Interview: Lee Michaels - Jamming with Hendrix, Zeppelin & Wild Tales - In Depth Career Retrospective

In this episode of the LEGENDS: Podcast by All Day Vinyl, host Scott Dudelson sits down with singer-songwriter Lee Michaels, writer/performer of the 1971 hit “Do You Know What I Mean.” Beyond that blue-eyed soul classic, Michaels built one of the most unconventional careers in music history.

A bona fide late-’60s/early-’70s rockstar, Michaels sold out major venues, scored chart success, jammed with Jimi Hendrix, shared bills with Led Zeppelin, and played a key role in the development of the San Francisco scene alongside bands like Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape.

Burned out creatively, he walked away from the industry in the mid-’70s and reinvented himself—finding new success as a world class boxing manager, restaurateur and AI innovator, with stories from these times just as wild as his music years.  

Cameron Crowe devotes a full chapter to Michaels in The Uncool; this conversation digs deeper into a singular, surprising legacy that Crowe praised so heavily in his book. 

This episode contains personal stories and recollections shared by Lee Michaels and the views and accounts are based on his own historical remembrances. 

 

Special Thanks to Dylan Skye for recording this episode

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