His band

The Grammy-winning producer and songwriter looks back at a very busy 2024, including his work with Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and his band Bleachers.

Davies leads a guided tour through his band’s catalogue of classic hits, near-hits and the songs that makes him think about his mum and dad.

A few years later, in 1985, the Blasters hired Yoakam and his band as the opening act for a tour of the South and the East Coast.

“Ronnie didn’t want to take a break,” she says, adding that he had planned to take his band Dio back out on the road in Europe and even sent the group’s equipment overseas in advance of the tour.

Since 1994, McKagan has traveled back and forth between his native Seattle and the place where his band came together before conquering the world.