Stay ConnectedBlowing Smoke with Twisted Rico, hosted by music industry veteran Steev Riccardo, brings you weekly conversations with the people who make the music world go round — musicians, songwriters, producers, label execs, roadies, publicists, and more. Each episode also serves up fresh new music picks, honest song reviews, and no-shortage-of-stories rock ‘n’ roll road tales
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Rick Jones and Craig Adams from LOVELY join us in the studio for a fun interview about the band and also answer every stinking question about their past and other projects as well as their bandmates bands as well. We cover Jerry's Kids, The Dents, The Freeze, The Choir Boys, Mung, DYS, Stranglehold, and more. Drummer Jack Clark gets stuck in traffic and shows up late for the interview but manages to sneak in a quick line! We also review the outstanding new documentary film, "Summer Of Soul"....
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song)
Lovely "2020"
Lovely "JetSet"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on July 17, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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Thalia Zedek has been a force on the independent music scene since the early '80s and shows no signs of slowing down. It was an honor to have her on the show as we covered as much ground as we could of her storied career — from her early days with White Women and The Dangerous Birds, to Uzi, Live Skull, and the amazing Come, through to a solo career still going strong, including a new record and a vinyl reissue of Been Here and Gone marking its 20th anniversary.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty" (theme song)
Thalia Zedek "1926"
Thalia Zedek "Fighting Season"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on July 10, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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On this episode of the show, we are joined by Tom Wilson, who spend most of his adult life on the road working for tons of artists including The Cure, Depeche Mode, Janet Jackson, Shakira etc.. He started his career as an underage teenager sneaking into shows in Boston by carrying equipment in with mostly hardcore bands and soon found himself working at clubs and local Boston bands and before long on major world tours.
BS fans Heather and Nina(who made the host abandon his script and go freestyle) also join us on the show during their New England vacation from Colorado. Yes we let our fans in the room and even put microphones in front of them.
Lastly, we rock you with a great tune from the new Boston supergroup LOVELY. This show is funny as hell and worth a listen or two...
Music
The Charms "So Pretty" (theme song)
Lovely "Hate"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on July 3, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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This week we have an interview with Chris Porter, who started his music career in college radio at WJUL, has managed artists, run a record label, booked clubs, and has put together massively successful festivals, including the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle and "The Town And The City Festival" in his hometown of Lowell MA! Chris has pretty much done it all in his 30+ year music career, and oh did we mention he loves Hockey and is a fun interviewee.
also new music by Lee Harrington & Lynda Mandoyln and Mr. Airplane Man!
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"
Lee Harrington & Lynda Mandolyn "Real Love"
Mr. Airplane Man "Moment"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on June 26, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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Detroit's Troy Gregory has pretty much done it all as far as musicians go. He joins us on the show to talk about his time playing with Flotsam & Jetsam, Prong, The Dirtbombs, The Witches, and his many solo releases including the incredible "Xaviera" double album. We also hear an exclusive edited version track entitled "I Want To Thank The Academy" and hear how his new material is influenced by the fab four. Its a great tale and one that is still very much in progress...and yes his two favorite bass players...Chris Squire and Geddy Lee...
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"
Troy Gregory "I Want To Thank The Academy"
Recorded by Mike Nash on June 19, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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Our friend Ted Williams, who played in Pittsburgh bands like Eviction and The Volcano Dogs, has made a whole new career for himself working regularly on films and TV shows like Wonder Woman and Gotham, and it all started cause he had "the right look". Ted joins us for an interview and we also talk about how being an Indie Artist these days is not a bad thing in our New Music Trends segment, plus new music from Geoff Palmer and Grand Evolution....
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song)
Geoff Palmer "Many More Drugs"
Grand Evolution "Wish"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on June 5, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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Ellie Vee (The Charms) and Nicole A. join the show to talk about new music and we hit on a variety of artists such as Beach Bunny, The Voidz, Olivia Rodrigo etc. Nicole also throws us a disco curveball and raves on about Donna Summer.
We also talk about music documentaries which are a bigger musical trend than ever and review "Echo In The Canyon", a fantastic film starring Jakob Dylan and friends which covers the LA Laurel Canyon Folk-Rock music scene 65-67 and great bands like The Byrds, The Beach Boys, and Buffalo Springfield...
And if thats not enough our friend Mickey Bliss stopped by and put a headset on and listened in on the conversation and even chimed in a little...
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song)
Swivel "My Own Cage"
The Dents "Want It Back"
Recorded by Mike Nash at Voice Motel on June 12, 2021
This episode features a fun interview with Tracey Noel and Susan Lutin of New Jersey "Riot Ladies" 50ft. Furies who talk about their amazing debut album "Miss American President", the impact of The Linda Lindas, Bikini Kill, living through the pandemic, and more. In our music trends segment we hit on whether or not TikTok is breaking new artists and if thats not enough our hosts tells us what new music he's listening to including Chicago Indie-Pop stars Beach Bunny, who are rising fast...
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song)
50ft. Furies "My Body"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on June 5, 2021 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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Fun episode as Eric Martin, Phil Caruso, and Ace Of Hearts Owner/Producer Rick Harte stop by the studio to talk about one of the best bands from the Boston 80's scene, The Neats. In our music trend of the week we explore how The Linda Lindas became the buzz band of the week after a live performance at the LA public library and its subsequent signing to Epitaph Records. And yes our host does know that Norman Greenbaum was not a member of Spirit.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song)
The Neats "Six"
The Neats "Loverman"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on May 29 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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On this episode of Blowing Smoke With Twisted Rico, we interview our old friend and hardcore punk legend Chris Doherty, who holds absolutely nothing back as we share some incredibly funny stories from the past. We talk about the early days of Gang Green, Jerry's Kids, and Chris' recovery from a stroke he suffered 3 years ago. We also take a look at Finn Askew, a 20 year old English musician who's song "Roses" has over 12 million listens on Spotify along with the song's video that has 32 million views on youtube in our music trends segment.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"
Gang Green "Out On The Couch"
Recorded by Mike Nashawaty on May 22 at Voice Motel, Somerville MA
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