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Coming of Age in the New Wave Rock Mid '80s: A Woman's Journey [Episode 233] Oct 30, 2024

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Author Suzanne Mattaboni is this episode’s guest. She recently released the second edition of her novel, Once In a Lifetime, a coming-of-age story set in the mid-1980s against a backdrop of vibrant music and art. The main character, an ambitious, new wave-influenced art student from Long Island who’s dying to kick-start her career—and her love life for that matter. She’s saving to get overseas to London, where the excitement of the post-punk era is coming to a head. To save for the trip, artsy Jessica and her avant-garde roommates take jobs in a progressive restaurant town on the Delaware River, where they deal with waitressing chaos, mystics, punk clubs, drag queens, mosh pits, and other assorted tribulations in an effort for Jess to find out what “real life” beyond the college classroom is like. Then she meets a daredevil new wave guitarist who spins her head like a record, potentially distracting her from her goals. In addition to an awesome backing soundtrack, the book leverages feminist themes, since the women of the ‘80s were the first generation to be told they could “have it all”—love, education, friendships, meaning, sex, careers, happiness, you name it. Except maybe the world wasn’t completely ready for those women to have it all. Which was a tough wall to push down. And this still resonates today.
Suzanne is on the show to talk about the book, what inspired storyline, the characters in the book, her experiences being a women of the ‘80s and more.
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Exploring The Greatest Blues Guitarists of All Time [Episode 232] Oct 24, 2024

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Pete Prown is the author of The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends: The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music. It features over 150 of the genre’s greatest players and performers from the prewar era to present. From blues pioneers like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Memphis Minnie to today’s hottest guitar slingers like Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish, Prown presents his subjects by blues-defining eras and subgenres, including: early acoustic and country blues, Chicago blues, the British Invasion, blues rock, and more. Examine specific noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players’ first-person revelations and insights.
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Rock and Soul: The Career Of Stevie Van Zandt [Episode 231] Oct 18, 2024

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Robert Lawson is the author of the brand-new book Solidarity Forever: The Art and Soul of Stevie Van Zandt. As soon as he heard Van Zandt's debut solo album Men Without Women in early 1983, Robert was completely devoted to every note. He first met Van Zandt backstage on his Voice Of America solo tour in 1984, and has kept in touch with him ever since. He's now doing a serious deep dive to definitively document the musical career of the great Stevie Van Zandt. From his early days in New Jersey bands, to teaming up with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, to the Sopranos, and beyond. This is a book every Stevie Van Zandt fan should own!
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October Dead: Grateful Dead's Legendary October Concerts [Episode 230] Oct 16, 2024

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Back in June, I had author David Cain on to tell us about his book Infinite Dead: A Daily Guide to Grateful Dead Concert Performances Volume 2: July. I wanted to have him back on to talk about the first volume, which covers all the Dead shows during October. David made some time to come back on and I’m so glad he did. Very few bands deserve an in-depth look at a band’s live show, the Grateful Dead is at the top of that list.
Infinite Dead is a new, groundbreaking guide to Grateful Dead concerts. Authoritative and entertaining, Volume 1 features detailed reviews of every Grateful Dead concert performed in the month of October—over 200 shows, including:

The three-set, acoustic-electric performances at The Warfield in San Francisco and Radio City Music Hall in New York City;
Their five-night “final” stand at the Winterland Ballroom in 1974; and
Thirteen Halloween performances, from their first in 1966 to their last in 1991.

Also included in this volume is the band’s revival of “Dark Star” (10/9/89 Hampton Coliseum), “St. Stephen” (10/11/83 Madison Square Garden), and “Turn On Your Love Light” (10/16/81 Melkweg). What better month to talk about The Dead than the month of October!
David Cain has been listening to the music of the Grateful Dead for over forty years, including seeing live performances of the band in twenty-five cities in thirteen states during the course of three decades. David’s writing on music, sports, and other subjects has appeared in publications ranging from Addicted To Noise to USA Today’s Baseball Weekly. David lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The J. Geils Band: A Discography Deep Dive [Episode 229] Oct 12, 2024

