We're going to let Mike describe the theme of his show.

"On this podcast, we'll delve deeper into a single pivotal moment in the lives of the artists I feature in [my] book. In this episode, John Smith, from the band Nu Shooz, you know them from their ubiquitous song "I Can't Wait," but their history is much longer and deeper than that one song. Today, John tells us how Jimi Hendrix helped him find his groove.

Mike Hipple is a photographer, and the author of two books: "80's Redux," about 80's musicians, (John and Valerie are on page 26, and John's beloved battered Gibson 335 gets a beauty shot on page 27,) and his latest, "Lived Through That," celebrating influential musicians of the 90's.