238: Mike Post (Rockford Files, A-Team, Van Halen, Dolly Parton, etc.)

Mike Post started out as a studio guitarist, recording on hits
such as Sunny and Cher's "I Got You Babe." As a producer, he won
a Grammy for "Classical Gas" in 1968 and worked with artists
ranging from Sammy Davis Jr., to Dolly Parton (on her smash 9 to
5 album), to Van Halen.


But Mike is best known as the preeminent television composer of
his generation. Often in conjunction with his longtime composing
partner, the late Pete Carpenter, Mike crafted thematic earworms
that reside in the collective consciousness. The A-Team, Doogie
Howser, Quantum Leap, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, The Greatest
American Hero, and the entire Law & Order Franchise represent
just a slice of a body of work comprising thousands of hours of
television music.


Mike discusses his decades spanning career, and he and Joe recall
the unusual way they became friends.