Steven Page on Writing Barenaked Ladies’ If I Had $1,000,000 and Meeting Brian Wilson

Coming up an interview with Steven Page a former member of Barenaked Ladies one of the most interesting bands of the last 35 years. He was a co-writer and co-vocalist on many of this iconic band's biggest this. Including a poignant song that he wrote about his hero, Brian Wilson a legendary figure of rock history… Then amazingly, years after he released the song Brian Wilson invited him to his concert and played the song with him in the front row. He also tells the story of his former band’s most iconic hit, If I Had a Million Dollars, it happened to be the very first song he ever wrote with his frequent collaborator in the band… They were camp counselors together and on a bus ride home from camp they wrote the song in a few minutes… It was a silly song but it ended up helping them sell millions of records and get pelted with Mac and cheese whenever they played it live. the interview is next on the Professor of Rock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.