Southern Songs and Stories is a documentary series about the music of the South and the artists who make it. We showcase their performances and discover the stories behind their songs with a look at their lives on stage, in the studio and at home as well as the family, friends, fans and music professionals around them.
What's It Worth To Sing This Song: Ed Snodderly
Aug 22, 2023
Show notes
Ed Snodderly is a renaissance man -- he is a prolific songwriter with a who’s who of artists performing his compositions; his lyrics to the song "The Diamond Stream" are featured in Nashville’s Country Music Hall Of Fame; he is half of the duo The Brother Boys with musical partner Eugene Wolf going back to their inception in the late 1980s, and this year he gave us his tenth solo album, Chimney Smoke. Ed also teaches songwriting at East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music program; we bring in commentary from one of many notable program graduates, Amythyst Kiah, to this episode as well.
We talk about the title song specifically, as well as what makes this collection, as Ed Snodderly’s press release says, a “quintessential Southern album”. In our conversation via video call, we also take on the meaning of Americana, what artists get from studying music from previous decades and centuries, how he sees the live music business in the age of COVID-19, and much more, including music from Ed’s new album.
Ed Snodderly
What's It Worth To Sing This Song: Ed Snodderly
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Songs heard in this episode:
“Chimney Smoke” by Ed Snodderly, from Chimney Smoke
“Just Like You River” by Ed Snodderly, from Chimney Smoke, excerpt
“Better Just Ride The Mule” by Ed Snodderly, from Chimney Smoke, excerpt
“Crow’s Fever” by Ed Snodderly, from Chimney Smoke
We appreciate it so much when you tell someone about this series, and it is easy to follow us on your podcast platform of choice, where it will only take a minute to give us a good rating, and where it is an option, a review. When you do that, it makes this series go up in the rankings, which means that more people just like you will find it, and more people will get turned on to the artists and endeavors we profile. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
Going Home to Where Dreams Come True: Miko Marks
Aug 01, 2023
Show notes
As Carl Sandburg said in his poem “Washington Monument by Night”, "Nothing happens unless first we dream." In the case of Miko Marks, her music career took off only after she had a literal dream, where she reunited with her old producer in a jam session. Prior to that, her dream of making it as a country music artist had long laid fallow, having been put to rest for more than a decade. Even without the backdrop of dashed hopes, dropping out and eventually, sweet redemption, Miko Marks’ story is a remarkable one. Her music is central to this resurgence, with three strong albums to her credit in the past two years, including her 2022 country soul collection Feel Like Going Home. That album especially set in motion a wave of accolades and media coverage, and set the stage for her to tour all over the US, including an appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, and Merlefest, where she also sang with Little Feat, whom she had toured with as well.
I caught up with Miko Marks recently at her return engagement at the Albino Skunk Music Festival in May 2023. We spoke before her set, and talked about the connections between country music, gospel and soul, her unique comeback story, and what changes in the music business she believes would help artists like herself, who have historically been on the outside looking in.
Miko Marks performing at the Albino Skunk Music Festival in Greer, SC 05/12/23
Going Home to Where Dreams Come True: Miko Marks
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
“One More Night” by Miko Marks, performed live at Albino Skunk Music Festival, 05/12/23
“Hard Times“ by Miko Mark, performed live at Albino Skunk, 05/12/23
“Long Journey Home” by Miko Marks, live at the Albino Skunk Festival, 05/12/23, excerpt
“Feel Like Going Home” by Miko Marks, live at Albino Skunk Fest 05/12/23
Thank you so much for dropping by and giving this episode a listen. Was this the first podcast from an artist performing at the Albino Skunk Music Festival that you have heard on this series? I bet you would enjoy recent episodes on Eilen Jewell and Jake Xerxes Fussell, who also performed at the festival last spring. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs. And big thanks to everyone at the Albino Skunk Music Festival for their incredible hospitality. This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. - Joe Kendrick
Roots Reinterpreted: The Folk Revival of Jake Xerxes Fussell
Jul 18, 2023
Show notes
In this series, we often spend time with artists and styles of music that are not celebrated in the mainstream, and our guest here is no exception. With a focus on music that is from artists living in the South and on music that has roots from the region, we are constantly talking with bluegrass, blues, country, rock and Americana artists in this endeavor. These forms of music are immensely important to the history and legacy of original music in this country, but they seldom are associated with today’s biggest stars, and even they are not the only game in town when one treks to the musical land of Niche. One reason why we love those genres is simply because they became so popular, fueling one of America’s great exports to the world. But it is easy to get wrapped up in that history and culture and lose sight of other traditions that also are not celebrated in the mainstream, nor are part of the narrative where roots music born in the South becomes foundational to a preponderance of popular music in the twentieth century. In this conversation with Jake Xerxes Fussell, I was reminded of that.
