Roger O’Donnell – The Cure / Psychedelic Furs / Solo Artist (Part 1)

Roger O’Donnell is a long-serving member of The Cure, shaping their sound for coming up to 40 years (with a couple of breaks). Aside from that critical role, Roger formerly held down keys duties with The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and Berlin. Add to that his incredible solo output and you have a fascinating guest for the show. In Part 1 we cover off Roger’s early career, musical upbringing and his solo albums, finished off with a start on our discussion on The Cure. To listen / watch: Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: Video: watch the embedded video below or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):   Roger’s past year The Cure – Songs From A Lost World Roger’s new solo album – Projections Roger’s new Rhodes Mk 8 The challenges of doing Atmos mixes Roger O’Donnell – The Truth In Me Roger O’Donnell – Songs From The Silver Box The brilliance of the Rhodes Mk 8 in an album context Roger O’Donnell – 7 Different Words for Love The Una Corda piano Roger’s work on the movie Sam & Kate A brief time with Phillip Glass Roger’s musical upbringing and being born next to the piano Buying a Prophet 600 and joining The Thompson Twins The move to LA and joining The Psychedelic Furs Roger in action with The Psychedelic Furs in 1987 The Flirtations Thompson Twins keyboard rig Roger’s enormous Sequential Circuits-based keyboard rig with The Psychedelic Furs Recording Disintegration with The Cure and the keyboards used Adjusting playing style when joining The Cure What makes the working relationship with Robert Smith successful Key links: Buy some keyboard related merchandise Drop us a line via the website, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, BlueSky, TikTok or LinkedIn Complete our listener survey to help us improve the show, it only takes 90 seconds. Support us on Patreon and receive bonus content Check out our podcast guest playlist on Spotify to get a taste of each guest’s creations.The post Roger O’Donnell – The Cure / Psychedelic Furs / Solo Artist (Part 1) appeared first on The Keyboard Chronicles.