024: Ben Vaughn
You may know Ben Vaughn as a producer of artists such as Los Straightjackets, Charlie Feathers, Ween, or the one-off collaboration between Big Star\u2019s Alex Chilton and Suicide\u2019s Alan Vega, which he talks about in the episode of Berklee Online\u2019s Music Is My Life podcast. Ben Vaughn got his start as the leader of a group called the Ben Vaughn Combo in the 1980s, and got a lot of attention from mainstream press, and inspired favorable cover versions of his tunes by the likes of Marshall Crenshaw, the Plimsouls, Man or Astroman, and more. His big break in the music industry came when he moved out to LA and quickly got a job as a composer for the show \u201cThird Rock from the Sun,\u201d which he composed the theme for. Success on that show led to a gig in the same role on \u201cThat 70s Show,\u201d and numerous other shows. He has now comfortably resumed a solo career, and he also hosts a radio show on WXPN in Philly.