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Richard started as guitarist in the folk-rock staple Fairport Convention in 1967 but left in 1970 after five albums. He then recorded his debut solo album, six as Richard and Linda Thompson, and has since recorded 20 more solo albums of lyrically inventive, stylistically varied tunes that nearly always feature very skilled guitar work. We discuss "Freeze," the first single from his new album Ship to Shore, "The Ghost of You Walks" from You? Me? Us? (1996), and "Don't Take It Lying Down" from Still/Variations EP (2015). End song: "When I Get to the Border" by Richard and Linda Thompson from I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974). Intro: "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" from Rumor and Sigh (1991). More at richardthompson-music.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Support us on Patreon.

Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes David Lancaster, Filmmaker (Speed Is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle; Doc, History) to the Show!  (Click to go there) ● WEB: speedisexpensive.com ● IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt21430266 ● AZ (preorder): www.amazon.com/Speed-Expensive-Vincent-Million-Motorcycle/dp/B0C9TG4NTK ● FB: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064669810911 ● IG: @speed_is_expensive ● X: @DavidCLancaster When the hammer came down on a Vincent Black Lightning motorbike at a Bonhams auction in 2018, an Australian collector paid $1.2 million to own the machine – making it the most expensive motorcycle ever sold. And now an award-winning documentary, narrated by Ewan McGregor, tells the inside story of the motorcycle maverick behind the bikes, designer Philip Vincent. Vincent motorcycles set more records during the 1940s and 50s than any other manufacturer.The bikes were years ahead of their time, and Philip Vincent pioneered what is now known as ‘guerrilla marketing' – sponsoring LA racers, in secret, to compete in illegal back-street duels to promote his motorcycles.   Owners include Brad Pitt and Ryan Reynolds. ● Media Inquiries: October Coast PR www.octobercoastpr.com

Join us for a Celt n A Twist road trip. The ride - a Vincent Black Lightning 1952, a burn down an Unapproved Road with Lunasa, a cruise around Stanley Park with Aoife O'Donovan, we even take a spin on a mechanical bull with Gaelic Storm. Hold onto your hat. Dropkick Murphys aren't leaving without it. For 20 years you got yer Celt In A Twist! Ewan Robertson - Vincent Black Lightning Yoko Pwno - The Old Lightbulb INST Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy - The Case Of The Mysterious Squabby Quash INST CANCON The Mahones - When Ye Go Away CANCON The Rumjacks - Rhythm Of Her Name Dropkick Murphys - I Had A Hat Talisk - Storm INST Aoife O'Donovan - Stanley Park La Bastringue - L Grande Gigue Simple INST Lunasa - Unapproved Road INST Kate Rusby - I Wish Celtic Kitchen Party - Big Break CANCON Gaelic Storm - The Mechanical Bull INST Manran - Tilldh Mi Shooglenifty - The Eccentric INST 59:34

SUMMARY:Our guest is Richard Thompson, a  three-time Grammy nominee who has earned lifetime achievement honors from the Americana Music Association and the BBC Awards. Named one of the top 20 guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, Thompson is a highly revered musician and songwriter whose music has been covered by Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, REM, Emmylou Harris, and many others. Algonquin Books recently released the paperback version of Richard's memoir Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975.  PART ONE:Paul and Scott talk about which music books they love, and one that Scott really hates. PART TWO:The guys chat about their friends at Pearl Snap Studios.PART THREE:Our in-depth conversation with Richard Thompson.ABOUT RICHARD THOMPSON:Our guest on this episode of Songcraft is three-time Grammy nominee and Ivor Novello award winner Richard Thompson. Named as one of the top 20 guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, Thompson began his career as one of the architects of the British Folk Rock movement with his band Fairport Convention in the late 1960s. The 1970s and early ‘80s brought a series of critically-acclaimed duo albums by Richard and his then-wife Linda Thompson. Two of those releases—I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight and Shoot Out the Lights—were named among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Returning to a solo career after the musical and marital partnership concluded, Thompson has released more than 20 solo studio albums and film soundtracks, and has earned lifetime achievement honors from the Americana Music Association and the BBC Awards. He was bestowed with an Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, and his song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was named by Time magazine on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs Since 1923.” As influential a songwriter as he is a guitarist, Richard's music has been covered by Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, Don Henley, REM, Sleater-Kenny, David Byrne, Linda Ronstadt, The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, The Del McCoury Band, David Gilmour, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Shawn Colvin & Loudon Wainwright III, among others. Algonquin Books recently released the paperback version of Richard's memoir Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975. 

