Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick (an encore presentation)

In 2021, I interviewed Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick, a band I've
only grown to appreciate more over the years. They released their
first three albums--Cheap Trick, In Color and Heaven
Tonight--in 18 months, and Dream Police followed a
whole year later. They toured constantly at the time, which makes
that productivity all the more impressive. 


In 2017, they released a Christmas album, Christmas
Christmas, an album that's easy to like and easier to admire
after Petersson talks about the inspirations for the songs. 


I talked to Petersson because the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers
had a new album out, In Another World, and the conversation was a
lot about what a band that tours as much as they do does when
COVID forces it off the road.