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"Loudmouth: A Novel"/Robert Duncan [Episode 73] Jul 28, 2022

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Thomas Ransom, born to a severely dysfunctional southern family transplanted to New York City, is left to his own devices by neglectful parents, and spends his childhood shadowing his criminally-inclined half-brother and roaming the city with hard-drinking teenage pals. He eventually finds an outlet as the flamboyant singer of a downtown rock band, and later as the young editor of the Detroit-based magazine that invented punk, only to return to New York, at the height of the 1970s bacchanal, and crash. But it isn’t music that saves him. It’s a soft-spoken painter, who turns out to be the most outrageous character of all. With echoes of Almost Famous and Just Kids, “Loudmouth” tracks an impassioned musician and writer out among the punks, hippies, and wild geniuses of rock when music was the center of the world.
Author Robert Duncan was barely out of his teens when he started writing for the influential music magazine Creem, becoming its managing editor at 22. He went on to write for Rolling Stone, Circus, Life, and dozens of other publications, interviewing hundreds of rock stars at the top of their game. In the process, Duncan became a rock Zelig: he shares tales of his time with a young, scrawny Bruce Springsteen while driving him around Detroit; he introduces The Clash‘s Mick Jones and Joe Strummer to a broken-down piano player of dubious ability, leading to a hilariously disastrous recording session with the band; he works alongside legendary rock critic Lester Bangs, witnesses his tragic spiral, and finally discovers him dead of an OD in the apartment next door. Robert is also the author of the first ever biography on KISS – 1978’s “KISS”.
Robert joins us from his home near San Francisco to talk about all of those experiences which provided the fuel for his debut novel “Loudmouth”!
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"The Beatle Who Vanished"/Jim Berkenstadt [Episode 72] Jul 21, 2022

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HOW COULD DRUMMER JIMMIE NICOL SIMPLY VANISH AFTER PLAYING WITH THE BEATLES IN 1964?
“The Beatle Who Vanished” is the first historical account of Jimmie Nicol, an unknown drummer whose journey from humble beginnings to saving The Beatles' first world tour was only one part of his legend. Though his 13 days of fame made headlines, the true mystery of Nicol's story is riddled with blacklisting, betrayal, drugs, divorce, bankruptcy and an eventual disappearance that led many to question whether he is dead or alive.
Berkenstadt uncovers the incredible details of a Beatles story never before revealed:
* Draws on new documentary evidence
* Interviews with The Beatles, Nicol and eyewitnesses
* Inner circle tour accounts of Nicol and The Beatles
* Uncovers the secrets behind his post-Beatles career and disappearance
* Over 100 rare archival photographs and memorabilia illustrations
* Features a Foreword by Former Beatles Bass Player, Chas Newby
“The Beatle Who Vanished” is an Amazon Bestseller and is being made into a major motion picture. Find out from Jim the latest on that motion picture plus Jim shares a story of a recent encounter with Jimmy Nicol that you won't find in the book. You’ll want to hear this one!
Jim Berkenstadt is a bestselling author, producer, music historian and consultant who has documented the history of several rock and roll musicians. He is founder of the firm Rock And Roll Detective, LLC, which provides content and consulting services to the entertainment industry. He recently was credited for his work on The Beatles new Disney+ documentary, “Get Back”.
Berkenstadt's newest book, “Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed”, uncovers and solves Rock And Roll's greatest myths, mysteries, conspiracies and hoaxes. He’s co-authored “Black Market Beatles: The Story Behind The Lost Recordings”; “Nevermind Nirvana”; “Goldmine The Beatles Digest”; and edited “John, Paul & Me: Before The Beatles”.
Berkenstadt has lent his talent to TV and film productions as well. He has served as the historical consultant on several high-profile projects including: Martin Scorsese's Emmy Award winning documentary, “George Harrison: Living In The Material World”; “The Beatles Help! DVD”; “The Traveling Wilburys” box set” DVD; “George Harrison Dark Horse Years” box set DVD documentary; “The Beatles First US Visit” DVD website; “VH1 Behind The Music” and “Dick Clark's Teen Idol Special” (ABC). He also appears as an expert on two REELZ documentary series.
In the record industry, Berkenstadt has been active in producing, research, and liner note writing. His credits include: Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys box set (2004); George Harrison - The Dark Horse Years box set (2004); George Harrison - All Things Must Pass reissue CD box (2021); Garbage - Version 2.0, Bleed like Me, Absolute Garbage (1998-2007); Live At The Edgewater: Tex Beneke, Stan Kenton & Ralph Flanagan (2000 - Producer); and Live At The Edgewater: Jimmy Dorsey & Woody Herman (1998 - Producer).
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Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed www.musicmysterybook.com
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"Motörhead: Every Album, Every Song"/Duncan Harris [Episode 71] Jul 15, 2022

