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Now Spinning Music Magazine - Interviews & Reviews
From Argent to Rainbow: Russ Ballard's Iconic Songwriting Journey

Now Spinning Music Magazine - Interviews & Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 43:10


Russ Ballard on ‘Songs from the Warehouse' and the Hits That Shaped RockDiscover the music and magic of legendary songwriter Russ Ballard in this in-depth interview! Best known for writing chart-topping hits like “Since You've Been Gone” (Rainbow), “Winning” (Santana), “I Surrender” (Rainbow), and “God Gave Rock and Roll to You” (Kiss), Russ opens up about his incredible career, his iconic modified Fender Strat, and his brand-new double album on Frontiers Records: Songs from the Warehouse & The Hits Rewired.Learn how classic tracks came to life, the inspiration behind fresh material like “Courageous,” and what fans can expect from his upcoming shows. Don't miss this chance to hear the stories behind some of rock's most enduring anthems—straight from the man who wrote them.Thank you for all your supportPhil

The Johnny Beane Podcast
Exclusively Van Halen: Skip's Music Auction Features Eddie Van Halen smashed Kramer! 12/7/24

The Johnny Beane Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 42:48


https://youtube.com/live/4PR7lkbETbQ Arthur “Skip” Maggiora, the late entrepreneur and beloved local music legend behind Skip's Music in Sacramento, California, left an enduring legacy in the music world. Over the years, he curated an extraordinary collection of vintage guitars, many of which were played by legendary artists such as Eddie Van Halen and Gene Simmons. Now, this remarkable collection—comprising approximately 150 instruments—will be featured in a live charity auction starting December 17. Maggiora, who passed away last year after a long battle with kidney disease, envisioned using his passion for music to give back. In honor of his legacy, all proceeds from the auction will benefit music and youth-focused charities. The collection boasts several rare and historically significant guitars, including a 1954 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst from the instrument's inaugural production year and a 1955 Fender Strat in a striking metallic green finish. Among the standout pieces are two Van Halen treasures: a 1980s Kramer EVH Prototype, signed and famously smashed by Eddie Van Halen, and a late-1980s Kramer Monsters of Rock Baretta, signed by Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and Sammy Hagar. This auction offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for collectors and fans to own a piece of music history while supporting the causes Skip Maggiora held close to his heart. “Exclusively Van Halen" is the ultimate destination for all things Van Halen. Step into the world of rock and roll legends as we delve deep into the history, music, and trivia surrounding one of the most iconic bands of all time. Join us as we explore Van Halen's storied career, from their electrifying performances to the making of their timeless hits. Get to know the band members, their inspirations, and the stories behind the songs that have rocked generations. But that's not all – tune in for exciting giveaways where you can win exclusive Van Halen merchandise and more. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just discovering the magic of Van Halen, this show promises to keep you entertained, informed, and rocking out from start to finish. Get ready to jump into the world of "Exclusively Van Halen" and experience the music like never before. We talk all things Van Halen!

Interviewing the Legends: Rock Stars & Celebs
Swiss Composer Kurt Maloo Talks about his Mega Hit "The Captain of Her Heart"

Interviewing the Legends: Rock Stars & Celebs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 38:44


KURT MALOO “THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART” MEGA HIT- SWISS SINGER-SONGWRITER-COMPOSER-MUSICIAN-RECORD PRODUCER ZOOM EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL EDITION WITH RAY SHASHO Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I'm your host Ray Shasho. In the 1980s, as one half of the brilliant pop duo Double, Kurt Maloo coauthored and sang the most enduring hit Switzerland has ever produced: “The Captain of Her Heart.” “The Captain Of Her Heart” remains a firm favorite and is still part of Maloo's live repertoire. Internationally the most successful Swiss song of all time and regularly makes it into the jazz and pop download charts throughout the world. The song captures the moment when a woman realizes she can no longer wait for the man who has won her heart, but must move on to a new life, “as the day comes up.” This melancholic optimism is central to both Maloo's poetry and his music.  “Off The Record” is Kurt Maloo's latest project a collection of songs released on an EP starting with volume 1 released in 2023 and volume 2 released this year. Reviving his 1966 Fender Strat and singing in Spanish (for the first time) on one of the songs, might not be what you were used to hear on his previous albums. But the new songs will constantly grow on you. Their fresh and intriguing atmosphere is providing the perfect background for Kurt's warm and comforting voice. PLEASE WELCOME SWISS SINGER-SONGWRITER,COMPOSER, AND RECORD PRODUCER KURT MALOO TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS … PURCHASE ‘OFF THE RECORD' VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2 BY KURT MALOO At amazon.com   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KURT MALOO VISIT https://kurtmaloo.com/ Official website https://www.facebook.com/kurtmaloopage Facebook https://www.youtube.com/kurtmaloo YouTube https://www.instagram.com/kurtmaloo Instagram KURT MALOO Discography Off The Record, Vol.2 (2024) EP containing a remake of “Life Could Not Be Better” and a surprisingly up-tempo ballad “Solitary Love”, with a radio edit of the latter. Off The Record, Vol.1 (2023) EP City Of Rain (2016) Single What About (2014) Album Summer Of Better Times (2010) Album Loopy Avenue (2006) Album Soul & Echo (1995) Album Single (1990) Album Double – DOU3LE (1987) Album Double – Blue (1985) Album Double – Woman Of The World (1984) Single Double – Rangoon Moon (1984) Single Double – Naningo (1983) Single Ping Pong – From Exile (1981) Album* Luna, Luna & 7 Notorious Maloo Homeworks (1980) Album* Giant Lady (1979) Single*           Support us on PayPal!

Business ideas for SMEs and Start Ups
The night Rory Gallagher game to town

Business ideas for SMEs and Start Ups

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 23:33


Something ive wanted to talk about for a long time - my love of music. Trying to make it relevant to the theme of the Shift Control Podcast isnt easy - so for this one time - I'd like to talk about Roru Gallagher, in a week where his immortalised Fender Strat was sold to a lucky buyer and gifted back to the State.

Guitar Radio Show
Guitar Radio Show Ep 381 Squire Debut & Chat GPT on Fender Guitars

Guitar Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 23:23


Why are YouTubers so shocked by the $119 price tag of the new Fender Squire Debut? Then we have a conversation with Chat GPT on the subject of Fender Guitars...

Ear-Movies
Road Kill

Ear-Movies

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 44:24


When it's only a few drops of rain, you don't recognise the start of a flood, do you? The tipping point doesn't exist until you proceed, smiling ignorantly, and sail right past it. This rule applies doubly in small country towns... Read by Travis Spiteri   Theme music: Trevor Brown Incidental music: Written and performed by Hillbilly Bill and his Fender Strat. Recorded in Blue Moutain Sound studio on Darug and Gandangara country. Thanks Andy!

Paul‘s Guitarcast
#53 Dennis // Die Tiere

Paul‘s Guitarcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 94:31


Die dreiundfünfzigste Folge deines Lieblings-Guitarcast! Heute geht es mal wieder nach Berlin und zwar mit Dennis Scheider von der Band „Die Tiere“! Dennis ist definitiv kein Unbekannter! Er war ganz lange Gitarrist der Band muff potter und hat dementsprechend musikalisch ne ganze Menge erlebt! Jetzt gibt es ihn mit seinem Projekt „Die Tiere“ und am 03.05 erscheint ihre erste EP mit dem Titel „Wir wollen nichts“. Darüber haben wir natürlich viel geschnackt! Aber auch insgesamt haben wir super viele Themen abgearbeitet! Gentrifizierung, Emo Pop, Indie Rock, Kemper Amps. Natürlich wie immer Kemper Amps. Gitarren kommen aber auch nicht zu kurz: Fender Strat, Jazzmaster und ein kleines Loblied auf die gute alte SG! Dennis betreibt übrigens auch ein Studio: Richard Mohlmann Records! Wer ist dieser Richard überhaupt? Und wer ist eigentlich der legendäre Axel vom Essener Guitarshop Musikshop Axel? Wir sagen es euch! Da sind ein paar gute Anekdoten dabei! Anyhow! Hört selbst rein! Wir hatten einen richtig guten Talk zusammen! Checkt Dennis und Die Tiere bei Instagram aus und freut euch auf die EP! Super Typi, mega Talk, gute Folge! https://www.instagram.com/dennisscheider?igsh=cjBiYXFqemkyNzdv https://www.instagram.com/dietiereband?igsh=OWEyZDg2bDljcWpl

State of Love and Trust
Diving Deep w/ Zoser

State of Love and Trust

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 72:12


Jason and joined by Augusta, Georgia native and current West Seattle resident, singer-songwriter Zoser! They discuss his music journey from playing for tips on the streets to using Stone Gossard as a sounding board and mentor. The discussion touches on Zoser's songwriting approach, learning how to write and record with other musicians, and even getting a free Fender Strat from Stone...and so much more.Become a PatronWatch Us on YouTubeFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterJoin the PJ Pod community Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guitar Radio Show
Guitar Radio Show Ep 369- Andy Aledort "In a Dream"

Guitar Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 126:44


Every once in a great while some music comes along and rescue's you. When Andy Aledort sent me "In a Dream" the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Upon hearing it the first time I knew it was special, but as the time past and the more I played it and absorbed it, I realized this would be one of the most important records in my life. I thought those days were long gone. Thankfully, I was wrong. Check out our interview.

Real Estate Investing Abundance
REIA 371 Brent Barcus: From Rock n Roll to Real Estate

Real Estate Investing Abundance

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 30:30


From rock guitar to real estate, Brent Barcus's creativity, work ethic and keen eye for Shania Twi  an opportunity are the winning ingredients that continue to bring him great success.  After a successful touring career as lead guitarist for shania twain, he along with his wife built and sold a spec home. Together, they went on to do fix & flips, invest in short - term rentals and made a foray into the multi family space. they are Co-GP on 200 units.  in Georgia, Brent is actively capital raising and sourcing multi family deals for syndication. From his early teen years, Brent logged countless hours mastering guitar licks on his black Fender Strat and dreamed big of a touring musician life in Nashville. All the while, he intently and curiously watched his entrepreneurial real estate father diligently source and craft successful real estate deals in the St. Louis community.When Brent relocated to Nashville right out of high school, his determination quickly found him sharing the stage with many global artists such as Elton John and Kenny Loggins. His mastery of guitar caught the eye of producer Mutt Lange and landed Brent the role of lead guitarist for Shania Twain for two international tours, and gracing the tv air waves entertaining millions on the Super Bowl Halftime & The Grammys.All the while, Brent carried a passion for real estate. After saying goodbye to his touring days, he and his realtor wife, Miley, built and sold a successful spec home in Nashville's prestigious West Meade neighborhood. Together, they went on to do fix & flips, invest in short - term rentals and made a foray into the multi family space. A Co-GP on 200 units in Georgia, Brent is actively capital raising and sourcing multi family deals for syndication.Main point:Recording/Touring life journey to Real EstateCareer Pivots & Creativity in all industriesInvesting for the future & passing it downWhy Multifamily?Why Building Your Network is most important?Connect with Brent Barcus: https://www.i65capitalinvestments.cominfo@i65capitalinvestments.comhttps://www.facebook.com/i65capital/https://www.instagram.com/brentbarcus/https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentbarcus/https://twitter.com/BrentBarcusPodcast- The Music City Multifamily Show

Queen of S-Mountain
Deadly Amps, Blink-182 Signature Guitar, and Fender Fuzz Pedals - QOSM podcast presents Gear Time Live!

Queen of S-Mountain

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 38:56


Queen of S-Mountain podcast presents GEAR TIME LIVE, a music gear gameshow where nothing is live and everyone wins except mansplaining dudebros. How much is Tom DeLonge (of Blink-182) charging for his signature Fender Strat? Are there amps that can kill you? Is there such thing as a perfect fuzz pedal? In this episode, Kel-O-Watt of Wattever Audio tries to defend their title as champion, Hilary B. Jones of MidRiff Podcast is out for blood, LG of Thelma and the Sleaze finds the best fuzz pedal so far, and Colleen Fazio of Fazio Electric shows off her Lap Steel Guitar. Gear Time Live is sponsored by Reverb, an online music gear selling community for all musicians everywhere, and by EarthQuaker Devices, an elite effects pedal company nestled in the heart of Akron, Ohio aka America's Shirt Pocket. With promotional support by Ruinous Media. Visit our Sponsors: www.reverb.com www.earthquakerdevices.com www.ruinousmedia.com Follow Gear Time Live on Instagram: www.instagram.com/geartimelive  

Guitar Radio Show
Guitar Radio Show Ep 356

Guitar Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 49:50


Carand Burnet from Kioea joins us to discuss her new release the haunting "Stand Tall"

ConversationsRadio
S2-E149 Bella Rayne

ConversationsRadio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 65:07


(7-19-2023) Mike and co-host, legendary bassust Leland Sklar were thrilled and honored to feature Bella Rayne! She is a self-taught guitar wiz at jus t 16 who is quickly making a name for herself in the music industry. Her story begins in the early days of the Covid quarantine. While poking around the family garage, Bella happened upon her mother's Fender Strat. With no really intention of playing it, she cleaned it up and started playing. Music became Bella's go to and from there, she blossomed as a musician and taught herself to play. Her taste in early 70's psychedelic rock and 90s grunge-era music paired with her collection of vintage guitars makes her a standout in live performances and on social media. She's already joined the stage with heavy hitters and has even picked up endorsements from several renowned companies. Bella Rayne lives in a small, coastal town in Northern California where she performs locally, and has been extremely motivated in the studio where she has been working on originals as well. When she's not busy recording or performing, Bella is an “A+” student and gifted visual artist who volunteers with children's after-school programs at her local community center and even teaches music camps to young children. In addition to continuing with her musical career, her ambitions include attending Berklee College of Music focusing on Guitar Performance and Music Therapy. Bella has the confidence, poise, and talent of someone far beyond her 16 years and her trademark style and fashion is making waves on social media. You can follow Bella on Instagram @bellaficili Visit her webpage https://www.bellaraynerocks.com Enjoy the Podcast

Getting Hip to The Hip
Are they big school buses?

