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A relaxed music history podcast that focuses on a variety topics from the unknown years

Ian Rochon


    • Apr 13, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 53 EPISODES


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    Ep 52 This is the end

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 61:56


    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.

    Ep 51 Extra double sad

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 63:10


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

    Ep 50 I learned to give up the guitar and play bass

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 59:18


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

    Ep 49 He made it night and added a hooker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 74:32


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

    Ep 48 Despite being an unreliable drunk...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 69:00


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

    Ep 47 Well...He is from Louisiana

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 51:22


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

    Ep 46 Music and guns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 43:17


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

    Ep 45 You don't know rough until you've had a pig snout sandwich

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 51:54


    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

    Ep 44 Classic HIllbilly

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 51:29


    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

    Ep 43 Sweetest man ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 54:22


    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

    Ep 42 Slightly more goofy Roy Roger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 43:51


    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

    Ep 41 Orgies for god

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 41:24


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

    Ep 40 All hail the DCOTS god

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 108:11


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

    Ep 39 The real hardest working man in music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 70:02


    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

    Ep 38 Day drink and have a pity party

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 55:42


    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

    Ep 37 If your not in the know you won't understand

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 66:22


    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

    Ep 36 They're doing it on boats

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 50:35


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

    Ep 35 Kick out the jams motherf******

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 52:05


    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

    Ep 34 Home state hero's...to us anyway

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 68:09


    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

    Ep 33 The very best ones are sent from heaven by buddy holly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 77:48


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

    Ep 32 Middle weight champion of alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 59:56


    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

    Ep 31 I hope your ol' bus freezes up

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 68:41


    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  

    Ep 30 How have we never heard of her?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 61:23


    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

    Ep 29 Too many bands, not enough hits

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 38:35


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

    Ep 28 You either s*** or get off the f****** pot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 56:04


    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

    Ep 27 Doo wop it

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 57:06


    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

    Ep 26 Who knew instrumentals were so dangerous

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 48:18


    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

    Ep 25 The sun shines like a spotlight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 58:11


    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

    Ep 24 The Real King Of Rock And Roll

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 48:43


    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

    Ep 23 Is he a jazz musician or a blues musician

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 55:18


    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

    Ep 22 Can't no man play like me

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 71:38


    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

    Ep 21 A little bit of commercialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 47:20


    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

    Ep 20 Level fifteen bluesman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 52:49


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

    Ep 19 Prophetic Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 36:55


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

    Ep 18 Same theme once again

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 47:10


    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

    Ep 17 Puzzle piece to rock n roll

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 54:59


    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 

    Ep 16 If you do one thing check out strange fruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 49:10


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

    Ep 15 Two fingers are better then four

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 56:23


    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!

    Ep 14 I never had a man kiss me dead in the mouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 45:32


    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.

    Ep 13 The Men, The Myths, The Legends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 62:02


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

    EP 12 What? I'm a Jazz Musician

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 58:29


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

    Ep 11 There Is A House Where?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 50:44


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

    Ep 10 Livin' that brakeman life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 41:43


    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

    Ep 9 Don't Do Heroin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 74:54


    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.

    Interview 1-MadShroom MC

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 89:25


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

    Ep 8 Dude! Where's The Music

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 79:53


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

    Ep 7 Just Waitin' At The Crossroads

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 57:28


    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?

    Ep 6 Do You Feel Very Communist Right Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 70:12


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

    Ep 5 Try Me On Parole

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 53:11


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

    Ep 4 Banjo Pickin' Son Of A Bitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 49:33


    This episode is about the crazy drinkin banjo pickin Charlie Poole

    Ep 3 Just zinging it, man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 42:59


    On this episode we cover the legendary blues musician Son House

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