Rick Springfield - on the radio

Rick did (at least) 3 radio interviews last week, promoting his live concerts.

The first was on FREE FM 97.1 Detroit. The DJ's seem somewhat disinterested and pretty unpreprared. Here is a recap of the interview:

Don't worry if you missed it...you missed NOTHING new. In fact, you missed the 3 DJ's (Jay Towers, Bill McCallister & Shila) making fun of Rick after he was off the line. It was a very poor interview, based on the fact that these 3 clowns knew nothing about Rick, and asked some of the most stupid questions I've ever heard asked of him. They had no idea on any dates for anything....all they knew was JG and GH info....and I'm not even sure they knew he was back on GH currently, all they asked him about was when he was on in the 80's. Considering they waited most of the afternoon, they could've researched a bit. On the air, they played some JG clips from You Tube, and a little bit of his Emmy performance. They did mention the Christmas album.... When Rick finally called in (the producer said his publicist said he was doing other interviews) he said he was on his way to LAX. They asked him where he was going, and he had no idea. They did say then that he'll be in Detroit on Friday. They asked him about GH, and about working with Elizabeth Taylor. (? Yeah, I was wondering as well) Rick totally avoided mentioning her, and said that he took the job in the 80's because he was in-between recording contracts. Shila then told him she had no idea the story behind JG.... (!) and so Rick gave them the stained glass class, Gary's Girl story. Shila then did mention she read that he was going back to Australia, and that he hadn't toured there since 1972. He started to reply about the Countdown concerts, and his phone started cutting out really bad. He talked a bit about the Christmas Album, and how it was harder to write a Christmas song than he thought it would be. He explained about the 1st single's proceeds going to Iraq War Veteran's families. Then they ended the interview. Rick sounded very flat, almost tired. So after he hung up, Bill groaned, "What a wet rag!" They then had someone on the phone pretending to be Rick so they could make fun....the phone was cutting out in his replies, and they asked more stupid questions. Very insulting to Rick and his fans, I tell you. Shila was like, "I can't believe he had no idea where he was going!" Jay then said he was just trying to act rock-star cool.

(If you live in the Detroit area and you went to Rick's show, maybe you should let this radio station know what a great show it was).

[The next two interviews were done by much better prepared DJ's!]

The next interview with WALK 97.5, a station in the Long Island area and KT Mills interviewed Rick on his way to the airport flying in to do the Westbury show. KT clearly did some research and it was an interesting interview. You can listen to it here. Scroll down and click on Rick's picture. She askes Rick about his life as an Army brat, his time in Vietnam, his dual role on GH, on a lot of other stuff! Great interview!

Finally, the third interview was done on anothe Detroit area station, WNIC 100.3, conducted by "The Girls". Even though they were a little silly, they asked good questions and were respectful of Rick and his career. Rick reveals the name of his new studio in his house (The Black Lagoon).

You can listen to this two part interview on their website, and see a couple of pictures of Rick and some fans backstage. Click here.

(photo by Jen Haskin)