The British session ace on being asked to audition for the Rolling Stones, producing the Sex Pistols’ early demos
and recording Robert Gordon’s final album
The soul/blues/rock ’n’ roll aficionado on how he fills out a duo – and why guitarists using pedals to replicate classic sounds are “shooting themselves in the foot”
Norman Lake’s “Songs for Long Distance Lovers” delves deep into what it means to be apart from the one you love. Joey MacMahan is the man behind Norman Lake, a name that MacMahan uses as a stage name. MacMahan showed up to our meeting in a gray wool turtleneck and a brown corduroy suit jacket..