RadioBypass Chat with Jim Peterik (The Ides Of March, Survivor, World Stage)

Jim Peterik is a musical force. Vocalist, keyboard player, guitarist, and a prolific songwriter. Jim's career goes back to 1964. At the age of 14, his band The Ides Of March was formed with his schoolmates in Berwyn, Illinois. The Ides would go on to eventually have a million selling, Billboard number 2 hit song called Vehicle. In the mid seventies, The Ides Of March went on hiatus. Jim didn't slow down. He put together the Jim Peterik Band which released an album called Don't Fight The Feeling in 1976. Next came the band Survivor, who scored a number one hit single in 1982. That song was Eye Of The Tiger, co-written by Jim with Frankie Sullivan. Survivor would go on to have several hit singles. Jim has also written hit songs for other artists and to this day continues to share his musical gifts with the world. Next up is an album called Roots & Shoots, Vol 1 coming out on January 12, 2024. We get together with Jim to discuss this new record, and of course we touch on his legacy. Jim also announces a big show being planned to celebrate The Ides Of March 60th anniversary as a band, on March 15, 2024. Jim has his guitar in hand too, so there is a little live music here as well!