Firefall was founded in 1974 by Rick Roberts, Larry Burnett, Mark Andes, David Muse and this episode's guest -- lead guitarist Jock Bartley. By the end of they decade, they had three gold albums and three Top 10 singles: "You Are the Woman," "Just Remember I Love You" and "Strange Way."
In this episode we talk with Jock about...
- How he got started in music.
- How the '70s rock scene in Boulder, Colorado boosted his career.
- How Firefall came together and got its record contract with Atlantic.
- How the group's first album "Firefall" became the fastest record to achieve gold status in Atlantic Records history.
- How the group's hits like "You Are the Woman" differed from the band's deeper cuts.
- Firefall's connection to the Southern California folk rock and country rock sound.
- How successful musicians don't make as much money as we might think.
- How the band broke apart in the early '80s.
- How he brought Firefall back with help from the resurgence of interest in classic rock.
- The group's new album "Comet," including the song "Way Back When."