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot interview singer, songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson this week. They discuss his memoir Beeswing, his time in Fairport Convention and how the iconic folk rock band stood out in a sea of blues and traditional rock bands. The hosts also review new albums by Naked Raygun and Amythyst Kiah. Take our Survey: https://bit.ly/3i4BWdinsn Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lURecord a Voice Memo: https://bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Featured Songs:Richard Thompson, "1952 Vincent Black Lightning," Rumor and Sigh, Capitol, 1991Naked Raygun, "Broken Things," Over The Overlords, Wax Trax, 2021Naked Raygun, "Living in the Good Times," Over The Overlords, Wax Trax, 2021Naked Raygun, "Suicide Bomb," Over The Overlords, Wax Trax, 2021Naked Raygun, "Black and Grey," Over The Overlords, Wax Trax, 2021Naked Raygun, "Soul Hole Baby," Over The Overlords, Wax Trax, 2021Naked Raygun, "Farewell to Arms," Over The Overlords, Wax Trax, 2021Amythyst Kiah, "Fancy Drones (Fracture Me)," Wary + Strange, Rounder, 2021Amythyst Kiah, "Black Myself," Wary + Strange, Rounder, 2021Amythyst Kiah, "Ballad Lost," Wary + Strange, Rounder, 2021Amythyst Kiah, "Tender Organs," Wary + Strange, Rounder, 2021Amythyst Kiah, "Soapbox," Wary + Strange, Rounder, 2021Richard Thompson, "Beeswing," Mirror Blue, Capitol, 1994Fairport Convention, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," Unhalfbricking, Island, 1969Fairport Convention, "Sir Patrick Spens," Liege & Lief, Island, 1969Fairport Convention, "Matty Groves," Liege & Lief, Island, 1969Fairport Convention, "Autopsy," Unhalfbricking, Island, 1969Fairport Convention, "A Sailor's Life," Unhalfbricking, Island, 1969Fairport Convention, "Crazy Man Michael," Liege & Lief, Island, 1969Richard and Linda Thompson, "Wall of Death," Shoot Out the Lights, Hannibal, 1982Richard and Linda Thompson, "Don't Renege On Our Love," Shoot Out the Lights, Hannibal, 1982Richard Thompson, "The Big Love Scene," Serpent's Tears, Beeswing, 2021Richard Thompson and Teddy Thompson, "Persuasion," Action Packed - The Best of the Capitol Years, Capitol, 2001Yola, "Stand For Myself," Stand For Myself, Easy Eye Sound, 2021

After April’s showers, we not only get May’s beautiful flowers but two of the largest Mecum auctions on the 2021 schedule, and that’s the focus of this week's On the Move. Coming up in the next couple of weeks is the 30th Annual Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction in Las Vegas, the world’s largest motorcycle auction, and then right behind it is Dana Mecum’s 34th Original Spring Classic this May 14-22 in Indianapolis. Before diving in, there’s other Mecum news to get to including detailing the results of the Mecum Gone Farmin’ Spring Classic auction. The event was held recently in Davenport, Iowa, with top sellers including a 1915 Wallis Cub Model D selling for $231,000 and a 1938 Minneapolis-Moline UDLX selling for $215,250. Then, it's shifting gears to the latest auto news, with the guys discussing GMC’s unveiling of the 2024 HUMMER EV SUV and the latest of the all-new Hyundai Santa Cruz pickup truck. Next is talk of a pair of refreshed affordable sports cars: the Subaru BRZ and the Toyota 86. Wrapping up, John relays an update facing the new car industry: a computer chip shortage and how that could delay vehicle delivery. Then, it’s a final thought on challenges facing the proposed electric vehicle future. In the second segment, the guys are joined in studio by Mecum Auctions Vice President of Consignments Frank Mecum. He shares his thought on the red-hot success of the collector car market and how Mecum has pressed forward to lead the charge of holding safe live events. Frank also shares his forecast of trends that will be seen in the hobby, including the continued growth of modern exotics and hypercars like the collection of modern Ford GTs crossing the block at Mecum’s Indy auction. Rounding out this week's On The Move, Matt and John are back in the saddle, suiting up for a lively conversation with Director of Mecum Auctions Motorcycle Division Greg Arnold. Greg gives the latest on how his team is gearing up for Mecum’s massive motorcycle auction, which has undergone two massive changes. Not only is there a change in venue, there’s also a new date, and Greg shares how both will contribute to the success of the event. Before signing off, Greg runs through a few of the stars of the event like a 1937 Harley-Davidson EL, a 1950 Vincent Black Lightning and a 1903 Mitchell.

