This week’s question is from Brett in Parkersburg, WV, who listens on Z106 “Where is the strangest place you have ever done an interview?”

98% of all the in-person interviews happen either back stage or on a tour bus.

I did interview Vernon Reid of Living Colour in a local coffee shop. We sat at a table you had to pass to get to the main counter, so we had a lot of folks stopping to stare on their way in for a cup.

Some of the other spots I’ve talked to artists include, on-stage, in their homes, Hotels and in the studio.

In 2006 I did an interview with John5 (Rob Zombie’s guitarist) on stage during sound-check. John asked everyone to chill for 10 minutes and we stood in front of his pedal board and did the interview while the rest of the band just kind of stood around and watched.

Kid Rock’s guitarist Jason Krause invited me to him home to record a Chop Shop interview and others have invited me into their hotel rooms including Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, the late Michael Hedges and Matthias Jabbs of the Scorpions.

Slash and I sat in a hotel lobby and recorded a 30 minute conversation once. The coolest moment was when a couple came by who were holding their wedding reception in the hotel, they stopped to wave at Slash, and he got up and took some photos with the happy couple in their wedding apparel. Now that would be a special wedding photo to have on the mantel.

I realize none of these places qualify as “Strange” places but the one that I remember most vividly is when I recorded Paul O’Neill in the studio in New York, during the actual recording sessions of “The Christmas Attic”. To be in the studio with one of the all-time greats and watch him work will always stay in my mind.