Dude! Check Out This Song

This is the final episode of this podcast so we decided to do an award show about all that we have learned this season. Thank you to all who have listened but we are starting another podcast call Tome of F*cking Knowledge so plaes check that out.

Bradley Nowell made some amazing music but would he make it so see any success. Listen in to find out

Lemmy is one of the most respected hard rockers out there and he had a few things to say about that

Tom Waits persona is that of drunks and gutters but his life was mainly based around art

Hank Williams sr had a short but magical recording career. Why was it so short you might ask? We explain in this episode

He was a wild man on stage but was the the killer more then just Jerry Lee Lewis's nickname?  

Phil Spector recorded great music but also had a very dark side.

With a rough childhood and enough tragedy for three lives,  Bobby Womack can sure make you feel the emotions in his singing.  https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=W9FndOj1TKSY33cd06gOlg

Hasil Adkins is the most hillbilly man with some of the strangest music you'll ever hear. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=7dMDUY9MR9KI4j_IwmPk5A

On this episode we bring you one the nicest men ever and one of our favorite guitar players Mississippi John Hurt. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=MKUFyGETTyuTkPhSBDcDZg

Spade Cooley is a self described King of Western Swing but he also has a very dark side.  https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=KuMqY_UkTbqS8W0h6rb2iA

From gospel to soul singer, Sam Cooke's life is one crazy and short ride https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=c9JeCrW6TLmQBrDbJdUiaQ

After episode after episode of references we finally get to the one, the only Bob Dylan. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=HZAVgaevQ2yLMjdj6OU93g

If you thought James Brown was a hard working man listen to this episode about Frank Zappa and you may change your mind. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=qYaEq86yQDyUyje3Ekk_aQ

Townes Van Zandt's music might be sad but it can also be some of the most beautiful you can hear.  https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=vRzd7QacQTOyDP_t0inWxg

You may not have heard of them but they helped create a ton of bands. We bring you The Velvet Underground https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=c57me2AkT2GWlIh6g6jRYQ

In this episode the Brits fight for the right to play music on the radio

The quick and loud career of this proto punk, MC5, left a lasting image on the bands that came after them. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=UmncpEhRQVm3Kqu-cG6hmg

The Sonics are a legendary proto-punk band from the 60's hailing out of Tacoma Washington. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=JZeptu4_QLmITNEsCkZ6og

This episode is about the insane story of Roky Ericson. Pun intended.  https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=3f2HtZxdQHK0zAJvJqYbQw

Boxer, piano player, opera singer, war hero (maybe), wild man. Screamin' Jay Hawkins was a lot of things but the mainly just a talented person. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=MIvjHljvSb67_ZRffJEtcA

On this episode we talk about one of musical icons. If you don't know about the day the music died listen to this episode  

Janis Martin got an early start to her career and made some amazing music. How is she not talked about in all rock and roll discussions.  https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=Vi1tjy_3RCWavkyWO1GhnQ

The Del Vikings have only one lesson to teach in this cautionary tale https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=Uy1ZUbbuS1i3IqaLUUrK3Q

You may not have heard of Dale Hawkins but you have definitely heard his most famous song suzie q. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=jHj-rPFsQ2erXKg4-v2cDA

In the doo wop world it seems like there hundreds of bands with the same name but there is only one clovers. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=DnNDIVvuTaW2QgC0Efee7g

Only one man can write an instrumental so dangerous that it is band in multiple radio stations and that man is Link Wray. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=rK1GB6nsQ12QZ5lg3U3YKA

There's only one record company you think of when you talk about the start of rockabilly and that's sun records https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=ZrZUj0UCSSCGZuZfKel3bA

When you think of the king of rock and roll you might think Elvis Presley but Little Richard deserves to have a look at the title. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=T8SYWvUGQLmddCj_L_lGXg

T-Bone Walker started his career as a jazz musician but eventually became a highly influential blue musician https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=MYRPYD1xRKSx2rdnDerUlA

It's hard to pinpoint exactly where rock'n'roll started but if you listen to Sister Rosetta Tharpe you can hear rock'n'roll 15 years before it was a thing. https://open.spotify.com/user/p6t6u2gmlwqpt8e3bw0l2bquo?si=b-6jDYcNQJ2OcjOhG2R0kg

In this episode we look into other influences for rock'n'roll. Bob Wills is the king of western swing and he could put on a performance. He also might sell some product for companys too

Howlin' Wolf may have gotten a late start to his career but he would end up becoming one of the most influential blue artist

Pat Hare helped make distortion more popular but he is more well known for a song that would predicting his future.

Some songs are life changing in turns of the music business. Big Joe Turner didn't get his credit when he was alive so we try celebrate his contribution to rock n roll

If there is one song that every bodies heard it's hound dog. Elvis is not the first person to record this song. That honor goes to Big Mama Thornton 

From childhood to adulthood, Billie Holiday's life was filled with nothing but turmoil.

Django Reinhart invented gypsy jazz but it almost didn't happen because of an accident the severely damaged his main tools to play the guitar. His Hands!

Sometimes music isn't appreciated in its time and only survives because of the passion that the artist put into their songs. On this episode we talk about Bukka White who never got the recognition he deserved until later in his life.

We have mentioned John and Alan Lomax more then anybody else up to this point so its about damn time wwe covered them.

Some musicians fade into obscurity from everyone except for other musicians. Bix Beiderbecke is the most influential jazz musician you never heard of. 

House of the rising sun is a song older then you think but where did it come from?

Sometimes you're too sick to do your normal job so you decide to start singing and you invent a whole new style of music

Sometimes people who reinvent the wheel for their genre; die in relative obscurity because they get in their own way. That man on this episode is Charlie Parker.

On this episode we talk with our buddy MadShroom MC and he's higher then a bumble bee

In 1942 the AFM did a music recording and for two years the recording studios were left practically empty.

When you want to sell soul to the devil there's only one place to go. Robert Johnson knew where to go...or did he?

In this episode we cover a legendary folk musician who might have had some controversial political opinions. That man is Woody Guthrie

If you need to get yourself out of jail you can do what Leadbelly did. Just write a song asking for your release.

This episode is about the crazy drinkin banjo pickin Charlie Poole

On this episode we cover the legendary blues musician Son House