Dooner’s World – Episode 108 – Brian Wheat – Tesla Bassist , Author of Son of a Milkman

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 9 p.m.

Dooner’s World – Episode 108 – Brian Wheat – Tesla Bassist , Author of Son of a Milkman 


 Topics: 

 Growing up in South Sacramento, CA  

Early influences – Beatles, UFO, Pat Travers, Def Leppard 

Broken leg, switch from Baseball to Music 

 1st Live Concert - The Tubes – 1974 – White Punks on Dope 

Other memorable shows: 

UFO, Pat Travers, Def Leppard ,Van Halen 

Mount Rushmore of guitarists: 

Jimmy Page

Brian May 

George Harrison

Michael Schenker

Meeting Jimmy Page at Hammersmith Odeon 

Playing Firm songs with Paul Rodgers 

Playing with Jimmy Page 

Recording at Bearsville studios – Woodstock, NY

Recent migration to Auburn, NY 

Supposed to be on tour with Tesla and Alice Cooper 

New book will be released in audio in the near future 

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