That reminder is just one part of our conversation, which took place in mid May 2023 at the Albino Skunk Music Festival in Greer, SC. Jake played a solo set on guitar, and afterwards we spoke about his deep roots in folklore, about his fourth album Good and Green Again, being a DJ on WHUP in Hillsborough NC and more in this episode which also features excerpts of music from his live set.
Jake Xerxes Fussell performs at the Albino Skunk Music Festival, 05/13/23
Roots Reinterpreted: The Folk Revival of Jakes Xerxes Fussell
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
“Raggy Levy” by Jake Xerxes Fussell, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05/13/23“Rock Steady” by Aretha Franklin, excerpt
“Morning Train” by Precious Bryant, from The Truth, excerpt
“Frolic” by Jake Xerxes Fussell, from Good and Green Again, excerpt
WHUP’s Fall Line Radio show excerpt from 07-12-23
“The River St. Johns” by Jake Xerxes Fussell, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05-13-23
We are so grateful when you tell someone about this series, and it is easy to follow us on your podcast platform of choice, where it will only take a minute to give us a good rating, and where it is an option, a review. When you do that, it makes this series go up in the rankings, which means that more people just like you will find it, and more people will get turned on to the artists and endeavors we profile. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
A Soundtrack for July 4th
Jul 01, 2023
Show notes
It is that time of year again -- the beginning of summer and in the U.S., Independence Day. The July 4th holiday is celebrated in many ways, including in song, like the one that starts off this podcast, Billy Stewart’s version of the George Gershwin and Edward Dubose Heyward classic “Summertime”. With over 25,000 versions recorded in its now almost 90 year history, it is the most recorded song in the world.
What are your favorite songs for the summer and for the holiday? We talk about the abundance of summertime and July 4th soundtrack possibilities in this episode, as we go back in time to a conversation I had on public radio station WNCW on my old show What It Is, a music talk show that featured a rotating roster of guests -- writers, music artists, DJs from WNCW and elsewhere, and music professionals. What It Is aired from 2007 to 2012, and this episode is from 2010, with the late Jeff Eason, along with then-WNCW host Zak Sitter, and Carol Rifkin, who continues to host the old time music show This Old Porch on WNCW on Sunday afternoons.
Fireworks! (photo: Jill Wellington)
A Soundtrack for July 4th
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
“Summertime” by Billy Stewart
“Rock Steady” by Aretha Franklin, excerpt
“The Star Spangled Banner” by Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, from Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
Thanks for dropping by, and we are even more grateful whenever you share this with someone. Sharing in person is tops, but please also follow us on your podcast platform of choice, and then it will only take a minute to give it a top rating and, where it is an option, a review. It makes a great impact! Great ratings, and reviews especially, will make Southern Songs and Stories and the artists it profiles more likely to find a home with more fans. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
Getting Back to the Essence of the Song With Greg Cartwright, Amanda Anne Platt and Wes Pearce
Jun 20, 2023
Show notes
This story begins with Citizen Vinyl, a combination vinyl pressing plant, recording studio, bar and restaurant in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, in the old Citizen-Times building. Built in the late 1930s, it was originally the home of two newspapers and the WWNC radio station. Wanting to host more events there, Citizen Vinyl reached out to Greg Cartwright, well known for his work in his band Reigning Sound; Greg then invited Amanda Anne Platt, who has been playing with her band The Honeycutters for more than a decade, and a relatively new artist in the Asheville scene, Wes Pearce.
Postcard from 1939 depicting Asheville, NC’s Pritchard Park and WWNC radio station
The three artists shared the stage on the ground floor of the three story building, in the open space between the bar, record shop and pressing plant, and played from their existing catalog of songs as well as many brand new songs that have not yet had their chance to make it into the adjacent room to be pressed into discs. The audience was quiet and attentive, and while Amanda, Greg and Wes played, the rest of the world receded to the background as everyone focused on the trio, who took turns playing their songs on acoustic guitar.
After their set, Amanda, Greg, Wes and I went upstairs to the old WWNC live performance studio to talk about the romantic atmosphere of their show, the resurgence of vinyl’s popularity and how the collectability of 45s and LPs has flipped since COVID-19 changed so much for all of us, how they navigate their music careers post-COVID, the local Asheville scene and more.