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James Romag is the author of J. Geils Band: Every Album, Every Song. Part of Sonicbond’s On Track... series of books, it's a comprehensive overview of every track on Geils' 11 studio albums, with a look at their official live releases and a rundown of the musicians' projects beyond the band. Jim and I talk about the book and get into the classic albums including Full House, Bloodshot, Love Stinks, and the massively successful Freeze-Frame, along with the classic tracks recorded by the band including “Looking for a Love”, the instrumental “Whammer Jammer”, ”Give It to Me”, “Love Stinks”, “Centerfold”, and “Freeze-Frame”.
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A Leatherface Fan Journey: An Adventure of Friendship and Self-Discovery [Episode 228] Oct 11, 2024

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Chris MacDonald is a first-time guest to the podcast. He’s the author of the new book Days and Days: A Story about Sunderland's Leatherface and the Ties That Bind. Days and Days weaves together two stories. One is a tale of friendship and self-discovery that occurs during a backpacking adventure through England, Scotland, and Ireland. The other celebrates the highly influential yet underestimated UK band Leatherface, a group that The Guardian called “the greatest British punk band of the modern era.”
Without so much as a single hostel booked, Chris and his friend Jason cross the Atlantic. They sleep in train stations, endure a haunting on top of a volcano in Edinburgh, are driven out of Belfast by the IRA, and witness the mother of all storms. They also find themselves in the rehearsal space of their teenage punk idols, a building steeped in cultural significance for the Sunderland music scene.
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Rock & Roll Dreams and Iconic Collaborations with Musician/Author Elliott Murphy [Episode 227] Oct 09, 2024

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This episode's guest is veteran musician and author Elliott Murphy, who has released a new book titled Elliott Murphy’s Rock Dreams. I ask Elliott about his amazing body of work, his experiences working with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, and Mick Taylor, and his most recent book Elliott Murphy’s Rock Dreams. Elliott started posting his dreams on Facebook intermittently during the last few years. The response was overwhelming. Eventually, fans wanted to see Elliott’s nocturnal adventures be put into book form. There are 145 dreams in all included in the book and many famous names have entered Elliott’s dreams including The Beatles, Tom Petty, Steven Tyler, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Billy Joel, Jerry Garcia, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Dylan.
It’s off to rock and roll dreamland with Elliott Murphy!
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Unraveling The Mystery: Bon Scott's Life and Untimely Death [Episode 226] Oct 06, 2024

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Returning to the podcast is Jesse Fink, the author of the 2013 bestseller The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC, and the highly acclaimed 2017 book Bon: The Last Highway. He’s just released a follow-up to that book titled Bon: Notes From The Highway. Fink’s Bon: The Last Highway became an international sensation and is now recognized as the definitive biography of Bon Scott.
Fans have been clamoring for more to the Bon Scott story and with Bon: Notes from the Highway, he explores in greater detail the most significant relationship he had with a woman during his life: muse and recluse Silver Smith, who died in 2016 and granted Fink her last ever interviews. The full interviews with Silver are published here for the first and only time. It draws a close to the investigation Fink has led into Bon’s death, confirming his original findings. Released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Bon’s joining AC/DC in 1974, Fink has left no stone unturned in his quest to understand Bon Scott, the real man. Let’s find out what’s inside the book with author Jesse Fink.
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Unmasking KISS: A Deep Dive Into Every Album [Episode 225] Oct 03, 2024

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This episode’s guests are Tom & Zeus, hosts of the Shout It Out Loudcast, and authors of the book Raise Your Glasses: A Celebration of 50 Years of KISS Songs by Celebrities, Musicians, and Fans. Notable contributors like former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, wrestler/musician/podcaster Chris Jericho, legendary songwriter Desmond Child, and many more come together to provide exclusive insights into every track that has shaped the legendary band's illustrious career. It also includes exclusive special reviews by Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley. Tom & Zeus stopped by the podcast to give their unfiltered, honest view of every album from KISS!
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MC5: Rock's Most Revolutionary Band [Episode 224] Sep 28, 2024

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Brad Tolinski and Jaan Uhelszki are the authors of MC5 An Oral Biography of Rock’s Most Revolutionary Band. It’s an oral biography of the proto-punk Detroit rockers MC5. Centered around a series of interviews with MC5, their manager, and their inner circle—many of whom are no longer with us—that Tolinski and Uhelszki inherited from CREEM Magazine founding staffer and Mojo's US editor Ben Edmonds before his death, this book presents a genuinely candid, funny, and moving portrait of rock’s most uncompromising and articulate band.
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