Getting Hip to The Hip

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 101:30


jD, Pete, and Tim are back and they're listening to the 2002 release, In Violet Light.Track 1:[0:00] As I sit at my computer to write this introduction, I've really had to rack. [0:05] My brain for anything specific about In Violet Light. It has nothing to do with the brilliance of the record, but I had pretty much left the missionary zeal phase of my hip fandom and was now, sadly, just a casual. Even something as cool as The Hip Club, which was included with the CD release on the June 11th, 2002 CD didn't suck me in, and it's a damn shame too. When I see you out there with cards still in your wallet, I'm jealous and forlorn. [0:40] Something that was so essential in my life was now being left behind because I was focused on the lo-fi experience of bands like Pavement, Silver Jews, Guided by Voices, andSebadell. I did, however, make it out for the In Violet Light summer tour at the then Molson Amphitheater and was blown away by the new songs I heard live. Lake Fever, Silver Jet, The Dark Knuck, they all rocked live. But there was one song that captured my attention and bled through all the noise I was experiencing at the time. It's a song that I still hold close to my heart today, and it's remained a beacon, like a lighthouse leading a lost vessel homeward in more recent years. It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken is a masterpiece in the hip-souvra. Everything just works, and it straight fucking cooks as an ominous-sounding live jam. [1:40] I was working at Starbucks downtown when a barista, now my wife, asked me what I thought of the new album and particularly that song. I don't have the words for it, I told her. She agreed. This was supercharged hip at its best. Now it's time for Pete and Tim to experience A Heron Outside in Violet Light. They both were floored with music at work, so IVL has to be a slam dunk, right? Have to wait and see on this episode of Getting Hip to the Hip. Track 4:[2:37] All right, so welcome back to Getting Hip to the Hip, I'm your host JD and every week we talk about a Tragically Hip record with two budding fans of the Tragically Hip butformerly completely ignorant of the existence of the band and I don't mean I mean ignorant in the dictionary definition you guys are both classy gentlemen but you just it had never it hadnever made it to your ears before. So, we've got Tim and we've got Pete, and we're doing In Violet Light this week. Tim, Pete, how you doing? Hey, guys. How's it going? It's going. It's good. We are back for another week. I'm just, you know, I'm just so pleased that somebody's listening to this. I'm just sure of it, right? Yeah. Well, we're selling tickets for the finale event. We can announce that Tragically cover band 50 Mission are going to be playing, we're gonna have local comedian Pete Van Dyke there, there's gonna be some silent auction items, one ofwhich was donated to us by the Tragically Hip themselves, which is fucking spectacular we also have some items coming to us from David Bustito, so I'm real excited about that becausehe was their official tour photographer for a long time I'd be Curious to see what he what he might what he might donate excellent. [4:07] So yeah, that's pretty I was thinking this week if we make it to the end of this podcast like get through all the records Without a like a seriously like hardcore diehard to actually hitfam you're killing Tim or I And I think we've it's been a success But yeah, it won't happen. Hopefully it won't happen after today's recording. There may be like an Oswald Jack Ruby incident at the finale. [4:38] But you guys don't have guns in Canada, so that's good. I had already plotted... It's really hard though. Oh God. I had already plotted, you know, a disguise for the event, so it's not really me that's there. No, I'm not Pete. If you see somebody with a goatee and a mustache and another mustache on top of that mustache, that's probably Tim Lydon Maybe two mullets The glasses with the nose and themustache Yeah, so let's start off like we always do and get a sense of how you guys took in this record Where you did your listening? Did it heighten or expand that experience? All that good shit. [5:26] I went into it right away. I mean, after our last pod recording, I kind of jumped right into it. In Violet Light because I was excited and wanted to keep the momentum going and the work going and I listened to it all over the place. I was, well, the first listen was cleaning out the garage and I was driving and I was at physical therapy for a portion on the train headed to Seattle. It was, I was kind of all over the place listening to this and I gotta say it was a more fragmented listen than past albums in that I had a hard time. I know about you, Pete, you might be the opposite of a feeling, but I had a hard time going from first song to last song and just listening to it straight through. It was because of a myriadof reasons, but sometimes because of the music. Yeah, sometimes because of the music. Huh. You know, I mean, I hear what you're saying, Tim. For me, I too jumped right into this one immediately after we finished, like, maybe even that night, finished the recording or the very next day. As is with everything with this band, I started to listen and was just wildly unimpressed. [6:48] And then just, it like, as the time went on, I just was like, so wrong and like, I, I mean, literally, I'm glad I've, I've been saving my notes now in my like notes section of my computerbecause I didn't save the notes from the first one, because they just now have gotten longer and longer and longer. And like, by the time we get to the final record, it's going to be a Dostoyevsky novel, dude. [7:18] It's just super, yeah, it's ridiculous, man. I enjoyed the shit out of this record. I would say my listening places, mistake, I started at the computer, which is maybe why I was unimpressed, but I'm just going to say this, there's nothing better than driving in my car,listening to this record. I did a lot of driving this last week, a lot of driving, and this record just, especially on the sound system I have in my car, I think that I'm a... Premium premium audio system in my car. Yeah. [8:00] You know laugh while you want to Just I love it And I think it's my laugh is like 96% joy because you know for all of us Out there and in the interwebs land listening to this It's somedude named Pete He's got, you know blonde hair and blue eyes and he's from California and he lives in fucking Spain driving around in some cool car Which I don't know what it is. So don't tell me No, you don't some cool car with some cool sound system this dude from LA gets a drive around fucking Spain And I'm you know at time of recording While we'repromoting our event coming up. It's you know, just fucking snowed 11 inches in Portland in 24 hours and it was the most snow in 24 hours since 1943. And here's Pete just driving around, do, do, do, do, do. It's not snowing. It's snowed. It snowed this weekend, too, and where I was at. Oh, wow. Envy and joy. Envy and joy. OK, I'll take it. Yeah. I'll take it. Yeah. So. J.D., what do you think? Yeah, J.D. This was a record. This was the last record that I saw a tour for until the last record. [9:15] So I was starting to like wind down my extreme, like this is my number one band fandom. And if you'll note the year, you guys will recognize that's when, you know, like I found pavement and I just was getting caught up. Like, you know, the 2000s for me were getting caught up in everything that I'd missed in the 90s for singularly listening to the Tragically Hip. And of course, a bunch of other stuff. So I resented that a little bit, but when Greg and I were doing the podcast and I came back to this record, it was like, what were you thinking? What blows my mind is that this is 2002. [10:04] This means they've released six records in less than 10 years and they keep getting better, like they keep getting stronger or different at the very least. And I, I just don't understand how they were able to do that. You know, I just don't. Aye, aye. I second that emotion, Smokey, certainly. I have a feeling, I don't know what your all music rating you saw was. I didn't look that up. But I feel that at this point, the past few albums and this one have been highly influenced by who's helping on the production side. You know, this one we had Hugh Pagum. [10:53] Yeah. who did police albums and XTC and split ends and, you know, albums with beautiful sound. He invented gated drumming. The sound of drums in the 80s. Think of In the Air Tonight, the drum sound. [11:13] He invented that sound. And that sound is so prevalent in like, Like, you know, especially like, well, like highly glossed 80s, you know, artists, right? They were, they were all playing with that stuff. And there's... Sorry, go ahead. No, no, no. I was just gonna, it's crazy you mentioned the drums just because, and I didn't hear the gated sound in this, but in a lot of my notes, I mentioned the drums, the sound of the drums in thisparticular record are they really, really, really stand out, really stand up. Yeah. For a drummer that's not flashy, you know what I mean? Right. Not flashy at all. He's so, and this is going to sound like I'm damning with faint praise, but I'm not, when I say he's so competent, I just mean workman like, you know, Johnny Fayeis just workman. Like it's, it's just, he knows what the song needs and he goes in there and gets it done and that's what you get, you know, but he, he really, In my opinion, he rises above on this. He's a bit of the cream that comes to the top on this record, man, for a lot of reasons, but we'll get into it in the songs. I might agree with that, but just to circle back, I think that the production side of this one. It's more. It feels less. [12:32] Band driven and more like who produced this album. That's how it felt to me and Sometimes that that feels awesome with sometimes that is awesome. And sometimes it's like whoa. Yeah, okay That's the that's the album that you tag him if I'm saying his name, right pageant pipe edge I'm happy on the hue pageant produced and in thatYou know, I felt this on this one. It's just to continue my food analogies It's like showing up at a restaurant and there's like there's you still got everybody in the kitchen But somebody else, you know kind of wrote themenu like it's like where'd that where'd our where'd our house cheeseburger go? You know, it's just missing and we have some something else. So this one felt a little different to me and I mentioned this the Pete a few days ago But even on the sound side, from my car to my headphones, everything, this album is fucking bright. It's as if somebody came into my equalizer and pumped up most the levels, especially mid to highs, because it's fucking bright. [13:39] So much that I was turning down my shit to make it more tolerable. It was over-the-top produced in on the sound finish side. It was different than the others different than yeah Well one last anecdote about Hugh Padgham That's sort of funny is Johnny Faye was of course a big Stewart Copeland fan. [14:07] So He ended up skipping his grade 13 exam one of his exams to go and buy a police record the day it came out. And I forget which record it is. [14:25] Oh man, you, God damn. Yeah, I'm not 100% certain what record it is. That's amazing. Yeah, so he was absolutely stoked to be working with this producer. And this was their first sort of, Like he says their first sort of get, you know, in terms of producers. So I wonder if they were performing and they just, they were performing for him. And they also were sort of like in reverence, just lifted their hands off the wheel and just said, you know, take us home. I don't know. That's crazy. You know, I swear this is going to be the last quick anecdote, but just cause you brought up the police. Do you guys both know that the record Synchronicity, which is easily my favorite police record, I had 32 different covers. [15:18] No, no, look, that's a fact. No, no, but some are more valuable than the others. So they did last time. So they actually produced all of them. No, they just the covers themselves. Yeah, different. Yeah, that's amazing. That is amazing. Yeah, they just they were like different pictures that they had taken. And they just made multiple different covers and put it out. And so some people have like, a blue and yellow stripes. Some people have the red, the yellow and the blue. Some people have more red. It's just really unique. I love that. Yeah. Random people. Just because we're talking about the blue. Cool factoid. Yeah, this album, just if I could keep going a little bit, it felt... [16:01] One of the words that came to mind was, and it's not, but it was like sophomoric or homecoming. Like, it felt like the band had gone on, you know, this... how many years are wetalking now? It's 2002, right? How many years are they in the game? 84. Yeah, so 618. That's a lot of years. And I feel like if you're a band and you're at it for that long, to me, you're going to have this kind of album that's going to come out. You're going to find a producer that's amazing or someone you've looked up to forever, and you're going to just go hit the go button with them. And that's kind of what this album turned out to be, to me, in my opinion. It feels like professional accomplished. [16:54] I'm really trying not to go to the word generic or standard TH, but some of it does feel that way. And then there's these little glimpses in there of Gord still doing his thing. The last album, if I could circle back to that like, There's no Tiger the Lion on this album for me. That's kind of my statement. Like the music at work, when I hit Tiger the Lion, it was like, oh shit, what is this song? And I was really searching for that on In Violet Light, and it was hard to come up with that. It was hard to get there. Oh, wow. I've got two Tiger the Lions on this record, and they're fucking back to back. Ha, ha, ha. Ooh, man, I'm interested to hear what these are, too. Let's go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright, well let's go song by song then. Are you ready? Fuck yeah. I'm ready, man. What's the first song? Are you ready? [17:52] See, I was waiting for that though, I was waiting for that all week. That's in your notes, isn't it? It is in my notes. Say, ask JD, tell JD, no. [18:01] Dude, I'll take this one, Tim, just because I want to kick it off, man. I mean, what a fucking song to open up a record with. It's just, it's the band taking the fucking golf ball, putting the tee between their pointer and their middle fingers, sticking the fucking ground, and then looking back at you handing you theclub and going, so, are you ready? It's just fucking, the chorus is amazing. Johnny Faye's drums on this, I'll say this just off the top, but this is like many songs I heard his snare is so bright. Mm-hmm. His snare is so bright. It's a fucking bright out this It's yeah, it's just it's you could it's standout for sure The the cool way it starts with the guitars I think Paul Langlois, am Ipronouncing his name right finally? You nailed it. So Paul Langlois guitar He's playing like a like a dissonant note in there because when Rob Baker comes in with his little guitar licks he's not playing anything dissonant he's playing likea like a happy sort of major lick and it works great with what what Paul's playing but it's just it's just fucking Cool. [19:27] I have a halftone guitar lick, the solo. I love this. I just, I love this song. It just got me ready for the next shit to come. This is a plane taking off. And you know, we get Silverjet down the line, but it is a Silverjet just fucking going a thousand miles an hour up into the air right now. I fucking love it. What about, let's say you, Tim. You know, I thought it was a super starter also. [20:04] It reminded me, just the whole, are you ready? Reminded me right away of the English beat, are you ready to dance? Or are you ready to ska? There's like this old, that got covered a few times too. It's just Similar lyric that it just brought me back to which is always fun. I thought gourd sounded Like cleaner and brighter, of course, I'm gonna stop using that word in a minute Higher in tone like he sounds a little cleaner like almost He's really mastering histool Yeah Like also as if perhaps he you know Quit smoking for two weeks up until recording or something like there was just he was he was cleaner or less growly. At the same time, the song compositionally was like, pretty basic, let's get going and see, kind of see what's next. You know, it's not an embracer, it's a, let's put it in first gear and get this car moving down the road, you know. I have a question for you. What do you guys think of the first four lyrics, the first four lines of lyrics? Here the old whistle blowing, they're pulling the plug, Doug, we got to get going, they got our whole Doug. [21:24] I think this record's riddled with Gord Downie Canadianisms, all just chock full of it. It's a reference of something, shit I don't know, being an American who doesn't even live there.No, no, this isn't a Canadian one. This is just interesting. Lyrics to me that I just wondering like when I heard it I felt it was like self-referential like it was like you know like oh like they're we're done guys they were could be it they were startedfalling out of favor a little bit at this point just the diehards really started to cling on you know for the next two or three records. After this it's still like a giant cohort like a giant cohort. Yeah, like I mean they were still doing stadiums and things like that, but But it was so those lyrics really stuck out at me, you know, like and then it's like are you ready? You know, it's like fuck it all like are you ready? You know what the balls of the balls of gourd down in a fucking call at the fan base like that. That's fucking I I Mean, I don't know. Yeah, just like it's like hey, I guess I guess we're not the fucking We're not the the sweetest maple syrup in town anymore fellas. So let's they got ourfucking holes Doug. Let's just play our shit Yeah, let's do it Yeah, I think I had some image of like getting out of your factory job The end of the day Friday, maybe got paid It's like we got to get the fuck outof here because these guys are gonna kill us eventually but not tonight I don't know it felt very working-class to tie back to what you said Pete. You know this this album is riddled with Gordisms and and sorry and There was so much to look at and rabbit hole, and it was it was like fuck these guys Maybe you know part of it isthey were Pulling out lots of stops for Mr. Hugh on the production side. Yeah, fun there. So we move next to track two use it up. [28:01] So I thought we went from like, okay, this is a fast-paced, let's get moving song, to kind of a slowdown quickly. I mean, I found this happening. I know, JD, you comment sometimes on my, you know, look at albums as if they're books or chapters or what have you, but this one, you know, it was a little bit slow and darker andthere's a message or a lesson, there's like a teaching happening, the chorus of this super sing-along chorus with a way going, you know. I was like, okay, is this a radio hit or, I don't know. [28:48] This is the one with the Bruce Springsteen reference, is that right? Yeah. You know, I had quickly wondered if this one felt a little too like scripted to reach USA audience. I don't know. I was a little bit confused, a little bit like started off strong and then went into the slow dark kind of let's pull on the heartstrings quickly here. Interesting. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, well, we'll go to Pete. What do you think, Pete? It's again, like the plane has taken off with Are You Ready? And now it's just it's ascending into the fucking cosmos, dude, this song. Fucking just it cooked. I got chills. And And the hairs on my arms stood up, thinking and dreaming about hearing this song live.". [29:52] Like literally, the way the drums are, Paul Lanois' guitar in this song is the drums, the way he holds the rhythm to it. Rob Baker must have, I don't know what, I mean, here's the thing, I think I said this maybe the last podcast, but his talent as a guitar player has become exponentially better as each recordgoes on. Not just like all the cool effects that are in this, it just is fucking awesome. I mean, just hearing the licks, Gord commands this song like a fucking admiral commands an aircraft carrier. I mean... [30:39] When he goes, I love the chorus, music that can take you away, and it just, there's like an echo effect or there's some sort of effect that just lets his voice ring out, but there's a partwhere he goes back into the second verse, I think, or maybe the third verse, and he goes an octave higher and he goes, instead of, use it up, use it up, and he gets really high. And it just, it's like watching the kettle on the fucking stove about ready to fucking explode. That's what I think of this song too. I think of it as like, just a builder. And like, I don't think of it as a slow song at all. [31:23] You know, like, like, like, there's some, some, some real hot water bubbling away here, getting ready to boil over. You know, you guys are almost making me want to listen to this album, but not in order. Not in order. I feel like I should go back to it and put it on random and see what happens. See what happens, yeah. Because I just, I wish I had the same sentiment. I went from, like, the car is moving to, oh, who are we trying to grab here? I mean, these lyrics are heavy, fairly simple, compared to some other hip songs, you know, lots of repeated chorus but like I just wasn't exactly yeah just didn't just didn't grasp me so thethe the way the guitar starts once the drums kick in it's got that kind of like bluesy bar rock sound to it just like I just imagine the fucking crowd just just just thumping at that live showwhen this song is played live. I mean. [32:31] And Gordon singing out, somebody pushing the fucking sustain button on who's ever working the board and just away! And it just, everybody losing their fucking mind and Rod Baker doo doo, doo Just, sorry man, I fucking I sound like a douchebag fanboy on this podcast You know I'm cool with it Theother day I was like I'm gonna come in maybe not sounding the most positive about this And I was like, I bet Pete's going to hold it up for us. But that's kind of a tough part. Part of this assignment is really difficult in that we're listening to albums and albums and albums by a band, hours and hours. And we should add up the hours by now. [33:20] And we've watched some videos, and we've never attended a show. I mean, I've never seen The Rolling Stones. I've listened to every one of their albums. There's tons of examples like that. But I haven't sat down and gone through song by song by The Stones, nor do I want to. So nobody invite me to go do that. But anyways, it's like we've not seen the hit play. And I know that many of their songs are probably just amazing live. Yeah. They're built for live, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's just a facet of my hip career that I'm missing. But this next one, the darkest one, which I'm mostly going to let Pete talk about because it has to do with it, you know, a little bit with his favorite TV show. But this one, this is my JD karaoke request, this one. Oh wow. I want to hear JD belt this one out. That's what I heard when I heard this song. I was like, oh, this is good. Oh, this would be cool to hear JD sing karaoke. [34:31] Have you ever done karaoke to this song, JD? I never found it at a karaoke place. Usually they have the bigger hits, but they don't have the deeper cuts. Well, maybe you could just send me your own video recorded version. I'll do it. I mean, just to share with me. [34:52] Yeah, this song contains one of my favorite sets of lyrics ever, like ever, by anybody. You know, the wild are strong, and the strong are the darkest ones, and you're the darkest one. Are you fucking kidding me? Yeah. Like, that build to describing somebody in that manner, oh, it just makes me grin. just makes me grin. Oh, God, dude, the song. First of all, I love that it was the the track of the trailer. That's how I recognized it initially. You know, you know, I mean, we have to talk that kind of guy. It really cooks the opening. But I mean, just Gord Sinclair's bass is like holding this song up and help pushing it up and get it off the ground. I agree that the chorus, we're the strong or the darkest ones and you're the darkest one. I mean, it's just how he repeats it, how Gord repeats it, you're the darkest one and I can't sing like him. The melody just goes up and down. It's just fucking amazing. [36:15] There's the line, it's funny because like initially all I thought it was like that horrible show they used to have on. God, I can't even remember the name of it, where the guy would like, God, what was the name of that show? It was the Chris, not Chris Matthews, he was on NBC. Remember the guy would, the police would be checking those people, the people that were trying to hook up with young kids or something. And he said, why don't you come in and have a seat, right? Remember that? Oh, yeah. He's like, he busts people like, Yeah, he busts people. Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, God, I can't remember the name of the show. Yeah, whatever it's called either. If you if you remember it, send us an email. JD at gettinghiptothehip.com What that horrible show is. I think Pete at gettinghiptothehip.com. That's for Pete. Yeah, I know. All right. Anyway, he would always say, like, why don't you come in and have a seat? But like, that's like a really demonic, horrible version. This was like,so like, Gord was like inviting everybody, come in, come in. It's warm and it's safe in here. Like, it was just like, like, we're already, we've walked through the door with these first two songs on this record. Now he's saying, like, hey, come in, makeyourself at home, have a seat on the couch. You know, it's so personal. I don't know, I got a really personal vibe from this record. [37:44] Lyrically, the way that the band played together so beautifully. [37:49] I feel like, yeah, you already mentioned the chorus, JD. You can really feel the band come together on this there. Everybody's now at the same level. Like, it's not the... No offense to Gord Downie, because he's, you know, he's just what it is he's amazing but like I feel like it's not just the gore downy show I like feel like if you took any member of thisband out of the band it would be equally as devastating. Equally as devastating. 