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Popdose: The Producers: Ted Nugent Babysits, A Meaty “Free for All,” and Tom Werman’s “Greatest Misses”

  • Jeff · 6 months ago
    Wow, that Mother's Finest is terrific. Glad to have found it 30 years late rather than never. Something more to seek while crate digging. Thanks for hepping me to it, Tom, and great work.
  • tom werman · 6 months ago
    It's good to know that you like it. Decidedly dated at this point, but pretty interesting for its time.
  • Eric S. · 6 months ago
    These columns are truly fascinating from both an entertainment and business perspective. I had several random flashbacks as I was reading this one:

    I knew Meatloaf sang on "Free For All", but had no idea how that all came about

    I swear I had that first Hawks album for "It's All Right, It's O.K.", but I can't put my hands on it. I do have the second album, which interestingly enough is called "30 Seconds Over Otho".

    I associate Glass Tiger with Jim Vallance, but I see from my copy of "Simple Mission" that you produced or co-produced most of the tracks

    Finally, when I suggested some of your near misses last week I was sure Off Broadway would be prominently featured. I regard that first album as one of the strongest power pop records from front to back. If you're taking requests, some of the Off Broadway story would be welcome.
  • tom werman · 6 months ago
    I hadn't thought about Off Broadway in a really long time, but I'll write a few words about waht I'm able to recall in the next installment.
  • drcastrato · 6 months ago
    Black Out in the Red Room was a great album. Did you have anything to do with Love/Hate's follow up? Really enjoying these stories, by the way. Thanks for sharing.
  • tom werman · 6 months ago
    I agree, and thanks for your comments. I just did the one LP, and then I didn't see them again, really. I'll talk about them a little next week.
  • Bill Grady · 6 months ago
  • Ron · 5 months ago
    As a correction of the info in the Hawks comment - the studio was built in a chicken coop on the guitarist's parents farm in Otho, which not a suburb of Ft. Dodge in a real sense - just small town rural Iowa.