Live performance from 1939 on the radio in the WWNC studio where we taped our interview
Getting Back to the Essence of the Song With Greg Cartwright, Amanda Anne Platt and Wes Pearce
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters “The Road” from Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters
“Burden” by Wes Pearce, from Death & Darlins, excerpt
“Alive” by Reigning Sound, from Memphis In June, excerpt
“Girls Like You” by Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters, from The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Thanks for dropping by, and we are even more grateful whenever you share this with someone. Sharing in person is most appreciated, but please also follow us on your podcast platform of choice, and then it will only take a minute to give it a top rating and, where it is an option, a review. It is hugely impactful when you do this! Great ratings, and reviews especially, will make Southern Songs and Stories and the artists it profiles more likely to find a home with more fans. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs. Thanks also to Greg and Amy Gerald for hosting me during my stay in town and to Gar Ragland and everyone at Citizen Vinyl for their hospitality.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
Like Scenes From a Black & White Movie: Retro Cool and Minor Key Mystery With Eilen Jewell
Jun 06, 2023
Show notes
It was a warm and picturesque spring day in the South Carolina countryside, just outside of the city of Greer, on the grounds of the Albino Skunk Music Festival, which got its name from some white skunks that were on the property, land which used to be a working farm. Now a largely wooded little valley of twenty plus acres, with one stage and many vintage RVs and campers that have been repurposed as a green room, accommodations, even storage, as well as a 1951 GMC bus that was originally owned and operated by Greyhound, which still runs and occasionally travels to other festivals. I sat with Eilen Jewell at the building dubbed the Nap Shack, on the hillside behind the stage.
(L to R) Jerry Miller, Eilen Jewell, Jason Beek, Matt Murphy perform at the Albino Skunk Music Festival 05-13-23
It has been a tumultuous couple of years or so for Eilen Jewell. Much of the adversity and life lessons she took from this time are chronicled on her new album Get Behind The Wheel, her first involving an outside producer, Will Kimbrough — we touch on that as well as her love of Loretta Lynn, how she took her dad’s record collection as a kid, which transported her to a past filled with artists like Mississippi John Hurt and Bessie Smith that continue to inspire her today, and how her young daughter has picked up playing the guitar without learning, as Eilen says, all her own bad habits on the instrument.
Like Scenes From a Black & White Movie: Retro Cool and Minor Key Mystery With Eilen Jewell
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
Eilen Jewell “Where They Never Say Your Name” live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05-13-23
“The Bitter End” by Eilen Jewell, from Get Behind The Wheel, excerpt
“The Pill” by Eilen Jewell, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05-13-23
“Alive” by Eilen Jewell, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05-13-23
Thank you for being here, and we are even more grateful whenever you share this with someone. Sharing in person is most appreciated, but please also follow us on your podcast platform of choice, and then it will only take a minute to give it a top rating and, where it is an option, a review. Great ratings, and reviews especially, will make Southern Songs and Stories and the artists it profiles more likely to find a home with more fans. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs. Thanks also to Charles Wiggins at the Isothermal Community College library for pointing me to examples where people talked about feeling like they were born too late, as well as Touring Logistics for supplying audio of the live performances at Albino Skunk, to Mark Johnson for recording Eilen Jewell’s performances, and to Zig and everyone at the festival for their generous hospitality.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
Connections, Reflections and Collaborations: Peter Rowan’s Cosmic Americana
May 23, 2023
Show notes
We talked for an hour and a half and could have easily talked for much longer, although even in this relatively short time, it felt like our conversation was far greater than the time it occupied, almost like seeing the whole world in a grain of sand. Collaboration was the main topic we discussed, and as you will hear, collaboration for Peter Rowan comes naturally, and goes a lot deeper than just the songs themselves. Sixty years ago, he set foot on a path that would lead to one of his most noteworthy collaborations with Bill Monroe, joining the Blue Grass Boys in 1963. It was with Bill that he wrote the song “The Walls Of Time”, and in our conversation he details its genesis in a fateful sunrise experience with an enduring impact on him all those years ago.
Following his years with Monroe, Peter Rowan collaborated with Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice, Flaco Jimenez, David Grisman and more recently, Molly Tuttle, to name just a few. Peter and I talk about those collaborations; about standing close to the fire of the great Bill Monroe; which roots music artists from younger generations have that fire today; we dive into a bit of music theory as well as Buddhist concepts that can also apply to music, and much more in this easy going and far reaching conversation.