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A perfect companion to the recorded output of a unique band, this book part of Sonicbond Publishing’s “On Track” series, covers all of Motörhead’s studio output plus rarities and significant solo work from the late great Lemmy.
Beginning with the highly regarded trio of albums that ended the 1970s, the book continues through the line-up hardships and turmoil of the 1980s to the occasionally awkward musical experiments of the early 1990s, closing with the band’s triumphant two-decade-long career revival.
Motörhead are arguably the greatest rock and roll band in history, but it took many years to win that accolade. This is the story of the band that refused to die. Their beginning called The Vengeful Bastard was a tough one. They had to deal with wayward producers, hostile record companies, a couple of false starts and even the ignominy of being proclaimed the Worst Band in the World by the NME!
Famed for its loudness, Motörhead has proved inspirational for a host of newer bands and created two sub-genres of heavy music: speed and thrash metal. Not bad for a band who announced themselves with: ‘We are Motörhead, and we play rock and roll.’ at live gigs.
Duncan Harris started as a music journalist and interviewer in the 1980s, writing for fanzines and magazines. He contributed to the Rough Guides music series and, until recently, maintained a long series of reviews for the Internet website The Dreaded Press. This book is the result, a labour of love for an iconic band. He’s also the author of another “On Track” book – “Hawkwind: Every Album, Every Song”, covering the band Lemmy was once a member of, so Duncan will talk a little about that book as well during this episode. He joins from his home in Wiltshire, UK.
Purchase a copy of "Motörhead: Every Album, Every Song" through Burning Shed in the UK: https://burningshed.com/duncan-harris_motorhead-on-track_book
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Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRYgYdoF9wA
Listen to the acoustic version of “Ace Of Spades” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRYgYdoF9wA
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"Warren Zevon: Every Album, Every Song"/Peter Gallagher [Episode 70] Jul 07, 2022

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Bruce Springsteen called him “one of the great, great American songwriters”, Jackson Browne hailed him as “the first and foremost proponent of song noir”, and Stephen King once said that if he could write like him, he “would be a happy guy”. The list of artists that lined up to appear on his records include Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Dave Gilmour and Emmylou Harris. So how is it that most people, if they have heard of Warren Zevon at all, know him only as “that Werewolves' guy”?
This book goes beyond that solitary hit single to examine all aspects of Zevon's multifaceted, five-decade career, from his beginnings in the slightly psychedelic folk duo Lyme and Cybelle, through to his commercial breakthrough in the late Seventies with ‘Excitable Boy’, his critically acclaimed late Eighties comeback ‘Sentimental Hygiene’, his decline into cult obscurity, and his triumphant if heart-breaking final testament, ‘The Wind’, released just prior to his death in 2003. Along the way the reader will discover one of rock's consummate balladeers, as well as a cast of characters including doomed drug dealers, psychopathic adolescents, outlaws of the Old West, BDSM fetishists, ghostly gunslingers, an unfeasibly large assembly of apes, and, yes, lycanthropes unleashed on the streets of London.
Peter Gallagher is the author of Marc Bolan, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and T. Rex: Every Album, Every Song, a previous volume in Sonicbond's “On Track” series. He is a regular contributor to Shindig! magazine and his fiction has appeared in Writing Magazine and The London Reader. His next book will be “Kiss in the 1970s”, also for Sonicbond, and he is working on a novel set in the Weimar Republic, which he hopes will see publication some time before the cows come home. He lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JyTplSInQCaYPC4cR4daL?si=06e8fb0651ef4363
Listen to “Follow Me” (#65 single from 1966) from Warren Zevon’s early duo project Lyme and Cybelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OwklTxG-rQ
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Classic Rock Expiration Dates, McCartney/Lennon Misunderstood, Is Dylan Still Worth Listening To? Author Tim Riley Sounds Off! [Episode 69] Jun 30, 2022

