For the drummer, who’d built a sterling session and live career for nearly ten years with artists including John Lennon, Paul Simon, Jim Croce, James Taylor, and Steely Dan, 1978 was yet another super-busy year. In the studio, on the road, back in the studio, back on the road…it’s no wonder the circumstances surrounding some recordings are somewhat vague to him today. That said, the studio star actually remembers quite a bit about the records he made that year; here he shares his impressions of a dozen.

June 2018 Issue