Episodes
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 140: ”The Wrecking Crew” with Denny Tedesco
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
You may not know the musician’s names, but The Wrecking Crew was a group of studio musicians in Los Angeles in the 1960s who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, The Monkees, Mamas and Papas, Herb Alpert and who were Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound."
Director Denny Tedesco, son of guitarist Tommy Tedesco, talks to us about these unsung stars who played on so many records that everyone knows by heart. Tune in to hear more about these amazing, funny, and charming men and women who defined rock’n’roll in Los Angeles in the '60s and '70s.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 139: ”A Few More Minutes on Rock Docs ”with Chris Epting
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Are we in the "Golden Age" of rock and music documentaries? Chris Epting certainly thinks so! Epting, the author of many music bios and some very entertaining reads on pop and pop music culture, joins us to talk about some of them. Have you seen these?
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston, the leaders of the Doobie Brothers, offer up a tag-team oral history with writer Chris Epting on the legendary rock band in Long Train Runnin'. Their five decade journey, the longevity, success, drama and even the biker bars are all here. Chris joins us to recount their history, including the events that shelved Johnston and brought in Michael McDonald for The Doobies second wildly successful lineup.
Chris has also worked with a number of musicians on their memoirs, including John Oates, Leif Garret, and members of Tesla and Def Leppard, as well as an upcoming book on and with Dave Mason. If that’s not enough. Epting has also written several great reads on pop culture, and pop music culture. They are the road map to many a great road trip, particularly if you’re curious where many a rocker were born, lived, slept and died, and just where Madonna’s bra currently resides.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 137: ”A Few More Minutes” with Michael Alago
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Legendary A&R man, author, star of Who The F**ck Is That Guy? and fabulous photographer returns to talk who he's digging today, his favorite live bands, the Nina Simone documentary and finds one degree of separation with "the Other Steve!".
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 136: “Who The F*ck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago”
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Who The Fuck Is That Guy'? The Fabulous Journey Of Michael Alago tells the astonishing story of a gay Puerto Rican kid growing up in a Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood, who got on the subway one day and began a musical odyssey that helped shape the musical landscape across N.Y.C. and around the world. From rubbing elbows with NY scene makers at Max's Kansas City and CBGB, to being the19 year-old talent booker at the legendary Ritz, to making history as a 24 year-old A&R exec, signing the biggest metal band in a generation in Metallica, Michael Alago was on fire.
Passion and excess would bring Alago crashing into the twin reapers of substance abuse and AIDS, but surviving them both he reinvented himself as an art photographer...healthy, sober, and as passionate as ever. Michael joins us to talk about the early New York City scene, Metallica, Public Image Limited, Nina Simone, and his photography. It’s an incredible journey. Join us!
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Brad Schreiber, author of "Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change" returns to talk about his favorite albums, music books and music documentaries!
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
In the first part of our chat with S. E. Feinberg about his book Southern Man: Music and Mayhem in the American South, which he co-authored with Alan Walden, we focused on the legendary work Walden did with R&B artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Percy Sledge.. It wasn’t always peaches and cream: the music business is tough. But after following his passion for R&B and building the careers of many of the legends in the genre, Alan Walden needed a break.
In Act Two, author S.E. Feinberg tells us how Alan was renewed by the music of The Allman Brothers Band. Listening to hundreds of bands, he discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Outlaws, amongst others and helped define the sound of what would become known as “Southern Rock.”
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Anyone who was alive during the golden age of R&B remembers the music, but Alan Walden and SE Feinberg’s book Southern Man: Music and Mayhem in the American South invites the reader to the centre of the story, into the studio and on the road, to backroom deals and backroom brawls.
In Act One, S.E. Feinberg talks about Alan, his best friend Otis Redding, his brother — the legendary producer Phil Walden — the juke joints in Macon, Georgia, The Apollo in New York City’s Harlem, and the tragedies of loss, disappointment, and betrayal in racially turbulent times.
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 132:: ”Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC” with Danny Garcia
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Nightclubbing is the first-ever documentary about the renowned New York City nightclub Max's Kansas City, which had a massive impact on the worlds of music, fashion, art, culture and the creation of the city’s punk rock. The famous back room, where Andy Warhol held court and artists, actors, filmmakers, models, writers, assorted criminals and countless musicians — from Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground to David Bowie and the New York Dolls — made an indelible mark on music and the world.
Director Danny Garcia joins us from the NYC premiere of his film to talk Max's, CBGBs, New York City in the swinging ’60s and filthy ’70s, the birth of punk rock and making a movie during Covid times. As legendary singer and Max’s veteran Alice Cooper, who is featured in the film , and who signed his contract with Warner Bros. Records at the club, says, "A million ideas were launched in Max's."
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 131: ”A Few More Minutes on Irish Music” with Bradley Morgan
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Bradley Morgan, author of U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America comes back for a lightning round of his thoughts and favorite songs from legendary Irish bands.