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Author and NPR critic Tim Riley is our guest to talk about his prolific career as a music critic, author of several books on rock history, his brand-new website and latest venture The Riley Rock Report: an audio newsletter which was launched in March. It builds on his book-length multimedia anthology of reviews due out in 2023 titled "Millennium Pop: Music Love & Squalor". Over 100 essays by Riley covering the past 40 years.
Starting with the website we veer off into various discussions including older rock artists playing youthful music for older audiences. Who gets it right? Who doesn’t? Is there an expiration date for rock and roll musicians? The state of rock and roll radio today, the recent rock bio movie craze, streaming services, the Beatles and what we get wrong about the John Lennon and Paul McCartney partnership. Also, Tim has some strong opinions on Bob Dylan’s recent music. All of that before we wrap things up with Tim’s brand-new digital project due out in 2023 that will take writing and reading about rock music to a new level.
Tim Riley reviews pop and classical music for WBUR’s widely syndicated “Here and Now and On Point”, and has written for the New York Times, truthdig, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Slate, Salon, and many other publications. He was trained as a classical pianist at Oberlin College and Eastman School of Music. Since 2009, he has taught digital journalism at Emerson College in Boston.
Brown University hosted Riley as its music critic-in-residence in 2008. His first book, “Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary” (Knopf/Vintage 1988), a critique of the Beatles’ music, won praise from Jon Pareles of The New York Times for bringing “New insight to the act we’ve known for all these years.” The book established Riley as an author of rock history critiques. His television appearances include Morning Joe, PBS NewsHour, CBS Morning and Evening News, MTV, and the History Channel.
Visit Tim Riley’s website: https://timrileyauthor.com
Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/12Aa7GeN2NAkKIl7HdmmQ4?si=f3bb94ed4e4c4a6b
Recommended Reading From Tim Riley
Lenny Kaye’s “Lightning Striking: en Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll”: https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Striking-Transformative-Moments-Rock/dp/0062449206/ref
Dan Charnas’ “Dilla Tim: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm”: https://www.amazon.com/Dilla-Time-Afterlife-Producer-Reinvented/dp/0374139946/ref
Kenneth Womack and Jason Kruppa’s “All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs”: https://www.amazon.com/All-Things-Must-Pass-Away/dp/1641603259/ref
Elizabeth Wilson’s “Playing With Fire”: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Fire-Yudina-Pianist-Stalins/dp/0300253931/ref
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"Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (& Lived to Tell About It)"/Bill German [Episode 68] Jun 23, 2022

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At age sixteen, Bill German began publishing a Rolling Stones fanzine out of his bedroom in Brooklyn. And when he presented an issue to the band on a street in New York, he obviously made an impression: before he knew it, the Stones had hired him to document their career, inviting him into the studio and to their private jam sessions. He traveled the world with them, stayed at their homes, and, for almost two decades, witnessed their wild parties and nasty feuds. Yet through it all, he never lost his identity as that “nice boy from Brooklyn.”
“Under Their Thumb” is a fish-out-of-water tale about a fan who wanted to know everything about his favorite rock group—and suddenly learned too much.
Bill German majored in journalism at New York University until he dropped out to follow the Stones. He co-authored “The Works” with guitarist Ron Wood and has written about the group for Rolling Stone and Spin. He lives in New York City.
To purchase a copy of the updated edition of “Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It)” visit Backbeat Books’ website http://backbeatbooks.com/books/9781493065080
Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FVOegv3Opn3nLgADQkFRd?si=e5b146e6b7a84675
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"Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey"/Michael Goldberg [Episode 67] Jun 16, 2022