Da verden myldrer med bizarre eksistenser, sære skæbner og utallige eksempler på at virkeligheden overgår fantasien, hvorfor så ikke omsætte noget af det righoldige stof til sangkunst? Det er der masser af gode eksempler på, og nogle af de bedste præsenterer Rockhistorier i denne ombæring.Historierne er lige så forskellige som de syngende, men generelt med et tragisk anslag, selvom der også er blevet fundet plads til et par med en ’happy end’. Som for eksempel Dixie Chicks’ hit fra 1999, ”Goodbye Earl”, hvor Mary Anne hjælper med at ombringe Wandas voldelige mand Earl, for efterfølgende at få ham til at forsvinde. Helt. Det kalder vi en lykkelig slutningMen ellers – fortællinger om lejesoldater, fan-stalking, teenagegraviditeter og hekseforfølgelser, om selvmord og fængselsoprør, om at stikke af med firmakassen, om onde nonner og hævnende genfærd, om at komme frem i verden via prostitution og meget andet snavs fra det kaos, vi kalder livet. Rockhistorier kan rigtig godt lide en god historie godt fortalt, så her atten udsøgte eksempler på hvordan – og hvor galt – det kan gå.The Robins: Riot in Cell Block #9 (1954)Steve Earle: Copperhead Road (1988)The Divine Comedy: Lady of a Certain Age (2006)Bobbie Gentry: Fancy (1969)Niels Skousen: Heksen (2006) OBS! Grundet programmeringsbøf skal man spille nummeret ”Slaraffenland” for at høre ”Heksen”The Replacements: The Ledge (1987)2Pac feat. Kimmy Hill: Mama's Just a Little Girl – KP’s Remix (2002)Roy Orbison: Southbound Jericho Parkway (1969)Joni Mitchell: Magdalene Laundries (1994)Richard Thompson: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (1991)Dusty Springfield: Sandra (1978)New Order: Love Vigilantes (1985)Dixie Chicks: Goodbye Earl (1999)The Monkees: Mr. Webster (1967)Warren Zevon: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (1978)Eminem feat. Dido: Stan (2000)Cornelis Vreeswijk: Alices snaps (1973)The Handsome Family: After We Shot the Grizzly (2006)

On this episode of Can't Find My Way Home, I'm flying solo. With my interview being cancelled at the last minute, and still feeling in the mood for some kind of creativity, I thought I'd put out something different this week. So, what is it? Well, I'll take a look at new music from Public Enemy, Chris Stapleton, Richard Thompson, Larkin Poe, and Doves. Something new for your playlist. On the plus side, it's only about 10 minutes long. And, if you're counting, I've switched from saying 'interesting' too often, to 'fantastic'. Man, I should really put that thesaurus to better use. Enjoy! Featured artists - Public Enemy - https://bit.ly/3j8patJ Richard Thompson - https://bit.ly/2HCyjNh Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - https://bit.ly/30dfsPa Doves - Prisoners - https://bit.ly/3mQMNt7 Chris Stapleton - Cold - https://bit.ly/30cvAQV Larkin Poe - Nights in White Satin - https://bit.ly/3kRs5az You can follow Can't Find My Way Home on Anchor.fm instagram - @cant.findmywayhome On Facebook -@expatmusicpod Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2IsaIvJ Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts from… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/craig-branch/message

Hosts Matt Avery and John Kraman are saddling up in this On The Move to focus on motorcycles. But before they get to the two-wheeled talk, there’s a bit of car news to touch on. A new Mecum Magazine has hit the digital newsstands, and the guys take time to share what they penned in the latest issue. John’s "At the Redline" column goes into the social aspect of automotive events and gatherings, as well as the special way relationships develop through a love of transportation. Meanwhile, Matt’s "Free Revs" feature spotlights a rare bird coming to the Mecum Las Vegas auction: a 2002 Year One Edition Blackbird Trans Am that is just one of eight created. Speaking of Sin City, John just returned from a trip out there, where he took part in a television taping for a special "Mecum Presents" focusing on a pair of standout Shelby vehicles. John recaps how it went, including what it was like to hear from Peter Brock, Carroll Shelby’s first employee, and Brock's memories of Shelby operations back in the day. Though, the fun didn’t stop there for John, who had the chance to visit