Jim Peterik - “Eye Of The Tiger” and “Vehicle”

Aug 9

Episode Summary

Robert’s guest in this episode is Jim Peterik of the Ides of March, formerly of Survivor and of 38 Special Fame! Jim wrote two of the biggest rock songs of all time: “Vehicle” with the Ides of March (which he sang as well), and “Eye Of The Tiger” with Survivor, which was featured in Rocky III and has racked up over 700 million views on YouTube. He talks about it all plus his 250 guitars and his purple hair!

Episode Notes

Jim Peterik is one of the great rock songwriters of all time: “Vehicle” with the Ides of March and “Eye Of The Tiger” with Survivor.

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Make sure that your dream, whatever it is, follows your talent. And that it’s your dream and not someone else’s.

Robert’s featured song in this episode is the live version of “1972”, from Project Grand Slam’s album, Greetings From Serbia. Robert chose this song because it captures the vibe of the year 1972 which is right in the timeline of when Jim was writing all his hit songs.

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Robert’s celebrated band, Project Grand Slam, will be performing a Benefit Concert at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA on August 17th at 8:30pm. For more information and tickets click HERE

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In this episode, Robert and Jim discuss:

His early rock years
The Ides Of March
“Vehicle” and touring in the 70s with Zeppelin and others
Getting a call from Sylvester Stallone to write the theme song for Rocky III
Writing “Eye Of The Tiger”

Along the way Jim sings “Vehicle” live on the podcast, and we listen to “Vehicle”, “Eye Of The Tiger”, and “Swagger”, a new record with Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad.

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