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If you don’t recognize the name James Calvin Wilsey, odds are you’ve heard him. His hypnotic guitar work on Chris Isaak’s top ten single from 1989 “Wicked Game” made Isaak an international star. But there is much more to his story than his guitar work on this iconic song.
Goldberg’s book is an incredibly in-depth look into the dark side of San Francisco in the 1970s & 80s, and the dark side of rock ‘n roll in general, through the wild life of one Jimmy Wilsey. Wilsey was the “heart and soul” of the San Francisco punk band the Avengers, and worked with Chris Isaak for over a decade before he crashed and burned. Wilsey’s story is the story of San Francisco punk rock, the story of one of the greatest punk bands, the Avengers, “the story of every working musician,” and the nightmare of drug addiction. It’s the story of the dark side of rock & roll.
“Wicked Game – The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey” includes over 100 photos and flyers by avant-garde artist Bruce Conner, Avengers singer/songwriter Penelope Houston, Blondie’s Chris Stein, Ruby Ray, Chester Simpson, Sue Brisk, Marcus Leatherdale, Amy Starks, Michael Zagaris, Hugh Brown, James Stark, Jimmy Wilsey and others.
Author Michael Goldberg is a journalist, novelist, and photographer. He’s been interviewing and photographing musicians since he was seventeen. He was a senior writer at Rolling Stone magazine for a decade. His writing also appeared in Esquire, New Musical Express, Creem, DownBeat, New York Rocker, Trouser Press, Musician, New West, Vibe, New Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications.
Purchase a copy of “Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey" through Hozac Records: https://hozacrecords.com/product/wicked-game/
Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2UHY7zjdibwNjB8Wv0t7Py?si=7abfc172502e4627
Read Michael Goldberg’s article on James Wilsey’s passing for Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/king-of-slow-guitarist-james-calvin-wilsey-784335/
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"The Clash: All The Albums All The Songs"/Martin Popoff [Episode 66] Jun 09, 2022

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Established in 1976 at the fore London’s punk rock insurgence, The Clash featuring lead singer and guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and singer Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon would outlast their peers while creating some of the most influential albums in rock ’n’ roll history. In “The Clash: All The Albums All The Songs”, author Martin Popoff dissects each of the Clash’s ninety-one studio tracks, examining the circumstances that led to their creation, the recording processes, the historical contexts and more. In addition, introductory essays set the scene for the band’s six studio releases (including the double LP ‘London Calling’ and the triple ‘Sandinista!’) and feature sidebars detailing studios, release dates, personnel, and more. Illustrated with rare performance and offstage photography, along with images of 7-inch singles sleeves and gig posters, the resulting volume is a fitting tribute to the foursome whose staunch political stance and groundbreaking amalgam of punk, rockabilly, reggae, and hip-hop earned the title “The Only Band That Matters.”
At approximately 7,900 (with over 7,000 appearing in his books), Popoff has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. He’s penned approximately 108 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock, and record collecting. He was Editor-In-Chief of the now retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Canada’s foremost metal publication for 14 years, and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com, and hardradio.com, with many record label band bios and liner notes to his credit as well.
Martin has also been a regular contractor to Banger Films, having worked for two years as researcher on the award-winning documentary “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage”, on the writing and research team for the 11-episode “Metal Evolution” and on the ten-episode “Rock Icons”, both for VH1 Classic. Martin is also the writer of the original metal genre chart used in “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey” and throughout the “Metal Evolution” episodes. We talk to Martin from his home in Toronto.
Purchase a copy of “The Clash: All The Albums All The Songs” through PM Press: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1259
Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MTLT3N9AnwGD12Fbxip06?si=da9bb1c6bf994c3f
Visit Martin Popoff’s official website: www.martinpopoff.com
Visit Martin Popoff’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MartinPopoffAuthor
Listen to Martin Popoff’s Podcast “History In Five Songs with Martin Popoff: http://pantheonpodcasts.com/history-in-five-songs
Visit The Contrarians (featuring Martin Popoff) YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6urvYtxro-VTlF8lSsu8iQ
Visit the Sea of Tranquility (featuring Martin Popoff) YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/seaoftranquilityprog
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"We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001, Expanded Edition"/Eric Davidson [Episode 65] Jun 02, 2022

