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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In this episode of Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico we talk about some of the greatest club shows and legendary venues our host Steev has been to and witnessed over the years, plus the slow miserable death of these revered venues all over America. Something that was already happening even before the Virus came along and has shut down even more venues all over the Country. From CBGB in NYC, to the 31St Pub in Pittsburgh, to TT The Bears in Cambridge, its the sad end of an era. Diya and Herb are along for this wild ride which includes a great tune by Detroit legends, The Witches.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"
The Witches "Down On Ugly Street"
On this topsy turvy episode of Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico, we talk about the Porn industry, some of our favorite podcasts, the time Steev met the great Ian Hunter, and our equal love and admiration for Amy Schumer. We also play a brand new tune from the Jim Weeks Band and a brilliant cover of The Charms "Star Rider" from one of our favorites - Merrily!
Music
The Charms "So Pretty" (intro music)
Jim Weeks Band "Every Good Movie"
Merrily "Star Rider"
On this episode of the show, we are joined by weed connoisseur Tim McFarland Jr. who runs Salem Research, a company that was founded with a simple goal of increasing affordability and accessibility to better health through medical cannabis. With Tim, we go on a wild weed related journey and learn about a smarter kind of high. Steev also talks about his early days of artist management and drops a bunch of names as usual and suggests getting a psychology degree before managing bands.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty" (theme song)
Caged Heat "On The Sly" (featuring Juliana Hatfield)
Recorded at New Alliance by Herb Morsiglio
Boston based artist Diya Ghosh, who relocated to the states from Kolkata India, joins us for a lively discussion on Art and online dating, which results in attempts by both Diya and our engineer Herb giving dating advice to our host Steev on how to use Bumble and other dating sites. It turns into a bit of a train wreck when Herb advises Steev to post topless photos of himself on dating sites. One of our wildest episodes yet....
Music
The Charms "So Pretty" (Intro music)
Jeddo Stars "3D"
Our host tells a crazy story about going to the wrong airport in Denver back in 1995 and then goes on to rave endlessly about one of the greatest rock bands in history - The Faces - and the bands unique arrangement with singer Rod Stewart. We also look at some of our favorite Instagram accounts and praise this shows sponsor, Baby Loves Tacos in Pittsburgh.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty" (intro music)
The Charms "Talk Is Cheap" (Bill Metoyer mix)
Mission Of Burma "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate"
In this episode of Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico, we pay tribute to our fallen friend Holly Lane, reminisce on the greatest of Ronnie Montrose, rave about Merrily, praise good parenting, and admire the community work of our sponsors Baby Loves Tacos and The Dark Horse Pub. Plus we play a couple fantastic tunes by The Real Kids and Merrily And The Poison Orchard. Its a fun time had by all. Music:
The Charms "So Pretty"(Intro music courtesy of the band)
The Real Kids "Somewhere West Of Nowhere"
Merrily and The Poison Orchard "I've Been So Good"
Recorded by Herb Morsiglio at New Alliance, Somerville MA.
In this episode we touch on the great career of Producer Rick Harte and his Boston based label Ace Of Hearts, which has put out some of the best and most influential music in Rock history and now the brand new release of "The Ace Of Hearts Story", which features 5 previously unreleased songs. We also play and discuss a couple of Neighborhoods songs, including the classic and until now unreleased track..30+ years later of "Mr Reeves". This is a show deep in Boston Rock history.
music
The Charms "So Pretty"
The Neighborhoods "Mr. Reeves"
The Neighborhoods "Bygone Era"
Almost three months later, we are back at New Alliance in Somerville recording next to the cemetery in our beloved basement studio. This new episode features new music from Somerville's own Poor Jim (aka Gun Metal Gray) and their new album entitled "4" and unreleased music from songwriter Bill Trudell, who has co-written a number of songs over the years with The Outlets David Alex-Barton, several of which appear on various Outlets records.
Music
The Charms "So Pretty"
Poor Jim "Monger"
Bill Trudell "Golden Boy"
In this episode of Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico our host goes on a bit of political rant and finally settles down to talk about three brilliant David Bowie records, and an in-depth critical review of the great Boston compilation "Mass Ave - The Boston Scene 1975-1983"(Rhino Records) which included stellar tracks from bands like The Neighborhoods, The Real Kids, Mission Of Burma, The Nervous Eaters, The Outlets, and The Dangerous Birds. This lo-fi version was recorded directly to a macbook in Worcester MA. on June 5, 2020.
Our host gives us an in depth look at the albums that have influenced him over the years. This is a special lo-fi episode that covers several decades of releases ranging from albums by The Beatles to Social Distortion and many goodies in between...
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