Brian Johnson interviews the top musicians of our time, but it's he who emerges as the real star.
Cheeky, charming, energetic, well-researched, curious - he is an excellent presenter.
And while some of the stars are advertising their latest tour or album, he manages to extract intimate tidbits about their lives, and great stories.
Because he listens and mostly because, as the frontman for AC/DC, he has seen it all himself in terms of life on the road. It really removes the normal barrier and mistrust between a journalist and musician. Johnson adds just enough of his own recollections to get the subject talking and feel he empathises with him or her.
He loves a laugh - often at his own expense - and talks about real feelings and experiences rather than celebrity or wealth.
And he visits the stars in places where they feel at home, so they're relaxed.
One reviewer here said they didn't like the Dolly Parton interview, but I thought it was among Johnson's best. It showed how Dolly turns on the charm but is genuinely sweet, and Johnson was also disarming - "you're like a bottle of champagne, so bubbly", he said, but it actually describes Parton well.
I hope there are many more episodes of this program.
Cheeky, charming, energetic, well-researched, curious - he is an excellent presenter.
And while some of the stars are advertising their latest tour or album, he manages to extract intimate tidbits about their lives, and great stories.
Because he listens and mostly because, as the frontman for AC/DC, he has seen it all himself in terms of life on the road. It really removes the normal barrier and mistrust between a journalist and musician. Johnson adds just enough of his own recollections to get the subject talking and feel he empathises with him or her.
He loves a laugh - often at his own expense - and talks about real feelings and experiences rather than celebrity or wealth.
And he visits the stars in places where they feel at home, so they're relaxed.
One reviewer here said they didn't like the Dolly Parton interview, but I thought it was among Johnson's best. It showed how Dolly turns on the charm but is genuinely sweet, and Johnson was also disarming - "you're like a bottle of champagne, so bubbly", he said, but it actually describes Parton well.
I hope there are many more episodes of this program.