{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"195.5: Musician Steve Ferrone (Archive Re-Release)","description":"[A re-release of fan favorite episode from January 2020!] Prolific rock\/R&B drummer\/musician Steve Ferrone (Average White Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) joins to delve into the backstory of helping write\/craft the official theme song for the New York Cosmos \u2013 the latest chapter in our irregular series devoted to Tim\u2019s longstanding fascination with the North American Soccer League\u2019s most famous franchise. Pop music aficionados know Ferrone as part of the \u201cclassic\u201d mid-70s lineup of AWB (along with Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie, \u201cOnnie\u201d McIntyre, Roger Ball, and \u201cMolly\u201d Duncan); as a two-decade+ member of the Heartbreakers (1994-2017); and from a prodigious body of studio session work with a literal who\u2019s-who of pop music\u2019s biggest talent (Chaka Khan, Rick James, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, and the Bee Gees, just to name a few).  But long-time Cosmos soccer fans may also remember Ferrone\u2019s semi-invisible hand in the creation and performance of the club\u2019s rhythmic anthem that blared from the Giants Stadium PA system after goals and anchored the team\u2019s WOR-TV telecasts \u2013 recorded under the AWB nom de plume of the \u201cCosmic Highlanders\u201d via Warner Communications corporate sister Atlantic Records. Besides the circumstances of the song\u2019s origins, Ferrone regales Tim with stories of: how he stepped into the Average White Band during a critical time in the group\u2019s then-young life; the musical magic of Atlantic and its founder-brothers Ahmet & Nesuhi Ertegun; how the \u201cCosmos Clap\u201d came about; and the original song idea Cosmos management had in mind for the club\u2019s official theme! ","author_name":"Good Seats Still Available","author_url":"https:\/\/goodseatsstillavailable.com","html":"