard top 100 songs of all time.

As well as working alongside Carly Simon, Jimmy has recorded with Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, Elton John, James Taylor, The Doors, Tommy James, Jimmy Webb, Andy Williams, Rod Stewart and many others. In fact, he’s recorded with 7 Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

Jimmy’s written two critically acclaimed, five-star rated books, The Superstar Chronicles: Tales of Life Among Rock Royalty, and California Dreaming and Primal Screaming: Gurus and Psychics and Shrinks, Oh My!

I’ve read both of Jimmy’s excellent books. We chatted about the Superstar Chronicles during his first time on StoryBeat. Today we’ll delve a bit into California Dreaming and Primal Screaming, which deals more with Jimmy’s approach to life psychologically and spiritually than it does with his great music career.

In 2023, Jimmy received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Iowa Rock & Roll Music Association as he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Please be sure to stick around at the end of the show because Jimmy has graciously lent us an excellent unreleased song that he wrote, produced, and on which he played all the instruments, called “Why Can’t We Just Be Friends,” featuring the vocals of Dana Calitri.

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