100%. The last thing I will say is I don't know how I'd ever confirm this, but I feel like Rob Baker has maybe switched out the pickups on his Fender Strat duringthis one. He's maybe using some of those Fender Tex-Mex ones instead of the delay sensors. And I was just... because that solo at the end sounds really twangy, it's hard to use Tim's term, bright. [38:42] And it pissed me off so much that the song faded out. But the more I thought about it, the more I was like, dude, you can't end this song with a raging solo, such an amazing song, you just have to let it fade out. You can't compete with the rest of this song. So Rob Baker or the producer, they were in the right to just let the song fade out because You can't one-up yourselves in the same song. It's just so good. I didn't have an issue with the fade-out on this one. I think, in part, it's just the total tone of the song and the lyric. You're the darkest one. I mean, you're right. How would you end that? I didn't question it. It didn't cross my mind. But we got to talk about how fun the video is. I didn't see it. We don't. Oh, I got to see it. [39:35] Yeah, that part, you know, we had just to add to that we have not talked about their videos much and at some point it'd be You know side note here it'd be fun to uh Maybe I don'tknow what riff on this later Watch their videos and have an episode where we each talk about our favorite video they produced or something Yeah, because this video This one jd knows. Yeah, it's a hoot like I watched it like six videos Come on, you've seen the video with bubbles and everybody. Oh, this is the one. Oh To me. [40:24] Like Actor that like you forget that like, oh, that's core Johnny from the tragedy. He just looks like he belongs, right? Right, the video is so good, it feels really true. He could be Trevor Roy's cousin or something. I have a teenager at home that watched that whole series enough times so it was on in our basement regularly. I never saw that episode until through research found that, but the video is so fun. I seriously watched it six times, it's just so good. and made me love the song more, and it made me come back. You know, of course, in order of going through, in Violet Light, it just made me come back to this song as like, this song's a stopper, you know? It could just be its own single, you know? It's just, it's just one of those songs. Yeah, I mean, just give it to me on a seven inch and I'll just play that on my turntable. It's just a good, good song. God rest Jim Lange. [41:31] Yeah, poor lady So that takes us to The next track on the record, which is it's a good life if you don't weaken Yeah, no, I'll go so this from what I found this was the most played forthe album on Spotify by far The song has been played a ton for this album was like four million listens or something which I. [41:55] Think is huge There was one question Yeah, this song for the single. Okay, so that to me, that was kind of a surprise. Like why this one? Why do people glom on because it's awesome. But I might add a question of it around. I didn't do a deep dive. But Gord said it was this phrase, Molly Lorimer use life on the road when discussing life on the road. And I couldn't find much on this Molly Lorimer. I I don't know if you guys did. That was gonna be a question to you. Yeah, I don't know. It's just attributed to her. Yeah. It's a good life if you don't weaken. Yeah. It's a graphic novel by singularly named artist simply known as Seth. I don't know, that's all I've got. Yeah, but that line came from Molly. So, yeah. The piece itself was brought to the attention of the band by one of the staffers, Molly Lorimer. Okay. As Gord wanna explain, was fond of using the expression when discussinglife on the road. [43:01] Yeah, I mean, I love that part about it and that reference as far as literary references go on many of the songs, you know, was a little bit more mysterious, especially even differentsince it's based a bit on a graphic novel, which I don't think Gord has done yet. It seemed kind of like a love song or a, I don't know, a separation song or figuring out life, coming back together. You know, it was, it was, it was, there were lots of question marks on this one for me. It was kind of like, why is it so popular? What am I? I don't think I'm missing something here. I think I get it. I think it's just, I don't know, another, another heartstrings puller. That's kind of where I was left. What about you, Mr. Pete? [43:52] I did not like this song when I first started listening to it. The first run or two of it, the first thing I wrote was, this song is the cover of this record. So you listen to the guitar and you look at the cover, you're just like, oh, this is like the title track of the record. And then it just, I don't want to say it's my favorite song on the record, but it's pretty close man. I mean it's so good. The way this song builds, the keyboards come in and it just layers so nicely. I feel like when the chorus comes in and the harmonies hit, It's just, oh God, it's just beautiful, man. It's so good. The bridge is like butter. Sometimes bands, because they feel the need to put a bridge into songs, because in Newsflash, not every song needs a bridge. And sometimes bands just put it in and they sound like shit. And this is just not one of those cases. It's like such a beautiful extension of the song. I don't know why I wrote in here. [45:22] Rob Baker's Fender accompaniment is wretched. And I don't think I meant that as an insult, because I loved it. I thought it was really good. But the build before the chorus of the song is just because it starts out so soft. so yeah that finger-picking guitar and then it just builds to this climactic. [45:46] Saga Wonderful. I don't know man. I can't say that enough fucking good things about the song. I loved it. Well, you answered my question I think that's that's great. I'm gonna go back and listen to it I was you know, I wasn't it wasn't so Wasn't so feeling that I I I am invasive how it grew on you. I think that's Make that's wonderful. I would say it's a lot of people's favorite song. Yeah record. As far as the singles go. [46:16] Because this record's full of deeper cuts, too, that that fans are really big on. One in particular I'll get to when we get there. But these are the these last two songs. The Darkest One and It's A Good Life If You Don't Weekend are my two favorite songs on this record. I love those songs. Pete, with Silver Jet, did you long for a bridge in that one or some sort of change up or how'd you feel about the long ending fade out of this one i love i mean i liked it i the song and theway i to be honest with you the the song first when i first first heard the song a couple times i didn't like the um that lick in there it just sounded i didn't like it it was pissing me off did itsound like a little it sounded almost like a little bit hairband to me. Like there was some kind of, I don't know. It totally did. Yeah. Reminds me of like Van Halen or something, you know? Yeah. It made me wonder if this was a a music-first song. [47:25] I just think that you can only get away from your roots so much, you know? At the end of the day, we all return to, you know, just as we're born, begging and screaming and crying for your mama, you die the same way. And so we all have that in us throughout our lives and like, they have that history. It's like it or hate it. That's part of their history as a band. But I chose to embrace it and I really liked it. I thought one of the coolest things was this song and one other one I think we'll get to. There's a lot of like harmonic plays with the guitar. That. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I'm pretty sure it's it's it's Rob Baker, but it could be Paul and Juan just playing those those those repeated harmonics on the guitar with that heavy distortion andit's just fucking cool. And I don't know that this is one but it feels like a like a a Gord Downie Canadianism song. [48:34] It may be about something in history. I just seem too random to be talking about a silver jet. This is one record I didn't look at any of the lyrics. I just listened I listened intently. On your first listen or what do you mean? On any listen, which I think it served me well because I paid much more attention to the music and the band and like Gord doesn't need toimpress me with his lyrics, I don't need to fucking read his lyrics to to be impressed by them so, I think the fact that I didn't look at any lyrics for this record made me appreciate it a littlebit more, and I'm glad I did that. [49:16] Process-wise, definitely the first six listens or something, I'm not looking up really looking up lyrics much at all. It's just at the end is where I love to do the deep dive where I've really taken in the album and what makes me, I don't know, just completes my wonderment of where this album is goingor where these songs are going. And this one, you know, I love the roars overhead You know, it's it really I talked about this before but that one felt super REM Michael Stipe to me I just totally couldn't completely hearMichael Stipe in that one and it's And it's also, you know, this is 2002 and that reference to me is more like 88 You know late 80s, maybe early 90s. Sorry. Um, so Yeah, dude, I didn't think Tim you're you're spot-on with that Michael Stipe reference Oh big time big time, and you know, I I don't say that in a negative way. I just circle back to Wishing I could be a fly on the wall and the tour bus to hear what these guys are listening to or sharing, you know because it's it's There's definitely some some threadsthroughout all of it the the ending was the ending and I thought this one was um, I I don't know just long They're starting to now have like one song where there's an ending of like aminute or more of just music just instrumental. [50:42] You know, which which I I dig sometimes I wish there's like for this song in. [50:48] Particular there was Maybe there was room for a Stronger bridge or some sort of change up in it. I think I think this this song. I don't know I. [50:58] Maybe this is one of the songs I need to hear live but this one like it was really close to being one of my favorites on the album there just was something wow something in therethat was just a little bit missing like I first few times I listened to this one I was like oh what is it about this song there's there just wasn't enough salt on it or something there wassomething in there so I want to go back and hear it again and maybe find some live version to see what's different about it. Yeah, it's definitely a banger live. [51:36] I think some great lyrics. I think one of the coolest vocal deliveries on the record. Like he's barely opening his mouth. He's like grinning these lyrics out almost. [51:51] A rock star using the word archipelago. Oh yeah, that's a great point. Like throwing words like that in there from a phrasing perspective is just a nightmare. And yet He does it and he does it with ease It's so crazy My father-in-law mentioned we're telling on because my wife's gonna Ibiza Ibiza Ibiza He beat that um next week and And or twoweeks and I was like asking where it was and like thinking about it Is it over here? Where's that? He's like and he said He said archipelago on, but he said it in Spanish, but I knew what he was saying, because it's a very similar word. And it made me think of this song, and I was like, oh yeah, Silver Jet, like, just to hear, I mean, how often do you hear the word archipelago? Never. On a given week? Yeah. On a month? No. And I heard it, like, the same day I was listening to this song, he said archipelago, and I was like, that's fucking weird. There's a glitch in the matrix somewhere, man. Yeah, totally. There's lots of great one-liners in this song. It's, it's, it's, it's chocked full. It's, it's a really, I don't know. Again, this was one I kept coming back to and kind of couldn't get enough of, you know, that I'm thinking it through. Your father-in-law's going to Ibiza? Is he going to a rave there? What's he, what's going to, does everyone know he's going there? [53:20] No, he's just going, she's going to a, just with her friend to visit. Oh, she's going this way. But I was going to say a minute ago, all the cheeseburger references by you, Tim, we're going to start calling you Randy. You start having to do this podcast to get your shirt off. [53:39] I don't know, Mr. Leahy. We haven't had a cuddle in a long time. I gotta say, I gotta say one thing, dude. I don't know, God, if she listens to this podcast, she's never gonna ever want to talk to me again, but my sweet, great and wonderful colleague, Barb, who lives on, um, I can never say hername. Canada is such a huge, huge country. It's more on the West Coast. But every time I just see her name, she sends me an email. I don't see Barb or Barbara. I just see burp. It's actually, I just see it spelled B-E-R-B. I just hear Randy saying, burp. [54:29] Like, it's just, and I know she would find it funny because she loves that show. She's a huge, ridiculously huge head fan. I think that's the booze talking, Pete. I think he might need to lay off of the booze. That's my best advice. Probably. So, uh, looking gla- throwing off glass. [58:21] Like, right when this one, maybe it had to do with me microdosing throughout the week, but wow, it was like, turn down the levels. There are some serious drums and cymbals and big, big loud king of pain, kind of. There's some serious production happening with this one. You know, it's overall, my comments on this one are super basic. It's a beautiful song In general, you know, I got the the dad vibes from it the teenage kids It's kind of like The daughter song. I don't know JD. I was like, oh this seems like to me this might be You know JD's song for his his girls, you know, it's just a beautiful beautiful song There's just wasn't a whole lot more toit than that for me. It's just like whoo. Okay Okay, that's a mouthful. I love this track. It was a great, like, in-between. [59:26] It was a great palate cleanser. I know that's like a negative connotation to say, in-between this song and the next, but it just was so needed and it was so well placed in the order of it.I love the way it's just, it was a super spacey track. Vocals were just echoed all over the place and yeah I don't have a ton to say about it other than I really really enjoyed it. I thought again this is the other one where Rob Baker's harmonics really really shined on it like they just drive the song and I'm like it's just Just awesome. [1:00:06] Loved it. Just loved it. Really, really good chill out song to kind of go, take a break, lower the blood pressure a little bit. You've been rocking out. We're only on song six. Yeah, it was kind of serene. It was its own movie, this one, I think. You know, it's definitely stands on its own. Yeah, the next song All tore up. Yeah, I'll tore up. Okay. So here's another really Gonna this is the last time I'm gonna talk about about holy shit the drums and the cymbals the high hats on this one It's just like whoa Turnit down guys. Like this is a this is my final call out on the production side of this one. It's just, Kaplow in my ear holes. So there you have that. But the there's Tim is Tim is Huey Lewis in that firstscene of Back Feature one. Sorry, guys. Just too loud. Next, please. Sorry, Tim, I didn't mean to cut you off. Love it loud. I just you know, I have. [1:01:23] Yeah, anyways, that there The bridge in this one, you might make it, right? You know, that really smacked me. This is just an amazing change in this one. I felt like this one stepped out a little bit more than previous songs and kind of was leaning a little bit more in a direction that I had been looking for, just musically, just tragic, hip-esque,you know? This one kind of brought me back to, I don't know, just what I want in a hip album. [1:02:00] I liked the finding, the reference towards Dottie Cormier, famous Canadian bluegrass singer. So kind of went down a rabbit hole and checked out her stuff and gave her a bunch of listens. Yeah, I mean, she's mentioned in there and she's one of the more famous bluegrass people of Canada, which is awesome. I'm not a huge bluegrass fan, but I definitely appreciate it when Icome across it, and it's great. But I thought it was a song about going for it, living life, just appreciating things, looking for moments of biggest impacts or things that matter. You know, I typed in, you just need to be you and keep moving. It's inspirational. This is a good, to me this is. This is a good hip song on this album. If somebody's going to say, what should I listen to? This would definitely be one of the songs. Oh, yeah, I liked it. Aside from the bright, fucking bloody. All right. Happening. [1:03:13] Well, to back that up, I will say one of the things I've written in my notes here is Johnny face snare is boosted. It is. And I love I do. Yeah, I love it, like for me, it fits with the album, like, I could see how you could look at it as a, as maybe a, like, I would do this differently, but like, I just feel like they did that onpurpose, and it fits with the record and I think it's done well. It's noticeable. That's the problem, though. But you know what, like, maybe, like, here's the thing, maybe it should be noticeable for a lot of reasons because the drums in a lot of these songs really, reallydrive the momentum of the tunes. The opening lick that I think is, I want to say it's Rob Baker playing, that opening lick with the double stop, just how he just, I'm like, wait, how do you play that again? Because it just, it doesn't stop, it doesn't stop and start where you think it's going to stop and start. It's really, and the drums come in at a different tempo, and it's just cool as fuck. Question JD, I have this written out, what are the school buses in Canada? Do you guys have like yellow school buses like we have in the States? [1:04:36] Because I mean, I don't know, are they big school buses like the big long ones? Yeah, Bluebird, which is like one of the big school bus manufacturers, used to have a plant in the town, like 20 minutes from where I grew up. And I worked there every summer building school buses. Yeah. Okay. Well, maybe you would have seen any bass player in the whole of Canada that was worth their salt getting on that school bus because literally Gordon Sinclair takes anybodylistening to this record who plays bass to fucking school on a bus. I mean, it's a master, it's a master's degree, it's not a master class, it's a fucking master's degree. I mean, the way he fucking goes up high with the bass in this, I'm just like, I listen, this is one of the very few songs where I like stopped and and clicked back and was like listening to itand going, what the fuck is he doing, dude? Like, I don't know anybody that can play that shit. I've met a few bass players in my day, but just so smooth and so cool, I mean, I loved it. [1:05:51] The only other thing I will say about this song is that the lyrics and the vocal phrasing by Gord, and I say this and I feel like people hate me for saying this, but if they hate methen they're not true Canadians, because it's very much a lot of Alanis phrasing the way Gord sings the lyrics on this. I listened to Jagged Little Pill last night, as a matter of fact, on vinyl. It's a fucking record that still stands up so great. But yeah, anyway, very much got some Atlantis vibes with the phrasing on it. It was a great song. So wild that you hear Atlantis all the time. Oh, I love that. It's Atlantis and Michael Stipe. I think those are the most referenced singers. [1:06:45] Yeah Yeah, that's far out let's keep moving so with leave JD did you ever hear this one live? Do you recall? I don't recall. No, I just this is this was definitely one right away I was like, oh, this is probably great life you know, I just I go there so often just because I've been to so many shows and I know theSerotonin boosts that you have when you leave a concert or hear a song you love, you know it's just this this one was me reaching for that um it felt uh oh just introspective anddeliberative and it it i the only thing about it is kind of towards the end i felt like it could go another minute you know i felt like we could have and have had another verse in there if it's ifthere's a live version of it being longer or if they mix it up because this song just compositionally felt like there was opportunity to play around and change it a little bit so it's I thought itwas a pretty cool song. How about you Pete? I thought it was really cool. I mean the way it started was very like spacey and mm-hmm like almost like Wait, what? [1:08:10] Did my Spotify malfunction or whatever? Like it couldn't have happened before with CDs, but really, the way it's like a shuffle, it kind of feels like a shuffle, you know, the waythe beat is. And the phrasing again, this is another one where Gord's phrasing is super, super diverse. [1:08:36] The chords are really... I got some heavy Stone Temple Pilots vibes. Oh, totally. Completely. Yeah. Really? Like, those guys from... I think I was almost going like Alice in Chains or something. There was something in there from the 90s. 100%. 100%. There's a part where Paul Langlois' guitar comes in, and the song, it starts to form, And there's a line that says, a routine flight for this bird tonight, more worms for earth in the afterlife. [1:09:15] Like, what the fuck, dude? Look at that. After that line, the song just like explodes open. [1:09:26] I love the chorus. It's just, yeah, I'm not displeased with this song at all. There's nothing. I'm trying not to wrap up the whole album, but you know, if you guys haven't figured out already, I really liked this album. There's not much negative shit I can say about it. So if you're looking for negative shit, just turn off the podcast and wait. Or just call me, you know, I have throat pain. Because this next one, if we can get into it. Yeah. Yeah. A beautiful thing. You know, it's kind of this cute start sing-along-y feeling. Definitely XTC. Definitely R.E.M. You know, like it's the bridge, the guitar solo kind of bridge that happens in there. When I heard that, I was like, oh, what happened? This song, it was the first time I heard it, I couldn't finish it. This was one of the few songs that this has happened to me. And I was like, God damn it. Here's the song that I need to talk about that it took me a handful of times to get through because it just, it wasn't a beautiful thing for me. It was, uh, I just, I just, I know I was totally questioning it. It was like, are they, were they trying to make a wedding song or like, what is, what is this song? I was like, what the fuck? This didn't need to be on the album. It just kind of... [1:10:52] Sorry, sorry hip fans. Yeah, I mean I hope you guys don't kick me off the pod, but this one I was like FF fast-forward with next week. We'll be joined by just We found Tom from Seattle who's gonna join us next week we sent him a supply of happy pills and Definitely told him he's not allowed to have any indica beforehe gets on the pod Tim, I felt you with this, man. I mean, here's the thing, though. At first I felt you with this and I was like, I started listening to some more and I was fucking love this. First thing I like, I thought this was the father daughter song when I heard it first. [1:11:42] But the three, four, this is a dance song. You can, there's definitely people, There's the guy, you know, with his arms behind. Somebody or the girl on his shoulders or whatever it is, swaying back and forth with this song at the concert. 100,000 percent. The chorus is super strong. The way they go, Beautiful thing. Toot toot toot. Exactly. This is the second song I've noted that I think Rob Baker switched out as his pick-up song. God, I, I, I, I, I, I, I hesitate to scour the internet for, for those, um, you know, when the musicians do those pedal reviews or they're like, it's like the Amoeba what's in your bag thing. Often like interview guitar players and be like, what's on your pedal board? Or like, what's the kind of guitar you're using? And like, I know if I find one of Rob Baker, my life's over. Cause I'm going to be like, Hmm, spending more money on shit. [1:12:49] I thought this song was a beautiful song, just fucking awesome to be cheesy and tie it up that way. It's basically one of three of the fewest listens on the album. I know Spotify isn't everything, but I take it as, you know, a guiding point. The last three songs are the three least listened to on this album. So and I felt like the album did take a little bit of a turn for me with that. All right. Well, let's move on to Dire Wolf then. Um, dude, drums, opening lick, a guitar solo, fucking clean as hell. It, it, it, it, this is going to sound weird, I got to phrase this properly. Because the opening, these last two songs are really unique because they change so much. The first part of the song made me feel like I'm going to phrase it properly. [1:14:00] Like I was in a wheat field during a cold, a cool summer day. The opening was so cool. I think Pauline Waas is opening up with the guitar. And this seems certainly like a Gord Downie Canadianism song, lyrically is it? Yeah, big time. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. And what I want to know, Gord talking about what he loves themost, his country. And I wrote this down because I was thinking about it driving home yesterday. And it almost brought me to tears listening to this song. So I was like, dude, what a gift. [1:14:43] Sorry to get all serious for a second, like what a fucking gift this guy was to his country. Absolutely. I never got it before. Like my friend Barb, who I talked about earlier, I was making a joke about. Barb? Barb, yeah. And then you, JD, and then other people in my life who've mentioned The Hip to me have been super passionate. I'm just like, it's almost kind of like, God, okay. Hey, I just didn't get it. And this is a song where it just really hits home. And the more research I do about the band, the more I get into them, the more I look at interviews with Gord, I'm just like, like, I don't think Americans have anything as an equivalentbecause I know there was that hockey, the guy on like SportsCenter Canadian Hockey