Shelby American’s nearby headquarters and see one of its latest creations: the F150 Super Snake Sport. Top versions of the ultra-hot hauler boast 770 HP and a $93,385 price tag. Matt has truck news, too, sharing how Ford will be offering a Tremor off-road package on the Ranger pickup truck for 2021. The package costs $4,290 and brings upgrades like a lifted suspension, bigger wheels and tires, and skid plates. No adjustments are made to the powertrain, causing the guys to revisit a familiar question: will the forthcoming Bronco get bigger power in the form of a V-8? Wrapping up the car news, Matt tells of Maserati’s new MC20. The two-seat Italian exotic boasts a twin-turbo V-6, 630 HP and a claimed zero to 62 MPH time of 2.9 seconds. From there, the crew gears up for a discussion on motorcycles, with Mecum Auction’s Motorcycle Auction Manager Greg Arnold in the studio. The "Spokes Man" fills in Matt and John on how the division has grown and how things are gearing up for the 30th Annual Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction slated for January 26-31 in Las Vegas. Greg also takes time to shine the spotlight on one of the show's stars, a 1950 Vincent Black Lightning that is expected to bring a half-million dollars when it crosses the auction block. Wrapping up the show, it’s time for another On the Move Vehicle Profile, with Matt and John taking a close look at the first-generation Camaro produced from 1967 through 1969. The guys discuss the car’s development, the strategy employed by Chevrolet to get it out into the marketplace, some of the famous performance variants, including the legendary Z28, and various options like RPO L89 and JL8.

Welcome to the sixth in the Pledge Week series of episodes, putting up old bonus episodes posted to my Patreon in an attempt to encourage more subscriptions. If you like this, consider subscribing to the Patreon at http://patreon.com/join/andrewhickey . This one is about "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" by the Cheers, one of the first Teen Tragedy records, and Leiber and Stoller's biggest hit. Content warning -- contains mentions of deaths in accidents, and of false rape accusations. Click the cut to view a transcript of this episode: ----more----   Welcome to the latest ten-minute Patreon bonus episode of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. In this one we're going to talk about "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" by The Cheers. This episode has some discussion of deaths in accidents, and of false rape accusations, so if that's going to be traumatic for anyone, please turn off now, or read the transcript to check if it'll be OK for you. The Cheers are not a group who usually turn up in histories of rock and roll. If they're mentioned at all by anyone, it's usually because one of the trio, Bert Convy, later went on to be a host of several syndicated game shows in the eighties and early nineties. But "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" was one of the biggest-selling singles of 1955, and the ur-example of a genre that would become hugely popular over the next decade: [Excerpt: "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots"] We've talked about Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller before in the main series, and they are going to come up a lot more, but at the time we're talking about they weren't the massive stars of rock and roll songwriting they later became. They were, rather, just one of a lot of songwriting teams who were working in blues and R&B in the mid-fifties. Normally, they worked only with black artists, but for once they were working with a white group. The Cheers were signed to Capitol Records, one of the major labels. They were a trio consisting of Bert Convy, Gill Garfield, and Sue Allan, and they were tragically uncool in the way that only white vocal groups of the early fifties could be. When they were signed to Capitol, they were assigned Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as their producers. I've not been able to find anything out about how this came to happen -- Leiber and Stoller weren't staffers at Capitol, and they never really talked about their work with the Cheers in interviews. But