Peter Rowan
Connections, Reflections and Collaborations: Peter Rowan's Cosmic Americana
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
“The Walls Of Time” by Peter Rowan, from Crucial Country
“Doc Watson Morning” by Peter Rowan, from The Old School, excerpt
“Midnight On The Stormy Deep” by Bill Monroe, excerpt
“Midnight Moonlight” by Old & In The Way, from Old & In The Way, excerpt
“Squeeze Box Man” by Peter Rowan, from Texican Badman
Thank you for visiting, and are even more grateful whenever you share this with someone. Please follow us on your podcast platform of choice, and then it will only take a minute to give it a good rating and, where it is an option, a review. Great ratings, and reviews especially, will make Southern Songs and Stories and the artists it profiles more likely to be found by more people just like you. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs. Thanks also to our guests, and we encourage you to check out their work.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
Sierra Ferrell, Revisited
May 09, 2023
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Hello and welcome to Southern Songs and Stories, with a favorite episode from 2021 here on this re-podcast of The Country Heart and Jazz Mind of Sierra Ferrell, published in late July of that year. Since then, Sierra Ferrell has enjoyed seeing the ranks of her fans swell on the heels of Long Time Coming, her album released later that summer. Currently, she is working on her next album with a bigger sound, including drums and pedal steel guitar, as well as fiddle tunes.
Sierra Ferrell at the Albino Skunk Music Festival in May 2021
I interviewed Sierra Ferrell at the Albino Skunk Music Festival, which is happening again this week, May 11th through 13th in Greer SC, where I plan on interviewing more artists for future episodes here, so as we say in radio, stay tuned! Hopefully everything will line up for conversations with Miko Marks, Jake Xerxes Fussell and Eilen Jewell. Hope I am not jinxing things by saying that before I have the interviews in hand!
And a big tip of the hat to the Albino Skunk Festival, which is always punching above its weight with getting such great artists. Sierra Ferrell has blown up after playing there, and in its decades long history, internationally known artists like Lake Street Dive, The War and Treaty and Billy Strings have played the festival many times. The War and Treaty talked with me at Albino Skunk in 2019, by the way, and that remains one of my favorite episodes here as well.
Just two weeks ago I was at Merlefest where I interviewed Peter Rowan and Bella White, and you should be seeing episodes with their conversations here before too long. Lots going on as always in podcast land, and I hope to share another bit of positive news here soon, but nothing is set in stone so that will have to wait. What will not have to wait is for you to share Southern Songs and Stories with someone you know who likes music, or history and culture, and follow and give us a top rating on your podcast platform of choice.
Oh, and speaking of history, thanks to one of my favorite podcasts, The Road to Now, for sharing a clip from my podcasts on The Shelton Laurel Massacre on one of their recent episodes. You can find The Road To Now on Osiris Media, and co-host and Avett Brothers bass player Bob Crawford recently published his podcast miniseries Founding Son, on America’s sixth president John Quincy Adams, which is well worth a listen also.
Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy our episode on Sierra Ferrell.
Sierra Ferrell, Revisited
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
“Lonesome Woman Blues” by Sierra Ferrell live at Albino Skunk Festival 05/14/21
“I’d Do It Again” by Sierra Ferrell, live at Albino Skunk Festival 05/14/21, excerpt
“T For Texas” by Sierra Ferrell, live at Albino Skunk Festival 05/14/21, excerpt
“Whispering Waltz” by Sierra Ferrell, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05/14/21, excerpt
“Why’d Ya Do It” by Sierra Ferrell, live at Albino Skunk Festival 05/14/21, excerpt
“In Dreams” by Sierra Ferrell, live at Albino Skunk Music Festival 05/14/21
An Amalgamation Of Lineage and Style With Zoe & Cloyd
Apr 25, 2023
Show notes
They call it “Klezgrass”. Taking equal parts bluegrass and klezmer, husband and wife duo Zoe & Cloyd use fusion as their north star to guide their musical direction on their latest collection Songs Of Our Grandfathers. John Cloyd Miller and Natalya Weinstein’s fifth album draws from songs associated with John’s grandfather Jim Shumate, the fiddle player known for his time with Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and Natalya’s grandfather David Weinstein, a professional klezmer musician.
In this episode, John Cloyd Miller and Natalya Weinstein talk about the concept of their new collection, the importance of harmony to their sound and more, plus we welcome WNCW’s jazz host Roland Dierauf, as we dive into the world of old-time, bluegrass and klezmer music, featuring new music from Zoe & Cloyd, and sampling a famous jazz fusion record along the way as well.