LHDR CON PACO JIMENEZ
Etiqueta negra n.4 rainbow straight between the eyes

LHDR CON PACO JIMENEZ

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 66:30


Straight Between the Eyes es el sexto álbum de estudio de la banda de hard rock, Rainbow, lanzado en el año 1982. La formación del grupo es la misma que había grabado el anterior disco Difficult to Cure, con la excepción de David Rosenthal, quien reemplazó a Don Airey en los teclados para este trabajo. Para la canción "Death Alley Driver" se realizó un videoclip, en el cual aparece un primitivo videojuego (el "Turbo") de la compañía Sega. #rainbow #ritchieblackmore #joelynnturner #hardrock #heavymetal #82 #etiquetanegra #lahoradelrock #radio #internet Lado A "Death Alley Driver" (Blackmore, Turner) – 4:42 "Stone Cold" – 5:17 "Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)" – 4:06 "Tite Squeeze" – 3:15 "Tearin' Out My Heart" – 4:03 Lado B "Power" – 4:26 "MISS Mistreated" (Blackmore, Turner, David Rosenthal) – 4:27 "Rock Fever" (Blackmore, Turner) – 3:50 "Eyes of Fire" (Blackmore, Turner, Bobby Rondinelli) – 6:37 Ritchie Blackmore - guitarra (Fender Strat, Marshall) Joe Lynn Turner - voz Roger Glover - bajo (Hondo Longhorn 4 & 8 string) Bobby Rondinelli - batería (Yamaha Corporation, Sonor & Paiste) David Rosenthal - teclados (Oberheim, Moog, Roland, Hammond & Hohner) Ingeniero: Nick Blagona (asistido por Robbie Whelan) Grabado en Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canadá Mezcla digital por Roger Glover y Nick Blagona Masterización digital por Greg Calbi, Sterling Studios, New York SINGLES 1982 - Stone Cold/Rock Fever 1982 - Death Alley Driver/Power (Japón).

Guitar Radio Show
Guitar Radio Show- Jeff Beck Remembered

Guitar Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 491:01


A celebration of the most innovative electric guitarist's ever. Some say he was your favorite guitarist's, favorite guitarist. Featuring guests who knew him, played with him and were inspired by him- Jennifer Batten, Brad Tolinski, Andy Timmons, Greg Martin,Jim Campilongo, Philip Sayce, Ted Kornbloom (Magnatone Amps), Andy Aledort, Johnny Hiland, Tom Guerra, Robert Lawson, Steve Fister, Dave Scher, Rob Balducci all join us to share amazing and beautiful stories about the one and only Jeff Beck.

Guitar Radio Show
Guitar Radio Show Ep 344

Guitar Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 70:01


Austin's own Dave Scher joins us

Easy Rider Tenerife - Ride Time Radio
Ride Time Radio | Ampage - Film Band and Music Review | Easy Rider Tenerife Motorcycle Hire in Costa Adeje.

Easy Rider Tenerife - Ride Time Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 49:55 Transcription Available


So...Glam rock...well, I am going to tell you a secret....In my early days when I was a young rocker, kicking the riffs out of my Fender Strat copy....I did walk down this road. To be honest, there's nothing wrong with it, apart from the tight ski pants, the fluffy feathered hair, and the makeup, the music that was produced by these rock bands was fantastic. Now my journey didn't last too long on this road, and I swear to you I didn't fit the glam pants...but I did hook into the riffs, and they are some of the most rememberable riffs still around today. Ampage was an 80's Glam band and supported many of the big names we all know...the amazing thing about Ampage is they have somehow survived and are still making music as a band, with front man Mark Mason. The have also released a film...Falling Higher...which is the story of the band, where its been and where its still going.... I wish Ampage all the best, have reviewed two tracks and given my opinions...In with these reviews are some of my favorite Glam bands from the 80's some of which are still wearing those tight glam pants....ouch. Easy Rider Tenerife - Southside. Motorcycle Rental Tenerife Edf. Clara Toledo, Local 5/6, Calle Moraditas, Las Chafiras, Tenerife, 38639. We are above Banco Santander!   Easy Rider Tenerife - Eastcoast Motorcycle Rental Tenerife Puerto De La Cruz Office, C/ Candias Bajas 29 C.P 38312, La Orotava, Tenerife.   CONTACT US Guides: +34 639 845 346 Office: +34 922 703 793 Emergency: +34 686 017 773 Breakdown Service: +34 900 101 369 Email - ride@easyridertenerife.com Web - easyridertenerife.com   RADIO SHOW: Ride Time Radio Atlantico FM Santa Cruz • 88.3 FM La Laguna • 91.7 FM Zona sur • 94.7 FM Zona Norte • 88.1 FM Icod de los Vinos • 102.6 FM Every Sunday at 8pm   Socials: Youtube - youtube.com/channel/UC6YnHt4X1b4cI4ChvvFw0ug Instagram - @easyridertenerifeclassicbikes Facebook - Easy Rider Tenerife Twitter - twitter.com/easytenerife Podcast - easyridertenerife.podbean.com Linktree - linktr.ee/Easyridertenerife   As seen on Freddie Dobbs…https://youtu.be/XITU0GMAnWc .   #easyridertenerife #ridetimeradio #motorbikehiretenerife #harleydavidsontenerife #motoguzzitenerife #dgrtenerife2022 #bikerstenerife #triumphtenerife  #tenerifeontriumph #motorbikerentaltenerife  #hdcanarias #grubamotos #triumphcanarias  #canaryislandrides   #ducatitenerife #freddie_dobbs #freddiedobbs  #motorbikes #motorcyclesforrenttenerife  #easyridervolcanhunt #cazavolcanestenerife  #motoguzzirentaltenerife   #volcanohunttenerife #rentamotorcycleintenerife  #royalenfieldtenerife  #masquemotos  #moto4funtenerife  #topaciotenerife     motorcycle rental companies motorcycle rental in america best playlists travel on a motorcycle motorcycling touring adventure bike riding adventure riding adventure island ride adventure motorcycle tours motorcycle rides mountain bike riding drive time radio playlist covers Easy Rider Tenerife Ride Time Radio tenerife best playlists motorbike rental tenerife things to do in tenerife motorbike hire tenerife rent a motorbike in tenerife bike rentals tenerife bike rental tenerife tenerife motorcycle rental playlisting playlist push playlist covers best metal bands of all time best resistance bands for men top 10 bands of all time most popular bands of all time vintage bikes bike on rent scooter rent in tenerife motorbike rental tenerife tenerife motorcycle rental vintage and classic bikes vintage and classic bikes for rent and rides motorcycle for hire motorcycle motorcycle hurt The band Ampage Ampage Glam band Ampage Falling Higher film.