their first record with the group, "Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')" was a hit: [Excerpt: The Cheers, "Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')"] The Cheers' sound really, really doesn't fit with the style of Leiber and Stoller's songwriting, but the power of white blandness meant that this was the first Leiber and Stoller song to hit the pop charts. Around this time, Jerry Leiber was involved in something that would traumatise him for the rest of his life. The story as Leiber told it -- and to be clear, this is *his* telling of the story, not necessarily the truth -- was that he'd got drunk, and then two attractive women had offered to have a threesome with him. He'd been keen, but then backed out as he'd pulled a muscle earlier that day. The two women, however, insisted that he should pay them two hundred dollars or they would accuse him of raping them. He didn't have two hundred dollars on him, so, very drunk and in pain, he drove them to go and meet a friend who would give him the money. They never made it to their destination. Leiber had no memory of the crash, but he and one of the women were injured, and the other woman died. Now, I don't know for sure that this experience fed into Leiber's writing process -- I've not been able to find out the dates for the car crash, or any interviews about his writing of the song -- but the second, and final, hit for the Cheers, "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" certainly seems likely to have been inspired by it, dealing as it does with an automotive crash and a loss of life: [Excerpt: The Cheers, "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots"] The main hook for the song, a teen tragedy about a young man who dies in a crash after his girlfriend tells him not to ride his motorbike, was simply that it was about a motorcycle -- there had been no hit records about motorbikes before, and this one latched on to the newfound popularity of bikes and bikers. But the song was given an unexpected, and tragic, boost in popularity when the week after it came out, James Dean, a young actor who specialised in moody, rebellious, tormented characters and appealed to almost exactly the same teenage demographic who were buying rock and roll records, died in a car crash. People started buying "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" as a form of tribute to Dean. Meanwhile, the royalty cheques for "Bazoom" were starting to come in. Mike Stoller was astonished to get a cheque for a whole five thousand dollars -- more money than he'd ever seen in his life -- and he and his wife went on a trip to Europe for three months. While they were there, they went to see Edith Piaf in concert, and heard her perform this: [Excerpt: Edith Piaf, "L'Homme a la Moto"] It was Piaf's own version of "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots", which had become her biggest hit. "Black Denim Trousers" had become a sensation, the first in what would become a whole new genre of records about tragic rebellious figures dying in car crashes, and you can hear its echoes in everything from "Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-Las to "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" by Richard Thompson. It also inspired this parody record a few years later: [Excerpt: Dodie Stevens, "Pink Shoe Laces"] But Stoller, too, would be affected by tragedy. He and his wife were persuaded that on the way back they should go by sea, on a new fancy ocean liner, the Andrea Doria. While he was on the boat, Stoller was reading A Night To Remember, the bestselling book about the Titanic, as were many of the other passengers. The night before it was due to arrive in New York, the Andrea Doria collided with another liner, the Stockholm. Both ships sank, and fifty-one people died. Stoller and his wife, though, survived, and made it to New York. When they got to New York Harbor, Jerry Leiber ran up to them. He was excited that they'd survived, of course, but he was also excited about something else. "Mike, you're OK! We have a smash hit!" "You're kidding?" "Hound Dog" "Big Mama Thornton?" “No, some white kid named Elvis Presley.” For Leiber and Stoller, nothing would ever be the same again.

