In The Archives
- Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones
- Ronnie Wood — The Rolling Stones
- Andrew Loog Oldham — The Rolling Stones
- Bill Wyman — The Rolling Stones
- Bev Bevan – ELO
- Ben Folds
- Clarence Clemons – The E Street band
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Darlene Love – The Phil Spector Christmas Album
- Dan Fogelberg
- David Crosby
- Dion
- Donovan
- Elton John
- Elvis Costello
- Eric Burdon – The Animals
- Flo & Eddie – The Turtles
- Grace Slick – Jefferson Airplane
- Graham Nash
- Gregg Allman – The Allman Brothers
- Jake Clemons – The E Street Band
- Jerry Garcia – The Grateful Dead
- John Fogerty – CCR
- John Lennon
- John Mellencamp
- Joni Mitchell
- Jorma Kaukonen – Hot Tuna
- Judy Collins
- Julian Lennon
- Justin Hayward – The Moody Blues
- Kenny Vance – Looking For An Echo
- LENNONYC
- Levon Helm – The Band
- Little Richard
- Meat Loaf
- Mel Brooks
- Nils Lofgren
- Patti Smith
- Paul Simon
- P.F. Sloan – Eve of Destruction
- Phish
- Pete Townshend – The Who
- Phoebe Snow
- Randy Bachman – BTO
- Ray Davies – The Kinks
- Richie Havens
- Rick Derringer – The McCoys
- Rick Nielsen – Cheap Trick
- Ringo Starr
- Ringo Starr – Zoom In
- Robert Plant – Led Zeppelin
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Never Forgets
- Roger Daltrey – The Who
- Ronnie Lane – The Small Faces
- Ronnie Spector
- Rosko
- Scott Muni
- Sid Bernstein and The Beatles
- The Beatles Invade America
- Woodstock Remembered – The 50th Anniversary
- Zacherle
Dennis Elsas with Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks is truly an original, a one of a kind, and one of the few entertainers to win an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy. I had the opportunity to talk with him at length on March 27, 1978. He was promoting an album that featured both the soundtrack to his latest film High Anxiety and musical highlights from his earlier movies billed as his “Greatest Hits.”
What a night – spending the evening as the straight man with the original “Two Thousand Year Old Man”, creator of Get Smart and the director/writer of Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and so many more. Of course we talked about The Producers and it’s interesting to hear what he thought the future of it might be, more than two decades before it became one of the most successful Broadway shows ever. As the interview began, it was obvious he had gotten some background information on me that still makes me (and my Mom) smile.