Icons and Outlaws
Metallica Part 1

Icons and Outlaws

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 87:59


Drummer Lars Ulrich was born into an upper-middle-class family in Gentofte, Denmark, on December 26, 1963. The son of Lone and tennis player Torben Ulrich. In February of 1973, Lars' father obtained passes for five of his friends to check out a Deep Purple (Smoke On the Water) concert held in the same stadium in Copenhagen as one of his tennis tournaments. When one of the dad's friends couldn't go, they gave their ticket to the nine-year-old Lars, who fell in love with the band and ran out and bought their album Fireball the next day. The concert and album greatly impacted Lars, inspiring the start of his music career. He received his first drum kit, a Ludwig, from his grandmother around 12 or 13. Lars initially intended to follow in his father's footsteps and become a badass tennis player, so he moved to Newport Beach, California, in the summer of 1980. Despite being ranked in the top ten tennis players of his age group in Denmark, Lars failed to make it into the seven-man Corona del Mar High School tennis team, solidifying his decision to focus on music.    So, while living in Los Angeles in late 1981, Lars placed an ad in the L.A. newspaper, The Recycler, which read, "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with. Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden."    Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement.    James Alan Hetfield was born on August 3, 1963, in Downey, California, the son of Cynthia Bassett, a light opera singer, and Virgil Lee Hetfield, a truck driver. James was nine years old when he first began piano lessons. He then started jamming on his half-brother David's drums, and finally, at 14, he began to play guitar with Robert Okner. He was also in a few bands as a teenager – one was "Leather Charm" with Hugh Tanner, and another was "Obsession." James said that Aerosmith was his primary musical influence as a child and that they were why he wanted to play guitar. His parents divorced in 1976 when he was 13. They were devout Christian Scientists, and following their beliefs, they strongly disapproved of medicine or any other medical treatment and remained loyal to their faith, even as James' mother, Cynthia, was dying from cancer. This lifestyle inspired many of his lyrics during his career with Metallica. For example, the songs "Dyers Eve" and "The God That Failed" from the albums "...And Justice for All" and "Metallica" touch on those topics. His mother, Cynthia, died of cancer in 1979 when Hetfield was 16 years old. After her death, James went to live with his older half-brother David.   Although he had not formed a band, Lars asked Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel if he could record a song for the label's upcoming compilation album, Metal Massacre. Slagel accepted, and Ulrich recruited Hetfield to sing and play rhythm guitar. Lars and James officially formed the band known as "Metallica" on October 28, 1981, five months after they first met.   A funny story; James' and Lars' first encounter was anything but promising. As Mick Wall wrote in his biography of the band "Enter Night", "neither James nor Hugh had anything good to say about [Lars]. The kid was 'weird' and 'smelled funny' [and] he couldn't even really play drums." Deeming the entire encounter something of a waste, James later recalled (in Wall's bio) that "we ate McDonald's, he ate herring. [Lars'] father was famous. He was very well off. Spoiled – that's why he's got his mouth. He know what he wants, he goes for it and he's gotten it his whole life."   When asked what Lars remembers about their first meet up, in a Blabbemouth.com interview, he said:   "I remember connecting with him," Lars responded. "I could see that, even though he was painfully shy or whatever, that there were some distinctive similarities. I spent six months talking to people about heavy metal, and they'd mention STYX, JOURNEY, KISS or whatever. I'd talk about ANGEL WITCH, DIAMOND HEAD or TYGERS OF PAN TANG. He had a connection to the music and the things I was throwing out there that seemed a little more authentic or trustworthy. Not much happened during that first meeting because he was kind of the wing man, or the plus one, for a guy named Hugh. If James was sitting here, he'd tell you that the drum kit I showed up with was in such bad shape that every time I hit the cymbal, it kept falling over — which is accurate. Hetfield and I ended up staying in touch, and when I came back from travelling in Europe a few months later, I called him up and said, 'Hey, do you want to play and see what happens?' And he was up for it."   The band name, "Metallica," came from Lars' friend Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a fanzine and was considering MetalMania or Metallica. After hearing the two monikers, Lars wanted Metallica for his band, so he suggested Quintana use MetalMania instead. That magazine wound up being a U.S. monthly magazine focusing on heavy metal music, which was published between 1985 and 1991   Guitarist Dave Mustaine replied to an advertisement for a lead guitarist where Lars and James asked him to join after seeing his expensive guitar equipment. In early 1982, Metallica recorded its first original song, "Hit the Lights," for the Metal Massacre I compilation. James Hetfield played bass, and rhythm guitar and sang, while Lloyd Grant was credited with a guitar solo and Lars Ulrich played drums. Lloyd was a Jamaican guitarist who was never officially in the band. Lloyd has said:   "Me and Lars was jammin' down there in Orange County, California and we jam with a few people and we lookin' other people to jam with..." they met through The Recycler. "We were playing for a long time and he came down to my place my apartment once and he says and he keep asking me to come jam with the band, but I was really busy doing other stuff and I went down and play with them-me and him and James. That's three of us. James was playing bass, I was playing guitar and Lars was playing drums and we rehearse that "Hit The Lights" song, but way before that Lars had let me hear that song. We were hanging out watching soccer and he says "hey I met this guy blah blah blah and he's exactly what we want to jam with and he played this one song and it was great and that's how I was first was introduced to "Hit The Lights." After that I went over and jam a few times and he called me and say they gonna be in this compilation album and he brought over a tape of "Hit The Lights" recording on a four track asked me to play some solo for that and they were going to bring the four track down and they were going to bring it down and dump it on the compilation album."   Metal Massacre I was released on June 14, 1982. The early pressings listed the band incorrectly as "Mettallica," pissing the band off. However, the song "Hit The Lights," generated a buzz, and Metallica played their first live performance on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, California. The lineup consisted of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine, and newly recruited bassist Ron McGovney, who had been in James' previous band, "Leather Charm." Their first live success happened as they were chosen to open for British heavy metal band Saxon at one gig of their 1982 U.S. tour. This show was Metallica's second gig. In addition, Metallica recorded its first demo, Power Metal, whose name was inspired by Quintana's early business cards in early 1982.   In late 1982, Ulrich and Hetfield attended a show at the West Hollywood nightclub Whisky a Go Go, which featured bassist Cliff Burton in the band Trauma.  Clifford Lee Burton was born on February 10, 1962, in Castro Valley, California, to Ray and Jan Burton. Cliff's interest in music began when his father introduced him to classical music, and he began taking piano lessons. In his teenage years, he developed an interest in Rock, classical, country, and heavy metal. He began playing the bass at 13, after the death of his brother. His parents quoted him as saying, "I'm going to be the best bassist for my brother." He practiced up to six hours daily (even after joining Metallica). Besides classical and jazz, Burton's other early influences varied from Southern Rock and country to the blues. Cliff has cited Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Stanley Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, and Phil Lynott as significant influences on his style of bass playing.   James and Lars were "blown away" by Cliff's use of a wah-wah pedal and asked him to join Metallica. The two leaders wanted Ron McGovney to leave because they thought he "didn't contribute anything, he just followed."  According to McGovney, his time in Metallica was reportedly tumultuous, as he often clashed with Ulrich and Mustaine. In addition, he felt that, aside from using the connections he made as an amateur photographer, his role was that of a money man and transportation provider rather than a respected band member. He ultimately quit on December 10, 1982, due to growing tensions. After leaving Metallica, McGovney became uninterested in playing music and sold most of his equipment.   Although Cliff Burton initially declined the offer to join Metallica, by the end of the year, he had accepted on the condition that the band moves to El Cerrito in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Metallica's first live performance with Cliff was at the nightclub "The Stone" in March 1983, and the first recording to feature Burton was the Megaforce demo (1983).   Metallica was ready to record their debut album, but they began looking for other options when Metal Blade could not cover the cost. Concert promoter Jonathan "Jonny Z" Zazula, who had heard the demo No Life 'til Leather (1982), offered to broker a record deal between Metallica and New York City-based record labels. After those record labels showed no interest, Zazula borrowed enough money to cover the recording budget and signed Metallica to his label, Megaforce Records.   In May 1983, Metallica traveled to Rochester, New York, to record its debut album, Metal Up Your Ass, which Paul Curcio produced. Unfortunately, the other members of Metallica decided to eject Mustaine from the band because of his drug and alcohol abuse and violent behavior just before the recording sessions on April 11, 1983. About this time, Mustaine told Loudwire magazine:   "When you're around a lot of people that like to drink and get silly, they just want to have fun," Mustaine explains. "I would drink and have fun until someone would refute something I had said. And then that was war, baby. I'd be aggressive and confrontational because I was a violent drunk. I lost all inhibitions when I was drinking, and that didn't go over to well in the end." The end came on April 11, 1983, and it came without warning for Mustaine. Metallica had already hired Kirk Hammett as their new lead guitarist.  At around 9AM that morning, James, Lars, and Cliff woke up Mustaine, suffering from a tremendous hangover, and told him he was out of the band. "The thing that really upset me was that they never gave me a warning and I never got a second chance," Mustaine says. "It was just, 'Hey man. You're out. See ya later."   When Mustaine asked when his flight back to California was, he was told he wasn't flying. He was taking a four-day bus ride. Even worse, the bus was scheduled to leave one hour after he was fired. Mustaine scrambled to pack a travel bag, and James drove him from the Music Building in Queens to 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.   During the seemingly endless bus ride, according to Livewire.com, he was rightfully pissed for a while and then decided to write some new lyrics. Since he didn't have any paper, he wrote on the back of a handbill from Senator Alan Cranston. A message on the front of the card referred to the stockpiling of nuclear weapons that read, "The arsenal of megadeath can't be rid." After considerable thought, Mustaine decided the term megadeath would make a cool name for a metal band, especially if it were misspelled as Megadeth.   Kirk Lee Hammett was born on November 18, 1962, in San Francisco, California, and raised in the town of El Sobrante. He is the son of Teofila "Chefela" and Dennis L. Hammett, a Merchant Mariner. While attending De Anza High School, he met Les Claypool of Primus, and they remain close friends. Kirk began showing an interest in music after listening to his brother Rick's extensive record collection (which included Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and UFO). In addition, he was a huge horror movie fan but began selling his horror magazines to buy albums. This infatuation led him to pick up the guitar at fifteen. His first guitar was (in his own words) a "wholly unglamorous" Montgomery Ward catalog special that came with a shoebox with a 4-inch speaker for an amp. After purchasing a 1978 Fender Strat copy, Kirk attempted to customize his sound with various guitar parts before eventually buying a 1974 Gibson Flying V.   Guitarist Kirk Hammett replaced Dave Mustaine the same afternoon. Metallica's first live performance with Kirk was on April 16, 1983, at a nightclub in Dover, New Jersey, called "The Showplace."    Mustaine has expressed his dislike for Kirk in interviews, saying he "stole" his job. Mustaine was "pissed off" because he believed Hammett became popular by playing guitar leads that Mustaine had written. In a 1985 interview with Metal Forces, Mustaine said, "it's real funny how Kirk Hammett ripped off every lead break I'd played on that No Life 'til Leather tape and got voted No. 1 guitarist in your magazine".    Because of conflicts with its record label and the distributors' refusal to release an album titled Metal Up Your Ass, the album was renamed "Kill' Em All." It was released on Megaforce Records in the U.S. and on Music for Nations in Europe and peaked at number 155 on the Billboard 200 in 1986. Pretty cool, considering their top ten that year was: 1. That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and Gladys Knight 2. Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie 3. I Miss You - Klymaxx 4. On My Own - Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald 5. Broken Wings - Mr. Mister 6. How Will I Know - Whitney Houston 7. Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy 8. Burning Heart - Survivor 9. Kyrie - Mr. Mister 10. Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer Although the album was not initially a financial success, it earned Metallica a growing fan base in the underground metal scene. The band embarked on the "Kill' Em All for One" tour with Raven to support the release. In February 1984, Metallica supported Venom on the "Seven Dates of Hell" tour, during which the bands performed in front of 7,000 people at the Aardschok Festival in Zwolle, Netherlands.    Metallica recorded the album in only two weeks on a shoestring budget. Initially, the band printed 1,500 copies. Since its release, "Kill 'Em All" has been certified 3x platinum. Metallica then recorded their second studio album, Ride the Lightning, at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark, from February to March 1984. It was released in August 1984 and reached number 100 on the Billboard 200. Unfortunately, a French printing press mistakenly printed green covers for the album, which are now considered collectors' items. Mustaine received writing credit for "Ride the Lightning" and "The Call of Ktulu."   Elektra Records A&R director Michael Alago, and co-founder of Q-Prime Management Cliff Burnstein, attended a Metallica concert in September 1984. They were impressed with their performance and signed Metallica to Elektra. They also made them a Q-Prime Management artist. Metallica's growing success was such that the band's British label Music for Nations released "Creeping Death" as a limited-edition single, which sold 40,000 copies as an import in the U.S.  Two of the three songs on the record—cover versions of Diamond Head's "Am I Evil?" and Blitzkrieg's "Blitzkrieg"—appeared on the 1988 Elektra reissue of "Kill' Em All."  With unforgettable songs like "For Whom The Bell Tolls," "Creeping Death," and "Fade To Black", "Ride The Lightning" has sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. and has been certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA.   That bell in the beginning of "For Whom The Bell Tolls", isn't really a bell at all. As producer Flemming Rasmussen recalled: “We had an anvil in the studio, and Lars had to bang that; it could've been that or from a record of sound effects. But there was a really heavy, cast-iron anvil and a metal hammer, and we stuck them in an all-concrete room. He'd just go wang.”  If you've ever tried to play along with the studio album version of "For Whom, The Bell Tolls, " you've probably had some guitar tuning issues. That's because the song is a quarter step above standard tuning. Why? As the Metallica Wiki says, there are two theories. The first is that the band intentionally sped up the recording, pitch shifting it in the process. The second is that the guitars are tuned up a quarter step to match the pitch of the "tolling bells." I mean anvil... now that's "metal AF". Metallica embarked on its first major European tour with Tank to an average crowd of 1,300. Returning to the U.S., it embarked upon a tour co-headlining with W.A.S.P. and supported by Armored Saint, featuring John Bush on vocals, who later went on to front Anthrax. Metallica played its largest show at the Monsters of Rock fest at Donington Park, England, on August 17, 1985, with Bon Jovi and Ratt, playing to 70,000 people. Then, at the "Day on the Green" festival in Oakland, California, the band played to a crowd of 60,000. Metallica's third studio album, Master of Puppets, was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Denmark from September to December 1985 and was released in March 1986. The album reached number 29 on the Billboard 200 and spent 72 weeks on the chart. It was the band's first album to be certified gold on November 4, 1986 and has sold over 6 million copies.    In 2015, Master of Puppets became the first ever metal album in history to be selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.   Following the album's release, Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne on a U.S. tour. During this time, James Hetfield broke his wrist while skateboarding; he continued with the tour, performing vocals, with guitar technician John Marshall playing rhythm guitar.   On the night of Sept. 26, 1986, Metallica was traveling between tour dates in Sweden when Burton and guitarist Kirk Hammett drew cards to decide who would get to choose a bunk. The bassist drew the Ace of Spades and chose the bunk Hammett had been occupying. "I said fine, take my bunk," the guitarist recalled in VH1's Behind the Music. "I'll sleep up front; it's probably better anyway." In the early morning of Sept. 27, 1986, shortly before 7 AM, the band members were awakened abruptly when the bus began to sway from side to side. The driver later told authorities that he lost control of the bus after hitting a patch of black ice. The bus left the road and flipped over on its side, and Cliff Burton – asleep in the top bunk – was thrown through the window. As the bus came down, it landed on top of him. He was only 24 years old. Reportedly, attempts were made to rescue him from underneath the bus by lifting it with a crane, but the crane slipped, and the bus crashed down on top of Burton a second time. Band members and onlookers have given different accounts of whether Burton died upon the first impact or when the bus came down again. Whichever way it happened, Cliff Burton died at the scene.   Hetfield said: "I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people. I just went, 'Don't fucking do that!' I already wanted to kill the bus driver. I don't know if he was drunk or if he hit some ice. All I knew was, he was driving and Cliff wasn't alive anymore."   James has said he walked up and down the road in his socks and underwear looking for black ice and found none. The band has speculated over the years if drinking or drugs could have played a role in the accident or if the driver fell asleep at the wheel. An investigation cleared the driver of any wrongdoing. Burton was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at the Maxwell Ranch in California. Metallica's "Orion" was played at the ceremony, and lyrics from "To Live Is to Die" are engraved upon his memorial stone: "Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home."   In an interview with Gibson TV, Kirk Hammet, who could have been the one in that unlucky bunk said: "The last show that we played with Cliff was a spectacular show," Kirk recalls in the interview. "It was the first show after maybe six or seven weeks when James was back on guitar because he had broken his arm during the Ozzy tour. His arms was healed enough so he was able to play guitar and it was the first show where we had James back… and it was the night that Cliff died. "Everyone was just so happy James was back and to have James's guitar fuelling everything again, rather than me and John Marshall [tech and stand-in guitarist] sharing that duty. We played really, really well and felt like we were back 100%… so that last show was one of the best shows we'd played all fucking year and in retrospect I'm glad Cliff's last show was special in that regard. It really was, in all respects, one of the best shows we'd played and Cliff was very, very happy. So knowing that is a good thing." "It' didn't really, truly sink in until about three weeks or so [afterwards]," Hammett remembers. "As a tribute to Cliff's memory it was important for us to go on [but for] those first two weeks it was up and down, we had no idea what we were going to do. I was taking guitar lessons, the old standby for musicians who can't find any gigs or band. That's what I was actually thinking."

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The Tone Control
Ep. 218 - Shout Out To Papyrus Font

The Tone Control

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 70:12


Coppersound Strategy V2 (stab: SUPA PUSS) 00:10:22 The strategy has that wicked Fender Strat design, and Version 2 keeps it going Now features two channels, the Strategy V1 circuit AND a new overdrive option Super wide tone sweep, master volume, toggle switch on the back for each mode SmartBypass system allows for momentary OR latching. Hold the switch for 300ms or more and it's momentary. (this can be disabled via internal dip switch) Runs 9-18V FREE customization of the pedal when ordering direct from CopperSound. Pick your own finish, pickguard, knobs, and hardware $279 Lastly, CSP is also discontinuing the Gravity Bomb boost! Get one! Coppersound is donating proceeds from direct sales through the month of July to Planned Parenthood. Check out their socials for more info on the plan, and hit their website for any resources you may need! We're doing a giveaway! (stab: OBNE Haunt Fuzz ) 00:20:00 Loud/Louder from Chadderbox Effects! Donate to Planned Parenthood, send us your receipt, you're entered to win. Tonecontrolshow@gmail.com Chadderbox has kindly donated the Loud/Louder at 100% cost which allows us to MATCH your donations. Running through August 1st! $10 per entry. Enter through August 1st! Pedal Genie Particle 2 by Red Panda $300 MXR Duke of Tone (stab: Mr Black Supermoon) 00:40:56 New thing leaked? Mini pedal version of the famed Analogman Prince of Tone, which is the PCB version of one side of the even more famed King of Tone MXR custom shop is doing one up with papyrus font Kind of like the partnership they did for the Timmy Suggested $149, still isn't out yet though What do we think about a company like MXR coming in and doing this? Spotify Stats (stab: Big Ear Loaf) 00:50:01 We have cool Spotify stats such as the Top 5 artists our listeners are listening to. Coming in at Number 5, Beastie Boys 4, Beck 3, Nirvana 2, Weezer 1, The Beatles Thing of the Week (stab: Wampler Dual Fusion) 00:55:45 Black Map, Melodoria Coheed and Cambria Vaxis II Thank you to our Patreon supporters! 01:06:18 Carson Ricketts Nick Greenwood Timmy S. Matthew Fenselau Riesenwolf! Jamie Evans Jeffrey Wright Doug King Doug Gann Righteous Ryan Johnson Steve Huffman Jonas Sabatini GEARARD BUTLER MaCo Guitars (like the shark) Andrew Walsh from Andrew's Alcove OG Friend of the show Brian Rizzi Doug Christ of Thirty7 FX Sean Wright of Lollygagger FX Brian Gower and Kyle McIntyre of The Tone Jerks Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetonecontrol/message

The Power Chord Hour Podcast
Ep 105 - Jamie Woolford and Rory Phillips (The Stereo) - Power Chord Hour Podcast

The Power Chord Hour Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 102:14


This week I am joined by Jamie Woolford and Rory Phillips of The Stereo! Jamie returns for his second PCH appearance, this time with Rory, to talk all about the new Stereo album Thirteen and the bands new podcast series Kings of No Hope plus:- How Kickstarter is a great tool for finding out what the fans want- Why Jamie enjoys writing a good bridge (middle eight!) to a song- Rory's masterful podcast production skills- Having two leading roles in one band- What kind of expectations Rory and Jamie had when writing a new album for The Stereo- Telling a more realistic story of life in a touring band with the podcast- Filling in the gaps to tell the whole story of The Stereo- What its like for Rory to play post-Rory songs from The Stereo live- Being in The Stereo in 1999 versus being in The Stereo in 2022 & more!Follow The Stereo -http://thestereorock.comhttps://www.kingsofnohope.comhttps://thestereo.bandcamp.comhttps://www.youtube.com/TheStereohttps://www.instagram.com/thestereorockhttps://twitter.com/thestereorockhttps://www.facebook.com/thestereorockCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 to midnight est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY. Stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA app.powerchordhour@gmail.comInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourYoutube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify Episode Playlists - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgThank you to Jay Vics for his behind the scenes help on this episode - https://www.jvimobile.comhttps://www.facebook.com/jvimobilehttps://www.twitter.com/jvimobile

Distorted Opinions
Distorted Opinions: Ted's Drum Mic & More TikTok Finds

Distorted Opinions

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 65:35


Episode 100 is here! Join us as we talk about Ted's latest gear purchase. No, it's not his custom Fender Strat, but it is a very cool drum mic...And a big announcement about Ted's upcoming new musical venture! We also talk about some of Kayla's new TikTok music finds. Find out what #boomwhackers are all about. As always, find our Spotify Song of the Week playlist at https://bit.ly/distortedops_songoftheweek. If you want to get in touch with us or find us online, head to https://linktr.ee/distortedopinions. You'll want to be following us on social media to find out where to check out Ted's new venture, so be sure to click the Linktree link to find our social media profiles and follow/like us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/distortedopinions/support

The Long Island Sound
Music Interview & Original Music from Perfect Strangers - Bob & Claire Blatchley

The Long Island Sound

Play Episode Play 22 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 57:12 Transcription Available


"Perfect Strangers" unites Three of Long Island's top performers. What makes them different? Their impeccable arrangements will effortlessly transport you from Locomotive Breath and Comfortably Numb to The Boxer and Down Under with so many stops along the way! Everything from The Beatles to Marshall Tucker fit right into their wheelhouse. If you're looking for originals, they have a large repertoire. "Perfect Strangers" has a uniquely refreshing sound, a departure from the generic, all too familiar musical landscape we've all grown accustomed to.Bob Blatchley is an accomplished acoustic guitarist, and vocalist. He excels at both percussive, as well as fingerstyle playing. Claire Kolensky adds spectacular rock flute, to embellish and distinguish their sound. Claire draws inspiration from the great Ian Anderson. Guy Pezzullo's command of his classic Fender Strat is unrivaled, and his vocals are spot on. As the soloist, you cannot miss Guy on the Electric!You can listen to some of our music in the Featured tab or on Spotify. Feel free to book us for any events such as parties, weddings, or gigs. Also, if you have any questions for us, feel free to contact us.http://perfectstrangerslongisland.herokuapp.com/Connect with The Long Island Sound Podcast:Website: Https://GigDestiny.com/podcast Follow Steve Yusko, GigDestiny.com, and his adventures:  Website: https://www.GigDestiny.com  Twitter, Instagram,  YouTube, FacebookSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/21aCeQWDmD4fkucpfVf9Email: Steve@GigDestiny.com Intro/Outro song in this episode:“Fading out Fast” from Mike Nugent's album, Mike Nugent and the Blue Moon BandSpotify link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6fyt3RRvArsU7NUGOeEGBA?si=GI6HrmA2QLKGOt2clRIVsQhttps://youtu.be/gg5nfIPkimAMatt Marshak's "On My Way" was used as backgrouThe growth of The Long Island Sound Podcast has been exponential. Help us grow the show!Subscribe to the GigDestiny.com Site here for bonus contentSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelCall the Listener Line & leave your comments: (631) 800-3579 Remember to Rate & Review the show! Help us keep the conversation going with your donation - Click Right Here or go to GigDestiny.com Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

CatPick Fridays Guitar Podcast
Harley Benton MR-Series, Who Is It For? Tone City Golden Plexi 2 Sounds Killer!

