Stan Lynch

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Stan Lynch moved from LA to North Carolina six weeks ago and was near an earthquake epicenter last night.

Pat Francis hosts Stan Lynch on Rock Solid to promote The Speaker Wars' debut album, releasing May 30th. Lynch recently moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina and was visiting LA during an earthquake. He built a studio in central Florida, where he loves making music. The conversation covers Lynch's career, starting with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, where he felt needed only as a drummer and background vocalist. He contrasts this with Don Henley, who mentored him and co-wrote songs on albums like 'The End of the Innocence', selling 6 million copies. Lynch explains how COVID motivated him to learn file-sharing and recording, drawing on Jeff Lynne's meticulous methods. He describes The Speaker Wars' formation with John Davis, writing songs during COVID and involving a committee for album assembly. The band includes six members, and Lynch highlights tracks like 'You Make Every Lie Come True' and 'Leave Him'. Lynch discusses his physical approach to drumming, noting his height affects his style, and shares anecdotes about playing with Mike Campbell's Dirty Knobs. He reflects on the hectic energy of his early career and the more measured pace later. The episode ends with Lynch choosing 'You Make Every Lie Come True' as the playout song, encouraging listeners to buy the album.

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A debut-album interview follows the songs, the partnership, and the work of shaping a first record.

Rock Solid shapes a debut-album conversation into a story about musical trust, bad first impressions, and the odd ways a band can begin. Stan Lynch looks back to Nashville, where a songwriting blind date went badly, a blunt opinion cost him the room, and John heard something…

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