John Cloyd Miller and Natalya Weinstein (photo By Sarah Johnston Photography)
An Amalgamation Of Lineage and Style With Zoe & Cloyd
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
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Songs heard in this episode:
“Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn” by Zoe & Cloyd, from Songs From Our Grandfathers
“On the Corner” by Miles Davis, from On the Corner, excerpt
“Up and At ‘Em” by Zoe & Cloyd, from Songs Of Our Grandfathers, excerpt
“We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart” by Zoe & Cloyd, from Songs Of Our Grandfathers
Thank you for visiting, and are even more grateful whenever you share this with someone. Please follow us on your podcast platform of choice, and then it will only take a minute to give it a good rating and, where it is an option, a review. Great ratings, and reviews especially, will make Southern Songs and Stories and the artists it profiles more likely to be found by more people just like you. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs. Thanks also to our guests, and we encourage you to check out their work.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
Psychedelia in the Carolinas Then and Now With The Get Right Band and Ken Friedman
Apr 11, 2023
Show notes
To be honest, I had never considered The Get Right Band to be psychedelic, and before hearing their album iTopia, had thought of them more as a kind of power pop group. But when I started diving in, one of the first things that jumped out was their own description of themselves as a “psychedelic indie rock power trio”, which was a kind of “a-ha” moment, because I was also listening to the new compilation Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the 60s and thinking of how to include it in an episode here. Although Psychedelic States and iTopia were separated by more than a fifty year span, and by their overall sound -- with The Get Right Band producing a far more crisp, bright and layered collection than what the scores of bands in the Psychedelic States compilation made -- the through line was undeniable: all of these songs are from North and South Carolina artists who are tagged as “psychedelic”. These were simultaneous discoveries that were just begging to be put side by side. First, we have a current band that proclaims to be psychedelic which I had not thought of in that context (iTopia certainly is), and second, we have a massive, three disc compilation of first generation psychedelic bands that were all but forgotten -- with the overall feeling of discovering an extinct species in our backyard, only to find that there is a ‘Psychedelisaurus’ alive and well in the same area.
The Get Right Band
Starting with the dawn of psychedelia in the mid 1960s, there has been a veritable rabbit hole of trippy music coming from both of the Carolinas, which Ken Friedman helped document in the new three volume set Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the 60s. Carrying the mantle of mind bending music in 2023 is Asheville NC trio The Get Right Band, who have released the concept album iTopia, their sixth and most ambitious collection. In this episode, you will hear from The Get Right Band’s front man Silas Durocher and radio veteran and record hound Ken Friedman about the history of psychedelic music in the Carolinas, how the Psychedelic States compilation came into being against some pretty tall odds, and about The Get Right Band’s new album, its concept and creation, and musical excerpts from both collections.
Bands from Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the 60s
Psychedelia in the Carolinas Then and Now With The Get Right Band and Ken Friedman
Joe Kendrick/Osiris Media/WNCW
Songs heard in this episode:
The Electric Prunes “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”, excerpt
“iTopia” by The Get Right Band, from iTopia
“If I Had It” by The Wyld, from Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the 60s, excerpt
“Black Holes of Negativity part 3 (saying no)” by The Get Right Band, from iTopia, excerpt
“I Guess That’s Why” by Teen-Beets, from Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the 60s, excerpt
“Hell Yes, Refresh” by The Get Right Band, from iTopia
Thank you for visiting, and are even more grateful whenever you share this with someone. Please follow us on your podcast platform of choice, and then it will only take a minute to give it a good rating and, where it is an option, a review. Great ratings, and reviews especially, will make Southern Songs and Stories and the artists it profiles more likely to be found by more people just like you. This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes of this podcast on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, where we worked with Joshua Meng who wrote and performed our theme songs. Thanks also to our guests, and we encourage you to check out their work.
Want to hear more about North Carolina’s often overlooked musical legacy? In this episode Ken Friedman mentioned that Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple were among the kids who picked up on the vibe of local acts like Teen-Beets -- Stamey and Holsapple would form The dB’s, who were hugely influential and popular in the New Wave era. My hunch is that you would probably enjoy our previous episode titled We Thought You Wanted To Know, Too: Peter Holsapple and The dB’s
Also, there is much more conversation with Silas Durocher and Ken Friedman that did not make it into this episode. So if you’re wanting to hear those in full, please let me know, and you can find me on social media and by email at southernsongsandstories.com.
This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. — Joe Kendrick
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