CatPick Fridays Guitar Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 78:07


In this week's CatPick Fridays episode Rich and Vlad talk about Harley Benton MR-series, JHS 3 Series Screamer, Tone City Golden Plexi 2, Kurt Cobain Fender Mustang auction, Eric Johnson's Fender Strat prototype with built in overdrive, Victory V4 series preamp pedals, Mojo Hand FX Swim Team Nirvana style chorus/flanger, KMA Machines Queequeg 2, Fender El Mocambo guitars, Gibson Sergio Vallin Les Paul Goldtop, answer your questions and comments and check out a video of Digitech possibly been discontinued. CatPick Fridays can be found both on YouTube and Apple Podcasts and Spotify. CatPick Studios Merch (use the code 'PODCAST' for -20% off of any purchace): https://catpick-studios-store.creator-spring.com/ Rich. Words. Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbNnXraM9oHWWBACNS07DMw https://www.gearnews.com/harley-benton-mr-series-gabba-gabba-hey/ Shop Harley Benton MR-Series (affiliate): https://thmn.to/thocf/tmg1g7f2rd https://www.gearnews.com/a-99-usa-made-tubescreamer-jhs-pedals-3-series-screamer/ Rich's Tone City Golden Plexi 2 Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPluzom9eJk https://www.musicradar.com/news/kurt-cobain-smells-like-teen-spirit-fender-mustang https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eric-johnson-stratocaster-overdrive https://www.gearnews.com/victory-updates-its-v4-series-adds-new-jack-copper-and-sheriff-models/ https://geargods.net/news/mojo-hand-fx-nods-to-nirvana-with-new-swim-team-chorus-flanger/ https://geargods.net/news/kma-machines-introduces-new-analog-sub-octave-pedal/ https://geargods.net/news/fender-made-guitars-out-of-the-now-closed-el-mocambo/ https://www.gearnews.com/gibson-sergio-vallin-1955-les-paul-goldtop/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHuS5LcQGD0 00:00 Intro 04:25 New Mosrite inspired MR series from Harley Benton 14:18 JHS Pedals 3 Series Screamer - Budget boutique overdrive 20:10 Tone City Golden Plexi 2 | The best cheap Marshall In A Box mini pedal got an upgrade! 21:50 Kurt Cobain's Nevermind-era Fender Mustang smells like the next $1 million guitar as it goes up for auction 29:10 Eric Johnson and Fender are developing a Stratocaster with onboard overdrive 34:22 Victory updates its V4 Series: Adds new Jack, Copper and Sheriff models 44:15 MOJO HAND FX Nods To NIRVANA With New Swim Team Chorus Flanger 47:45 KMA MACHINES Introduces New Analog Sub-Octave Pedal 51:35 FENDER Made Guitars Out Of The El Mocambo's Old Floors 53:43 Gibson Sergio Vallin 1955 Les Paul Goldtop 57:54 We Answer Your Questions And Comments 1:09:40 Was Digitech Just Discontinued? 1:14:22 See you next time and guessing what gear is being released next week

Interviewing the Legends: Rock Stars & Celebs
Pat Travers Monster Guitarist Releases Two Incredible Singles!

Interviewing the Legends: Rock Stars & Celebs

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 20:44


PAT TRAVERS is one of the most indominable guitar slingers of his generation. An unstoppable force of bold tone, electrifying musicianship, and dynamic performance. No wonder he's been able to persevere through numerous decades of musical fads and trends, staying true to his artform and calling. And now Pat Travers and his band steps forward once again with a blazing new single, “Push Yourself.” Built around Travers' trademark Fender Strat, “Push Yourself” crackles with intensity and bravado. The guitar playing is matched in grittiness and power by Travers' own vocals, which ring out like a wakeup call to anyone thinking that this veteran blues rocker will be resting on his laurels. In addition to the single being available on all digital platforms, it will also be pressed on limited edition RED 7” vinyl backed with another new cut “Full Spectrum” both of which are set to appear on Travers' new studio album coming later this year! PAT TRAVERS BAND has scheduled several concerts this spring and summer, including select dates with CACTUS. Please welcome Monster guitarist/singer/songwriter … PAT TRAVERS to Interviewing the Legends …   GET THE BRAND NEW  SINGLES “PUSH YOURSELF” And “FULL SPECTRUM” or the vinyl AVAILABLE NOW AT Amazon.com also Purchase ‘SWING' BY PAT TRAVERS Legendary guitarist Pat Travers gets swinging on a set of big band classics from '40s & '50s on this unique project! Features full band rock arrangements of Louis Prima's "Sing Sing," Duke Elington's "Take The 'A' Train," Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" and many more! Available on both digipak CD and vinyl in your choice of BLUE or RED! At amazon.com   For more information about PAT TRAVERS VISIT www.pattravers.com official website www.facebook.com/pattraversband facebook https://twitter.com/PATTRAVERSBAND twitter   RAY'S BEST-SELLING BOOK ENTITLED THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES SERIES ONE   CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE  …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know. CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE' SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST   BOOK REVIEW -By Literary Titan (5) STARS   Support us!

Ask the Guitar Coach (Greek Edition)
380 "Πλεονεκτήματα και μειονεκτήματα: Gibson Les Paul και Fender Strat"

Ask the Guitar Coach (Greek Edition)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 7:24


Στο σημερινό επεισόδιο του Ask the Guitar Coach, o Ioannis Anastassakis απαντάει την ερώτηση: “Πλεονεκτήματα και μειονεκτήματα: Gibson Les Paul και Fender Strat”

The Andertons Music Podcast
The Captain Meets Tash Sultana

The Andertons Music Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 23:38


Platinum-selling one-person-band Tash Sultana is an extraordinary talent we simply had to get on for an episode of “The Captain Meets”. Tash has risen through grassroots music, beginning with a career in busking and getting her music online on Bandcamp. In this time she became a master at looping tracks and building songs from the ground up in real time.   We dug into Tash's musical influences, the Terra Firma album and signature Fender Strat. Heads up: this episode features some explicit language.

Black Canvas
“Shakes” Singer/Songwriter Stevie Howie

Black Canvas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 40:06


Stevie Howie played music since he was a young kid, picking up piano when he was about 5 or 6 years old. He didn't necessarily think that I had a particularly "special" connection to music primarily because he thought that understanding music as a fundamentally powerful, immutable force of the universe was just a fact. Stevie couldn't imagine not seeing that. It wasn't until he knew that other people didn't quite see things the same way that he did that Stevie began to see my love for music as "special". Mr. Howie continued playing music, picking up guitar when he was about 9 years old. He spent countless hours in my room playing along to Green Day and Paramore videos on YouTube, imagining that he was in the music videos in their places. This all lasted for a while, until the end of middle school, when the desire to be "cool" trumped my desire to pursue music. So he put down the guitar and piano for a few years until his junior year of high school. Stevie started listening to lots of blues music, mainly the three kings (Albert King, BB King, and Freddie King), Stevie Ray Vaughan, and John Mayer, as well as a lot of Fleetwood Mac. Soon he started playing music constantly. Stevie was obsessed with guitars and everything about them, and probably watched every single live performance of "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" that has ever been played. Stevie graduated from high school to go to The University of Alabama, where his white Fender Strat was the one constant thing in a life full of changes, drama, and lot of emotional desperation. Then, he discovered music production near the end of my freshman year of college. Once that happened, it was all over. Stevie was heartbroken and had nowhere else to put all of my emotion, so he fully dove into creating songs through the beginning of my sophomore year of college. In fact, he spent so much of his time making music that he almost lost his scholarship. He had locked himself in his room making music for so long, had skipped so many classes, and had spent so little time and effort on his classes that he was literally failing to meet the bare minimum. But something was off. Stevie was desperately missing something. It took him some time to realize, but he needed to pursue music. Stevie loved engineering things, but music existed on a different plane. Therefore, in May of 2021, one semester before college graduation, Stevie decided to change the entire plan. He was going to pursue music. At all costs. He was set to finish a work co-op over the summer and his final semester of school over the fall, but he wanted to move to Los Angeles and start his music career as soon as possible, so Stevie made some calls with the computer science department at Alabama to allow him to complete his final semester online, and moved to LA in August. Fast forward to today, Mr. Howie is a TikTok Sensation and just released his first single, “Shakes.” I am honored to have him as a guest on “Black Canvas.”

The Guitar Pirates Podcast
Episode35: Thanksgiving can stuff it!!

The Guitar Pirates Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 91:35


The Thanksgiving dinner destroyers are back! Wobbling into this episode with tales of guitar wonderlust... Dirty Laundry is about as normal as it gets... This day in is high and tight... Jim's Metal Minute is a Moshingly good time... The news is full of new Gibson releases, 3 to be in fact... A V, LP, and SG!!!! With so much more as well... G.A.S. we talk about a Dean Z, Some Universal Audio interfaces, and a call back to a vintage Fender Strat that is marked down damn near 300 bucks... DAMN!!!! GASSY is an understatement... Our Mean Beard of the week is another vintage variety... Otto the Great or Otto I! A man who with in any phase of his day would swear by his Beard!!! In battle or a political setting didn't matter he would swear by it!!!! Thats a man I wanna stand behind... Otto the Great your our Mean Beard of the week!!!!The main event this week is a deep dive into what's in the Gibson demo shop on Reverb this week! It is Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday so I wanted to deep dive what out there from the demo shop at this time! And lets just say there was a lot of black... But you best believe there are some goodies to be had... So check out the Gibson Demo Shop on Reverb.com for a ever changing section of awesome Gibson guitars... As always shout out to our show sponsors and thank you for supporting!smoothmyballs.com                code pirates @ check outmeanbeard.com                         code GPP15 @ check outFind Midnights Haberdashery anywhere on social media and set up your custom hat order today... Tell him the Pirates sent you!gofundme.com/f/itchyforpicky

I Never Thought It Would Happen
14: I Never Thought It Would Happen - Nile Rodgers

I Never Thought It Would Happen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 54:28


Joining Chris to talk about the up and downs of his career and life, is legendary producer, guitarist, song-writer, band leader, owner of a white Fender Strat called "The Hit Maker" and founder of Chic. In this fascinating episode, among many other things, Nile covers his remarkably unorthodox childhood which shaped his future endeavours, from school music lessons and films to a chance encounter with some hippies and how The Doors altered Nile's perception. This is a frank and fascinating conversation.

Why We Love It. . .discussing the hit songs we all listen to!
Why We Love It discusses The History of The Fender Stratocaster

Why We Love It. . .discussing the hit songs we all listen to!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 33:56


Join Eric, Lloyd & Special Guest Host Matt Hutchins as they discuss the various guitar heroes who made the Fender Strat so iconic!

King of the World
Episode 1: 9/11

King of the World

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 52:50


Host Shahjehan Khan acquaints us with his family—a fivesome in a predominantly white suburb of Boston by way of Pakistan—and his conflicted identity. Despite his name literally meaning “king of the world,” young Shahjehan feels increasingly powerless. We learn three of his favorite things: a shiny red Fender Strat, weed, and figure skating. September 11th, 2001, starts out like any other school day, then the first plane hits the World Trade Center at the end of first-period calculus. The attacks continue to unfold as teachers frantically try to access the internet and reassure students, when they themselves are anything but. Direct ties to his community, extended family, and Logan Airport are discovered, and we review everything the nation knew by that evening. The association between Islam and terrorism indelibly solidifies, and Shahjehan experiences the single most defining moment of his young adult life—an indication of the forthcoming massive impacts for American Muslims.Learn more about the people and topics in this episode on our listening guide.For more information, visit our website or https://www.rifelion.com/shows/kingoftheworld

Tweed Couch Guitar Therapy Session
50- Who Cheap Guitars Are For

Tweed Couch Guitar Therapy Session

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 44:41


I remember when I first learned guitar and I couldn't afford a Fender Stratocaster. I wanted to look and sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix… Eventually I ended up with a Fender Strat but it didn't look or sound like the ones my heroes played. So I started modding. Of course, there is way more to sounding like these icons than parts and materials but that didn't matter to me. As time went on I wanted to look and sound like other artists but didn't have the money to buy all the expensive gear... And therefore I entered into a phase of my life where I started buying cheap guitars… But who are cheap guitars for? What classifies a guitar as cheap? Are there any good ones out there? How do you know it's time to upgrade? Are they worth modding? And what are the usual flaws? Well we will discuss this, and more on this group therapy session with Barber, on the Tweed couch. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tweedcouch/support

Headliner Radio
Fender Next by Headliner E4: Ambre

Headliner Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 27:10


Singer-songwriter India Ambre Perkins, known simply as Ambre, tells us about her early days as a bedroom producer blowing up on Soundcloud, how she co-wrote two tracks off of H.E.R.'s 2017 self-titled album, which was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, and why she loves using her Fender Strat to achieve her R&B vibe. (pod image credit Sharon Marrero)

Fort Worth Music Academy
How To Spot A Fake Fender Strat (so you don't get scammed like me)

Fort Worth Music Academy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 9:47


Eric recently bought a used Made in Mexico Fender Stratocaster... or so he thought :(Learn what to watch out for when buying used Strats!Guitar lessons in Fort Worth? We got em! 

Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon
Ted Nugent discusses his upcoming Auction!

Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 41:55


Mitch Lafon and The Jeremy White Podcast presents Uncle TED! We discuss his upcoming Auction. Details below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                              TED NUGENT GUNS, GUITARS & HOT ROD CARS AUCTION Featuring over 400 Ted Nugent personal items from 50 years of rock & roll, firepower and horsepower accumulation WHAT: Burley Auction Gallery is proud to present The Ted Nugent Guns, Guitars & Hot Rod Cars Auction: Saturday, March 27th at 10:00am at Tucker Hall in Waco Texas. The live auction event features an absolute NugeGonzo lifetime accumulation of rock & roll, firepower and horsepower with hundreds of items from the personal collection of rock legend and sporting icon Ted Nugent. The March 27 th auction features a musical arsenal of vintage, prototype and one-of-a-kind guitars including rare 1958 and 1959 Gibson Les Pauls, 1956 Fender Strat, Black Gibson Byrdland, Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul, early Paul Reed Smith prototype and more. Vintage touring equipment will also be auctioned, including the entire back line used by The Nuge during thousands of shows, pyrotechnic stage guns, tour-used speaker cabinets, concert equipment and stage décor. The Ted Nugent Guns, Guitars & Hot Rod Cars Auction features an amazing selection of over 200 personal firearms, including custom Ted Nugent guns, personal carry guns, presentation guns, Ted Nugent Ammo, plus a vast selection of Uncle Ted’s personal Archery Equipment, memorabilia and more. Cars up for auction from the Nugent fleet include a prized, fully restored 1968 Ford Bronco and a custom 2015 Dodge Hellcat Challenger – personally owned and operated by The Nuge. “Uncle Ted has powerlived the ultimate American Dream of life, liberty, pursuit of ultra happiness and an accumulation of the coolest stuff available to mankind. But alas, like the greatest philosopher of all time stated, “A good man has to know his limitations!" (Dirty Harry @1970),” said Ted Nugent. “So, as I throttle into my 73rd firebreathing clean and sober year, it is nigh time to streamline, and lucky, lucky you, I am auctioning off some of my Xtremely unique one-of-a-kind Nuge goodies for ya all to display, use and absorb the NugeGonzoMOJO that each and every item reeks of. I found a guy that I trust to fondle and auction off a lifetime of accumulation of the greatest energized stuff that a guy could ever hope for – Robb Burley. Burley Auction Gallery has handled some of the biggest estates and some of the most valuable family heirlooms in the history of auctions, so I appreciate his integrity and his professionalism."  “I can’t thank Ted enough for giving us a chance to work with him on this auction. It’s been a huge honor to catalog Ted’s lifetime collection of one-of-a-kind guitars, personal firearms and cars,” said Robb Burley. “This is going to be an auction for the ages – it’s a lifetime celebration of a rock legend. Ted Nugent’s mojo is all over this collection and we’re expecting people to come from all 50 states and thousands of online bidders to be a part of this once in a lifetime auction event.” WHEN: The Ted Nugent Guns, Guitars & Hot Rod Cars Auction: Saturday, March 27th at Tucker Hall in Waco Texas. Auction starts at 10:00am Auction Preview: Friday, March 26th Noon-6:00pm and Saturday, March 27th 8:00-10:00am WHAT ELSE: Live auction with spaced limited seating available. Seat reservations required. Live online, phone, & absentee bidding available. For online catalog and complete details visit: www.burleyauction.com & TedNugentauction.com. Help support the show. Please consider a donation: https://www.paypal.me/MitchLafon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guitar Smarts
GAS, Neglected Strats and Spending Cash - Guitar Smarts #5

Guitar Smarts

Play Episode Play 28 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 49:34


Greetings Guitarist Friends!This week we shoot the breeze over all things guitar, particularly the things on our mind right not such as Kiran's ever swelling guitar collection and struggles with GAS, Matt's neglect of his Fender Strat and it's urgent maintenance needs and also his inherent inability to spend money on equipment!Remember to please subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts, and come to see us on our social media channels below:https://www.facebook.com/Guitarsmartshttps://www.instagram.com/guitar_smarts/Have a very merry time playing guitar this week, and we will see you next Monday! Kiran & MattWant some fantastic Guitar Smarts Merch? Head to the official Etsy Merch Store below:https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/GuitarSmartsStoreAre you thinking of starting your own podcast? Following the link below lets Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1555636Rate and Review the Guitar Smarts podcast here:https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/guitar-smarts-1580199 (On the right hand side, press the button that says 'Rate this Podcast')https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/guitar-smarts/id1548265334 (Follow this link, then open the podcast in your iTunes app and leave a rating in there)https://web.podfriend.com/podcast/1548265334 (Click on the 5 Stars under the podcast title and then leave a rating and review)Support the show

Chewing the Gristle with Greg Koch

Joe and Greg talk about gear and the guitar life! What more could you ask for? They discuss Joe's new signature Epiphone, Greg's new amp, practicing, Clapton, Les Pauls, Pedals, and more. Greg kicks off Season 2 with Joe Bonamassa!4:53 - The time Greg drooled incessantly over one of Joe’s original Fender Broadcasters, and a discussion about Telecasters in general7:41 - Joe’s first vintage guitar - a Candy Apple Red ’72 Fender Strat14:53 - Joe’s current perspective on vintage gear18:29 - The importance of practice, putting in your 10,000 hours, and removing your ego from your instrument26:43 - Eric Clapton, his diversity of a player, and his undeniable gusto as a player37:45 - When Greg and Joe first met, and how they’re getting through stay-at-home life43:34 - Joe’s new signature Epiphone guitar, Greg’s new tweed amp from Koch amps, and a whole lotta pedal talk56:41 - Joe’s Les Paul journey through his career, and how amps play a very important role in his playing72:01 - If Joe was forced to chose 2 of his guitars….Total Length: 78:49

The High Gain
Episode 129 - The Fender STRAT

The High Gain

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 26:37


THE HIGH GAIN PODCASTWEBSITEwww.thehighgain.comPATREONBecome a SubscriberDISCORDhttps://discord.gg/XUMEzkjTHE SOCIALSInstagramFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInEMAILthehighgainpod@gmail.comPRODUCED BYVerkstad - Seattle, WA

Beautiful Illusions
EP 02 - Our Back Pages

Beautiful Illusions

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 61:56


Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episodeSelected References:Bob Dylan lyrics by song titleNo Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan by Robert Shelton“I Want You” from Dylan and The Grateful Dead’s 7/4/87 show in Foxboro, MA - not the exact version on the album (in terms of Dylan’s enunciation it’s actually better), but you get the idea.“I Want You” from Bob Dylan’s 1966 masterpiece Blonde on Blonde“Hurricane” and “One More Cup Of Coffee” off the 1976 album Desire“Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” from the 1975 album Blood On The Tracks“Love Minus Zero/No Limit” from the 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home“The Man In Me” from the 1970 album New Morning, and famously used in the Coen brother’s extraordinary cult classic movie  “The Big Lebowski”Bruce Springsteen, the 1975 Rolling Stone article “New Dylan From Jersey? It Might As Well Be Springsteen”, “The Members of ‘The Next Bob Dylan’ Club” and “Who Is The Next Bob Dylan?: 10 Songwriters Once Voted Most Likely” Bob Dylan at The Palace Theatre on April 14, 1996 reviewed here in the Hartford CourantTime Out Of Mind won 3 Grammy’s at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk Album, and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song “Cold Irons Bound” - perhaps most memorably Dylan’s performance of “Love Sick” at the show was crashed by a spastically contorting and shirtless Michael Portnoy who infamously had the words “Soy Bomb” painted across his chest - Dylan and the band kept going like the true pros that they are without missing a beat or seeming to acknowledge the intrusion in any way. Also notably “Time Out of Mind” beat out Radiohead’s masterpiece “OK Computer” for Album of the Year.Rick Danko (late, of The Band) joins Bob Dylan for “This Wheel’s On Fire” and then again during the encore for “I Shall Be Released” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” original version from the 1963 album The Freewheelin’ Bob DylanThe Gibson J-45 Sunburst acoustic guitar - Dylan played the J-45 as his primary acoustic throughout the late 90’s and early 2000’s - it can be seen and heard prominently on this video of “My Back Pages”Is Dylan the greatest songwriter? Try “Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 Songwriters of All Time” or “The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time” (heavily biased towards rock era, but it’s Rolling Stone, so that’s somewhat expected), or try a list from Dave’s Music Database that aggregates 36 other lists, an article/poll from BBC news, an opinion piece from a philosophy professor, or maybe the fact that Dylan won a Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”Newport concert review (with setlist) from Berkshire Links website, and “Dylan at Newport, 2002” from the blog singer-songwriter/Dylanologist Peter Stone Brown (originally posted on Bobdylan.com), Dylan notably wore a wig and fake beard for the occasion (pic with wig, beard, and J-45)Dylan sang “Only A Pawn In Their Game” and “When the Ship Comes In” (with Joan Baez) as part of a musical program that included Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta, and The Freedom Singers, before Martin Luther King gave his famous speech “Bob Dylan’s Influence On The Beatles” from The Flip Side Beatles Blog, and “How Bob Dylan Influenced The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who“ from Far Out Magazine“How Bob Dylan Changed the 60’s, and American Culture”“Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and the Rock of the Sixties” “Is this cave painting humanity’s oldest story?”“Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman, or read this excerpt in Scientific AmericanAnother Side of Bob Dylan released in 1964Bob Dylan performing “Maggie’s Farm” at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, and just because it’s cool here is an awestruck Jason Isbell playing the 1964 Fender Strat that Dylan played at the Newport performance, and here is a bunch of others including Courtney Barnett with the same  guitarFor more on the “Electric Dylan Controversy” see “The Night Bob Dylan Went Electric,” “Dylan goes electric at The Newport Folk Festival,” “July 25, 1965: Dylan Goes Electric at The Newport Folk Festival,” and “Revisit Bob Dylan’s electric performance at Newport Folk Festival 50 years later” -Here’s a good example of an antagonistic interview from the famous Dylan documentary “Don’t Look Back”“How Robert Zimmerman Became Bob Dylan”“My Back Pages” album recording and lyricsThe album Bringing It All Back Home was released on March 22, 1965 a few months before the Newport Folk Festival in July of that same year“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” album recording“It Ain’t Me Babe” album recording“Simulacra and Simulations” excerpt from Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings 1965’s Highway 61 Revisited and the 1966 masterpiece Blonde on Blonde, along with Bringing It All Back Home are widely considered the peak of Dylan’s 60’s outputCheck out the classic video for “Subterranean Homesick Blues”The 2005 documentary “No Direction Home” by Martin Scorsese“Shelter from the Storm” album version This episode was recorded in February 2020The “Beautiful Illusions Theme” was performed by Darron Vigliotti (guitar) and Joseph Vigliotti (drums), and was written and recorded by Darron Vigliotti

Gab and Jam
Gab & Jam Ep 162 The Better The Gear, The Better You Will Sound Podcast

Gab and Jam

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 15:45


Ep 162 The better the gear, the better you will sound? Video Description I know, I know…. Since you were a kid, you’ve been under the impression that if you get a Fender Strat—JUST like Jimi Hendrix’s—you would be imbued with magical guitar wizardry abilities. But we are sorry to tell you that this will NOT be the case. Here us out…. Here’s why the magic is not in the equipment: 1. Grass is greener 2. Gear itself won’t make you great (won’t assure you will capture what Marcus Miller captured in “Blast”) But here’s what WILL make you great: 1. Trying new techniques 2. Constant practice 3. Learning as much as you can about your instrument If you become better, that Fender Strat—or whatever you’re playing—will sound better. #gearisnotmagic #practicecounts #greatguitarist #prejippie #bloomingprejippie @fender #fender What do you think? Is gear the Be All End All? We’d love to hear what you think. Leave us a comment. We have decided, upon popular demand, to offer you, our listeners, a chance to get a fully loaded two-disc vinyl version of our new funk album, “Sugar Fit.” Click the link below to make your presence felt. Order yours today. Vinyl Pre-Order Campaign through Patreon ( http://bit.ly/sugarfitvinyl ) If you like this, you might enjoy: • Musical Discoveries #3: http://bit.ly/ep71musdisc3vid • Coronavirus for the D.I.Y. Rock Star Playlist: http://bit.ly/diycoronavirusplay • Beyond Blooming Backstage Grove Studios Tour: http://bit.ly/bbbgrovetourvid • “Inspiration for a D.I.Y. Music Lyric Video: How We Improved Our Video Making During Coronavirus Quarantine” https://bit.ly/videomakingblog • “First Music Video? 10 Best Websites for Free Stock Video Footage” http://bit.ly/freestockvideosprej • “Further Confessions: I Hate Video Editing” http://bit.ly/ihatevideoediting • “YouTube Frenzy: But the Beauty of this Rabbit Hole” http://bit.ly/youtubefrenzy • “Tips for Competing with Yourself (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star)” http://bit.ly/Ep94BV2019blog20 • “Tips for Video Making (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star)” http://bit.ly/Ep86BV2019blog12 NOW: New funk album, “Sugar Fit,” by Bourgeoisie Paper Jam (pre-order) http://bit.ly/BandCampPMG and follow on Spotify at https://bit.ly/bpjspotfollow and By popular demand: Vinyl Pre-Order Campaign through Patreon ( http://bit.ly/sugarfitvinyl ) Mentioned/seen in video: • Stars in Your Eyes Eyewear (Austin, TX) • Hartke Amp (see unboxing at https://youtu.be/QZaDmme2FMQ ) • Fodera Bass • Earrings: Tribal Rhythm Vintage (Toronto, ON) MUSIC: “I Get Faded (No Voce),” PMG Cool & Quirky Custom Music (through Songtradr at http://bit.ly/2QGRatf ) More Ways to experience B L O O M I N G P R E J I P P I E : • Blog: http://bit.ly/bloomingprejippie • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bloomingprejippie • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bloomingprejipp • Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bloomingprejippie • Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/bloomingprejippie • YouTube: http://bit.ly/youtubesubprejippie • SoundCloud (Gab & Jam podcast): http://bit.ly/gabandjam • SoundCloud (music): https://soundcloud.com/prejippie • BandCamp (music): http://bit.ly/BandCampPMG • Spotify Artist Profile: https://bit.ly/bpjspotfollow (Please follow!) • Funky Happy People (Who Listen to a Variety of Genres of Music) Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/funkyhappyjoin • Be the Next D.I.Y. Rock Star Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/diyrockstarjoin Please subscribe. Thanks. http://bit.ly/youtubesubprejippie Until next Monday, here’s wishing love, peace, and chicken grease!

Everyone Loves Guitar
George Marinelli​: Bonnie Raitt​, Bruce Hornsby​ & The Range (orig member)

Everyone Loves Guitar

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 100:57


George shared some great stories about his experiences working with Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Cliff Richard, Jackson Browne​, Official Art Garfunkel Page​l, Vince Gill​ and more. One of the founding members of Bruce Hornsby & The Range, George played on the first 3 albums and talks about how this band came about and what prompted him to leave… A very cool story about how George wound up buying Neal Schon​'s (Journey) 1962 Fender Strat. More on Dr. Z and Fender Pro Junior amps… and loads more on this awesome call... Support this Show: http://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/support  Subscribe https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/ 

Chasing Frets
Nir Felder on How to Structure Your Practice Time

Chasing Frets

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 18:29


Musical breakthroughs abound when you trust your instincts and follow your curiosity. In this episode, Nir details how he approaches his practice sessions and provides tips we can all use for fostering creative growth on guitar. He also reveals why he's played the same Fender Strat for more than two decades. For more information about Nir Felder visit http://www.nirfelder.com (http://www.nirfelder.com) Visit Premier Guitar: http://premierguitar.com (http://premierguitar.com) Hit us up: chasingfrets@premierguitar.com Special thanks to Rode and Audio-Technica

Music in 2Flavors
Episodio 145 Carlos López Lirola, la guitarra en El Ejido

Music in 2Flavors

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 89:21


Gracias a Ramon García de La Taberna de Jazz tuve la oportunidad de sentarme a hablar con Carlos López Lirola, un guitarrista de El Ejido, Andalucía. Como es mi costumbre hablamos de música y entre esas pinceladas que tiro de vez en cuando, hablamos de las tiendas de música en su ciudad, de sus guitarras favoritas entre ellas su Godin, Fender Strat, Fender Telecaster y la Gretsch. Compartimos el sentimiento de que a veces nos sentimos más atraídos a una sobre otra. Los invito a visitar la pagina web de Carlos López Lirolacen http://www.carloslopezmusic.com/ y su canal de YouTube en: http://www.carloslopezmusic.com/. Como dije en el episodio, aquí esta el video de Carlos Lopez con Sara Soul, los invito a escuchar este video y a suscribirse a los canales de ambos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDsoh0TZJQ Las canciones incluidas en este episodio son: Martin, Tres E Nova y Chasquidos. Estas interpretaciones, composiciones y arreglos son de Carlos López Lirola y está prohibida su reproducción. Para mis fieles audio escuchas, me pueden seguir en Twitter e Instagram como: Music2Flavors, en Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/Musicin2Flavors/, o en mi página del Internet www.musicin2flavors.com. Los invito a compartir este episodio con todas las personas en sus redes y si quieren ayudarme económicamente para mejorar el equipo de grabación y apoyar músicos, lo pueden hacer en mi cuenta de Patreon www.patreon.com/musicin2flavors. Una vez más gracias por conectarse y escuchar este y los episodios previos sobre músicos independientes, lutieres, musicólogos y si desean que entreviste a algún músico independiente, me pueden enviar un mensaje en la parte de comentarios de este episodio o en m i página en la Internet ya mencionada arriba. Todos los derechos de este episodio están reservados. El contenido de este episodio está protegido por las leyes de Propiedad Intelectual de EE UU (Copyright Act de 1976) Se prohíbe la reproducción de la misma mediante cualquier formato sin las autorizaciones o consentimientos de los autores de este episodio y la música. El logo de Music in 2Flavors Música en 2Sabores es una marca sin registrar™. Se prohíbe el uso, replica y distribución de la misma sin autorización de su titular al igual que parte o todo del contenido de este episodio.