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Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, the Hives—all sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, enjoying various degrees of success and luck, played for throngs of fans in venues ranging from dive bars to massive festivals, but were mostly ignored by a music industry focused on mega-bands and shiny pop stars. “We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988–2001” tracks the inspiration and beautiful destruction of this largely undocumented movement. What they took, they fought for, every night. They reveled in '50s rock 'n' roll, '60s garage rock, and '70s punk while creating their own wave of gut-busting riffs and rhythm.
The majority of bands that populate this book—the Gories, the Supersuckers, the Dwarves, the Mummies, Rocket from the Crypt, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and the Muffs among them—gained little long-term reward from their nonstop touring and brain-slapping records. What they did have was free liquor, cheap drugs, chaotic romances, and a crazy good time, all the while building a dedicated fan base that extends across the world. Truly, this is the last great wave of down-and-dirty rock 'n' roll.
In this expanded edition, Eric Davidson reveals more about the punk undergut with a new preface, postscript, and even more photos. The book also includes free twenty-song download.
Purchase a copy of “We Never Learn - The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001, Expanded Edition”: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493059867/We-Never-Learn-The-Gunk-Punk-Undergut-1988-2001-ExpandedEdition
Signed copies for sale at: https://store.wexarts.org/weneverlearn
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Listen to a playlist of the music discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iHKKn9m8e44QZuqvFsiHR?si=b3ddbd54635c4c13
Listen to The Gibson Brothers debut album from 1988 “Big Pine Boogie”: https://youtu.be/U31Gt4tWcZc
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"Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott & AC/DC’s Back In Black, Updated Edition"/Jesse Fink [Episode 64] May 26, 2022

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An affectionate, honest tribute now updated with new revelations about the rock and roll icon who helped make AC/DC an international sensation, the second edition of “Bon: The Last Highway” includes a brand new 16-page introduction.
Fink examines new information from French media that changes what we know about who was with Bon Scott the night he died, the London drug-dealing connections of the late Alistair Kinnear, a possible heroin link involving the late Yes bassist Chris Squire and revised theories on how Bon died.
With unprecedented access to Bon's lovers and newly unearthed documents, this updated edition contains a new introduction and more revelations about the singer's death, dispelling once and for all the idea that Scott succumbed to acute alcohol poisoning on February 19, 1980.
Meticulously researched and packed with fresh information, “Bon: The Last Highway” is an affectionate, honest tribute to a titan of rock music.
Jesse Fink, born in London in 1973 was raised and educated in Sydney, Australia. He’s author of five books including two internationally bestselling biographies: The aforementioned “Bon: The Last Highway” and “The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC”. He was senior editor of non-fiction at HarperCollins Publishers for five years before going on to winning several prestigious sports writing awards as a sports journalist. He’s also written non-fiction biographies including his most recent – “Pure Narco”, the life story of Cuban-American cocaine trafficker Luis Navia and his dramatic arrest in Venezuela by agents of the DEA and United States Customs Service.
Purchase a copy of “Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back In Black, Updated Edition of the Definitive Biography” through ECW Press: https://ecwpress.com/products/bon-the-last-highway-the-untold-story-of-bon-scott-and-ac-dc-s-back-in-black-updated-edition-of-the-definitive-biography
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