Don Barnes of 38 Special on Caught Up in You and the Rivalry Behind Their Biggest Hits
Professor of Rock · Gamut Podcast Network
November 28, 202320m 27s
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Show Notes
Coming up an interview with 38 Special singer Don Barnes who’s band started out as with a southern rock sound but by the early 80s they were a straight ahead arena rock band with several huge songs including today’s 1982 #1 rock hit: Caught up in You... It was a co write between Don Barnes, Guitarist Jeff Carlisi and a rival band’s main songwriter. Jim Peterik of Survivor. In fact when Survivor’s guitar player heard Jim was writing for another band he was livid. In the end, the this angry guitar player was given a songwriting credit to avoid a lawsuit… by the end of the 38 Special snagged their biggest hit…only it was with a completely different singer, a one album replacement…Max Carl… the song was second chance… Up next, the story of Caught Up in You and Hold on Loosely... find out what happened next on Professor of Rock.
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