Music in 2Flavors
Episodio 145 Carlos López Lirola, la guitarra en El Ejido

Music in 2Flavors

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 89:21


Gracias a Ramon García de La Taberna de Jazz tuve la oportunidad de sentarme a hablar con Carlos López Lirola, un guitarrista de El Ejido, Andalucía. Como es mi costumbre hablamos de música y entre esas pinceladas que tiro de vez en cuando, hablamos de las tiendas de música en su ciudad, de sus guitarras favoritas entre ellas su Godin, Fender Strat, Fender Telecaster y la Gretsch. Compartimos el sentimiento de que a veces nos sentimos más atraídos a una sobre otra. Los invito a visitar la pagina web de Carlos López Lirolacen http://www.carloslopezmusic.com/ y su canal de YouTube en: http://www.carloslopezmusic.com/. Como dije en el episodio, aquí esta el video de Carlos Lopez con Sara Soul, los invito a escuchar este video y a suscribirse a los canales de ambos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDsoh0TZJQ Las canciones incluidas en este episodio son: Martin, Tres E Nova y Chasquidos. Estas interpretaciones, composiciones y arreglos son de Carlos López Lirola y está prohibida su reproducción. Para mis fieles audio escuchas, me pueden seguir en Twitter e Instagram como: Music2Flavors, en Facebook en https://www.facebook.com/Musicin2Flavors/, o en mi página del Internet www.musicin2flavors.com. Los invito a compartir este episodio con todas las personas en sus redes y si quieren ayudarme económicamente para mejorar el equipo de grabación y apoyar músicos, lo pueden hacer en mi cuenta de Patreon www.patreon.com/musicin2flavors. Una vez más gracias por conectarse y escuchar este y los episodios previos sobre músicos independientes, lutieres, musicólogos y si desean que entreviste a algún músico independiente, me pueden enviar un mensaje en la parte de comentarios de este episodio o en m i página en la Internet ya mencionada arriba. Todos los derechos de este episodio están reservados. El contenido de este episodio está protegido por las leyes de Propiedad Intelectual de EE UU (Copyright Act de 1976) Se prohíbe la reproducción de la misma mediante cualquier formato sin las autorizaciones o consentimientos de los autores de este episodio y la música. El logo de Music in 2Flavors Música en 2Sabores es una marca sin registrar™. Se prohíbe el uso, replica y distribución de la misma sin autorización de su titular al igual que parte o todo del contenido de este episodio.

Gitaarmannen, de podcast
S01E11: PABLO VAN DE POEL

Gitaarmannen, de podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 73:11


DeWolff is de band van Pablo van de Poel en als gitaarliefhebber kan je ze bijna niet gemist hebben de afgelopen jaren. Ze zijn graag geziene gasten bij onder andere DWDD. En niet zonder reden! Want Pablo ademt muziek, de gitaar is een verlengstuk van hemzelf. Hij vertelt in deze podcast honderduit over hoe hij de gitaar heeft ontdekt, hoe hij toch wel een hekel heeft aan Fender Strat's, de akward ontmoeting met Robert Plant en waarom hij is overgestapt van 0.11 naar 0.09. Dit en meer in de elfde aflevering van Gitaarmannen, de podcast.iTunes: http://bit.ly/gitaarmannendepodcastAPSpotify: http://bit.ly/gitaarmannendepodcastSPGoogle Podcasts: http://bit.ly/gitaarmannendepodcastGPStitcher: http://bit.ly/gitaarmannendepodcastSTVanaf september tourt Ed Struijlaart weer met zijn voorstelling ‘Gitaarmannen – van Clapton tot Sheeran’ langs 44 theaters. Tijdens deze voorstelling brengt Ed een ode aan de gitaar en zijn helden (Hendrix, Clapton, Mayer, Santana etc. etc.). Welke liedjes waren voor hem bepalend als beginnend gitarist en wat deed hem beslissen om vol voor zijn muzikale droom te gaan? Ben je liefhebber van gitaarmuziek? Dan ga je natuurlijk naar Gitaarmannen – van Clapton tot Sheeran!Voor tickets en speeldata: http://www.gitaarmannen.nl

Guitar Speak Podcast
The Fender Strat turns 65! GSP #121

Guitar Speak Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 42:32


    Leo Fender's Stratocaster is arguably not only the iconic electric guitar but an enduring symbol of popular culture. Following on from the visionary Telecaster, the Stratocaster has captured the imaginations of players across generations and styles. We are joined by Ian S. Port, US bestselling author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock and Roll. Ian gives a unique historical perspective on the Strat's development and impact on popular music. Australian guitarists Steve Edmonds and Phil Cebrano - both known as outstanding 'Stratsmen' - return to the Guitar Speak Podcast to detail the instrument's impact on their careers. Check out our killer Spotify playlist including some of the artists mentioned by our guests and from members of the Guitar Speak Forum on Facebook.     Episode #121 Links Phil Cebrano GSP #116 Steve Edmonds GSP #89 www.iansmithport.com Spotify Playlist for GSP #121   Guitar Speak Podcast Links Visit us at guitarspeakpodcast.com Subscribe and find previous episodes at: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher   Follow us on Facebook & Instagram Join our Guitar Speak Forum Buy a T-Shirt! Contact us at guitarspeakpodcast@gmail.com          

Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer
Eric Tessmer - tiny curations

Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2019 1:05


DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today: http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31Ep9f9u9aLccoIMPDNgtV?si=ry1UxZ_XTim1eIhWUNaLdg 01 - Good So Bad 02 - Little Wing - Tessmer At The Track 11.3.17 03 - See You Tonight Eric Tessmer, voted the Austin Chronicle best guitarist in 2018. Named Eric James, by his guitar playing father, in honor of two greats; Eric for Clapton and James for Jimi James Hendrix or born James Marshall Hendrix! Eric moved to Austin when he turned 19, almost 20 years ago. And he plays a vintage 1959 Fender Strat that shows it's age. I first saw him play a SXSW kick off party and then more regularly each year at the Arlyn Studios SXSW Homecoming Party. He recently opened for Slash at Stubb's, when Slash came through town with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators. Back in June, he played a Waterloo in-store appearance for his new album "Good So Bad". Here is that title cut off of the new album: Good So Bad... I've seen him do some blistering numbers of Jimi Hendrix songs, here is one he did live, "Little Wing" a la the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan. That was "See You Tonight". And if you want to see him tonight, he will be playing at the Nutty Brown Amphitheater near my house in Cedar Valley, along with Monte Montgomery. So get out there and support live local music. Thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tiny-curations-deep-dives/message

Baker Street with Thom Pollard
Episode 11 - Thee Most Badass Guitar Shop on the Planet, discernment and realizing our dreams

Baker Street with Thom Pollard

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 56:45


When I walked into Friendly River Music in Cornish, Maine (of all places!) I could hear angels singing...er, maybe it was a stack of Marshalls blowing a '50 amp fuse' as Mick sings in You Can't Always Get What You Want. I'd found guitar-lovers Nirvana, then promptly spent my savings on a Fender Strat and Princeton Reverb amp. John Barton, the shop's founder, owner, proprietor, rock historian, guitar lover/collector, Beatles freak, all 'round great guy, inspires you as he takes us on a tour. From a 1961 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 hollowbody to a handmade Steelcast made by James Trussart, this is not your ordinary neighborhood shop. John's story is inspiring, too. He grew this shop from a $500 investment, borne out of knowing he'd never survive a career as a teacher.I've posted photos of the guitars that John and I discuss in the episode, as well as many photos from his beautiful shop on my Facebook page (Thom Dharma Pollard) and my Instagram page @thom.dharma.pollard In Episode 11 I also discuss discernment, which one develops when they begin living their truths. When we have discernment we can be assured that our decisions are the right decisions. So, if we are endeavoring to achieve something, be it a short-term goal or lifechanging career move, we will be less fearful in moving forward. Suitably, music on the episode is from the surf sounds of The Vivisectors, found on the free music archives. Find them at vivisectors.bandcamp.com. Visit @friendlyrivermusic on Facebook, or check their website at friendlyrivermusic.com. Please share the podcast with friends and family. Baker Street can be found wherever you can listen to podcasts, as well as at bakerstreet.buzzsprout.com. My website is eyesopenproductions.com. Please stop by and say hi!

Sounding Off with Rick Beato
Episode 133: GIBSON LES PAUL VS FENDER STRAT | A CLOSER LOOK

Sounding Off with Rick Beato

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 14:17


KYGPodcast
4 #7 Fenders $500 Set Of Pick Ups?

KYGPodcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 88:16


Question Index0:00 Intro1:01 Did I decide to get a CE 34 semi hollow?https://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-PRS-CE24SH-ER2:32 Do I see a DR Z amp behind you?9:15 Have I tried a Slick guitar?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymVZPyqngA&t=2s10:51 Thoughts on Lindy Fralin pick ups 12:34 Fenders new $500 set of pick upshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ffKxyasbO4&t=129s17:10 Should You Spend Money To Fix Up A Junky Guitar?26:29 When sanding frets do you need to keep the radius?27:40 The hidden gem video29:49 If you could pick only one fuzz pedal which one would you pick?35:40 Are frets more important than neck shape?37:50 Help with hum issue40:36 Is there different quality levels in stainless steel frets?48:59 Checking issues with noise with humbuckers52:38 Should guitars come with bad frets? 57:20 Can you make jumbo frets medium jumbo frets58:53 New Tosin Abasi guitars built by Grover Jackson1:00:10 $2500 Gibson vs $800 Epiphone?1:02:30 Ground wires solid vs braided 1:05:45 Should I keep all the boxes for my gear?1:07:39 Do you think the online metal community is becoming more toxic?1:12:55 The sound brenner vibrating Metronomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDfG40QNEw&t=29s1:14:20 Why I think String Swing is the best1:16:00 How hard is it to regret a guitar with stainless steel frets?1:17:00 Will not having stock pick ups hurt the value of a Fender Strat?1:18:50 A good Luthier in Sail Lake area?1:19:30 ISO Box vs IRs1:22:48 Thoughts on Stew Mac Electronics?1:24:28 My favorite short scale bass?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFsM0MKgwNw&t=9s1:25:39 Stew Macs shipping costsT Shirts and merch storehttps://teespring.com/stores/know-your-gear-shop-2Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/phillipmcknightKYG)

Guitar Radio Show
Guitar Radio Show Ep 222

Guitar Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 60:09


Spear Shakers w/Kelly Richey a new power duo, tears up Guitar Radio Show!

F2
2. Damian Munoz: '63 Custom Seafoam Green Fender Strat

F2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 6:25


Listen to Damian talk about any number of his passions—design, art, guitar, fashion—and you’ll know within moments that the man has done his homework. Founder of the culture blog Point of References, Damian’s mind is a repository for the nitty gritty details of whole design and cultural histories, namely but not only, that of the Fender Stratocaster. He has a yin for fashion, and through his website and Instagram page, publishes street-style fashion photography

Talk Mode
Talk Mode #28: Ian Anderson (Part 2 of 2)

Talk Mode

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2019 29:58


Jethro Tull's frontman Ian Anderson speaks of an 8-year-old who listened to his father's big band 78s, trading in his (and Lemmy's old) Fender Strat for a fancy microphone and a flute, the similarities between "Hotel California" and Jethro Tull's "We Used To Know", working with the Carducci Quartet and making use of jazz meters in his songwriting. Part 1 of this interview is available, on the platform of your choice, as Episode #27...

The Billy O Show
Episode 40 - Auto Tune Is Your Friend

The Billy O Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 136:34


Some of the topics this week are: Paul McCartney having some unprecedented success with his new album, The MMA making it's way through the American government machine, Deadmau5 lending his talents to the world of movie soundtracks, The return of Rammstein, Eminem “borrowing” the Beastie Boys album artwork, Auto Tune and the bad rap it's gotten by people not “in the know”, and more… This weeks album: Carrie Underwood - Cry Pretty This weeks Rig Rundown: John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011 Buy his rig: Fender Strat 1962 / Fender Telecaster 1960's / Gretsch White Falcon 1960's / Fender Strat 1955 / Boss DS-1 Distortion / Boss DS-2 Distortion / EH Big Muff Russian / MXR Phase 90 / Ibanez WH10 Wah / Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble / Marshall Silver Jubilee Original / Marshall Major 200 Watt / Fender Dual Showman Silverface / Marshall 1960b Cabinet Mid-Level Replacement Rig: Fender Strat / Fender Telecaster / Gretsch White Falcon / Boss DS-1 Distortion / Boss DS-2 Distortion / EH Big Muff Russian / MXR Phase 90 / Ibanez WH10 Wah / Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble / Marshall Silver Jubilee *Reissue / Marshall Major 200 Watt / Fender Dual Showman Silverface / Marshall 1960b Cabinet Entry-Level Replacement Rig: Fender Players Strat / Fender Players Telecaster / Gretsch Streamliner Hollowbody / Boss DS-1 Distortion / Boss DS-2 Distortion / EH Big Muff Russian / MXR Phase 90 / Ibanez WH10 Wah / Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble / Marshall DSL40C Cooking with Kdog / Graphic Design by Chris / Crazy X Band / DNA Amps Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

Dan Barracuda: Inside A Musician's Mind
Lead Guitar Improv on B minor

Dan Barracuda: Inside A Musician's Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 2:01


Aimless improvising with my Fender Strat. Finally go my hands on my very first Stratocaster earlier this year. I'm obsessed with the playability of it! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/danbarracuda/support

Everyone Loves Guitar
George Marinelli Interview - Bonnie Raitt  - ELG#161

Everyone Loves Guitar

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 100:48


George shared some great stories about his experiences working with Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Cliff Richard, Jackson Brown, Art Garfunkel, Vince Gill and more… One of the founding members of Bruce Hornsby & The Range, George played on the first 3 albums and talks about how this band came about and what prompted him to leave… A very cool story about how George wound up buying Neal Schon’s (Journey) 1962 Fender Strat. More on Dr. Z and Fender Pro Junior amps… and loads more on this awesome call... Subscribe https://www.EveryoneLovesGuitar.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ELovesGuitar

The Pod Punk Show
E008 - The Starting Line

The Pod Punk Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 79:19


This week Aaron Haag and John Brian dig into the Drive-Thru era to find the lines between emo and pop punk. We find out just how pivotal The Starting Line were to John and his early romantic life.  We also lay out who would be the father, son and holy ghost of Floridian music groups, why Aaron doesn't understand break up songs and why John took off his pants (his jacket does remain intact).   Links Referred To In This Episode John's Fender Strat   MUSIC CREDITS:  Songs by The Starting Line Decisions Decisions, Leaving, Hello Houston, Notsouh Olleh, and The Best of Me from Say It Like You Mean It (2002)   Additional Songs Hotdog by Limp Bizkit off of Chocolate Starfish and The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)        Our Recommendations: Aaron's Rec of the Week: The Armstrong's benefit for 924 Gilman John's Rec of the Week: Drive-Thru Records     Follow the show! Twitter – Facebook – Instagram – Our Site Aaron on Twitter - John on Twitter Email: PodPunkShow@Gmail.com  

Strings and Things
Daniel Reyes Llinas: Strings and Things

Strings and Things

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2016 35:00


This week, our host Patrick Grant welcomes guitarist/composer Daniel Reyes Llinas to the Strings and Things podcast. Daniel’s got a Fender Strat he customized himself, and he’s the co-founder of the New York instrumental group, Parias Ensemble. We’ll hear about the impact that the Beatles, Latin rock and New Wave made on him as a kid growing up in Colombia, and we’ll find out what’s cooking with Daniel’s new album. Find out more at stringsandthingsshow.com.

BDJ's Cellar Full of Remixes
No Matter What (BDJ Cover Version)

BDJ's Cellar Full of Remixes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2011 3:18


Badfinger was a rock band formed in Swansea, Wales in the early 1960s.Their history is closely linked with the Beatles; to some, their music imitates the Beatles; for others, it is a welcome extension to the Beatelesque repertoire. Pete Ham sings in a McCartney-esque voice, their guitars sound a lot like Eric Clapton....... The other ties to the Beatles are too many too mention all: - The name Badfinger was suggested by Apple's Neil Aspinall, and was a reference to "Bad Finger Boogie", an early working title of "With a Little Help from My Friends"; - Badfinger was signed to The Beatles label, Apple Records. - Peter Ham used one of George Harrison's Gibson guitars on this song. George used that same Gibon SG on "Paper Back Writer" and on "Hey Bulldog". - The song was initially produced by Mal Evans, long-time Beatles hand, but was rejected by Apple staff as a potential single. Geoff Emerick (the beatles engineer) then took over as their producer, and the song was remixed. July 1970 - they played acoustic guitars on tracks from George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and provided backing vocals on Ringo Starr's single "It Don't Come Easy". - Tom Evans and Molland performed on John Lennon's album Imagine, and all four members of the band appeared as backup musicians throughout George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971. But does the link go even further than that ? McCartney wrote 'Come and get It' for them, which became their greats hit. What about "No matter What ? To me, it sounds a lot like George Harrison, more than McCartney: the middle eight of No Matter What use the same chords as While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and is that a slide guitar playing the solo (like Harrison did) ? Harrison was quite generous with his song writing contributions, and did not alway demand being credited, so it seems certainly possible that Harrison contributed to No Matter What. Anyway, it is one of my favourites, so I made this cover version (Fender Strat, Marshall amp, Ibanez Tube Screamer), and added a solo at the end.

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2010 93:14


Hosts: Michael "Boston" Hannon and John "Knobs" KnoblachCo-Hosts: Brad Fellers Running Time: 1:33:10Music: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Before we go on our Podcast Vacation (yay!) we talk about Rez HD, Limbo, Assassin's Creed, Left 4 Dead, Chime, X-Men Arcade, Crackdown 2: Deluge, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Split/Second, Forza 3, Uncharted 2, Minecraft, World of Warcraft, Puzzle Quest 2, Droplitz, and Shatter. VGA blowouts! Rock Band 3 Fender Strat is a Best Buy exclusive Go buy the Humble Indie Bundle 2 Sega confirms the Dreamcast Collection, also has no idea what's in it November NPDs!