Welcome to the sixth in the Pledge Week series of episodes, putting up old bonus episodes posted to my Patreon in an attempt to encourage more subscriptions. If you like this, consider subscribing to the Patreon at http://patreon.com/join/andrewhickey . This one is about “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” by the Cheers, one of the first Teen Tragedy records, and Leiber and Stoller’s biggest hit. Content warning — contains mentions of deaths in accidents, and of false rape accusations. Click the cut to view a transcript of this episode: —-more—-   Welcome to the latest ten-minute Patreon bonus episode of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. In this one we’re going to talk about “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” by The Cheers. This episode has some discussion of deaths in accidents, and of false rape accusations, so if that’s going to be traumatic for anyone, please turn off now, or read the transcript to check if it’ll be OK for you. The Cheers are not a group who usually turn up in histories of rock and roll. If they’re mentioned at all by anyone, it’s usually because one of the trio, Bert Convy, later went on to be a host of several syndicated game shows in the eighties and early nineties. But “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” was one of the biggest-selling singles of 1955, and the ur-example of a genre that would become hugely popular over the next decade: [Excerpt: “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots”] We’ve talked about Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller before in the main series, and they are going to come up a lot more, but at the time we’re talking about they weren’t the massive stars of rock and roll songwriting they later became. They were, rather, just one of a lot of songwriting teams who were working in blues and R&B in the mid-fifties. Normally, they worked only with black artists, but for once they were working with a white group. The Cheers were signed to Capitol Records, one of the major labels. They were a trio consisting of Bert Convy, Gill Garfield, and Sue Allan, and they were tragically uncool in the way that only white vocal groups of the early fifties could be. When they were signed to Capitol, they were assigned Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as their producers. I’ve not been able to find anything out about how this came to happen — Leiber and Stoller weren’t staffers at Capitol, and they never really talked about their work with the Cheers in interviews. But their first record with the group, “Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin’)” was a hit: [Excerpt: The Cheers, “Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin’)”] The Cheers’ sound really, really doesn’t fit with the style of Leiber and Stoller’s songwriting, but the power of white blandness meant that this was the first Leiber and Stoller song to hit the pop charts. Around this time, Jerry Leiber was involved in something that would traumatise him for the rest of his life. The story as Leiber told it — and to be clear, this is *his* telling of the story, not necessarily the truth — was that he’d got drunk, and then two attractive women had offered to have a threesome with him. He’d been keen, but then backed out as he’d pulled a muscle earlier that day. The two women, however, insisted that he should pay them two hundred dollars or they would accuse him of raping them. He didn’t have two hundred dollars on him, so, very drunk and in pain, he drove them to go and meet a friend who would give him the money. They never made it to their destination. Leiber had no memory of the crash, but he and one of the women were injured, and the other woman died. Now, I don’t know for sure that this experience fed into Leiber’s writing process — I’ve not been able to find out the dates for the car crash, or any interviews about his writing of the song — but the second, and final, hit for the Cheers, “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” certainly seems likely to have been inspired by it, dealing as it does with an automotive crash and a loss of life: [Excerpt: The Cheers, “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots”] The main hook for the song, a teen tragedy about a young man who dies in a crash after his girlfriend tells him not to ride his motorbike, was simply that it was about a motorcycle — there had been no hit records about motorbikes before, and this one latched on to the newfound popularity of bikes and bikers. But the song was given an unexpected, and tragic, boost in popularity when the week after it came out, James Dean, a young actor who specialised in moody, rebellious, tormented characters and appealed to almost exactly the same teenage demographic who were buying rock and roll records, died in a car crash. People started buying “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” as a form of tribute to Dean. Meanwhile, the royalty cheques for “Bazoom” were starting to come in. Mike Stoller was astonished to get a cheque for a whole five thousand dollars — more money than he’d ever seen in his life — and he and his wife went on a trip to Europe for three months. While they were there, they went to see Edith Piaf in concert, and heard her perform this: [Excerpt: Edith Piaf, “L’Homme a la Moto”] It was Piaf’s own version of “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots”, which had become her biggest hit. “Black Denim Trousers” had become a sensation, the first in what would become a whole new genre of records about tragic rebellious figures dying in car crashes, and you can hear its echoes in everything from “Leader of the Pack” by the Shangri-Las to “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” by Richard Thompson. It also inspired this parody record a few years later: [Excerpt: Dodie Stevens, “Pink Shoe Laces”] But Stoller, too, would be affected by tragedy. He and his wife were persuaded that on the way back they should go by sea, on a new fancy ocean liner, the Andrea Doria. While he was on the boat, Stoller was reading A Night To Remember, the bestselling book about the Titanic, as were many of the other passengers. The night before it was due to arrive in New York, the Andrea Doria collided with another liner, the Stockholm. Both ships sank, and fifty-one people died. Stoller and his wife, though, survived, and made it to New York. When they got to New York Harbor, Jerry Leiber ran up to them. He was excited that they’d survived, of course, but he was also excited about something else. “Mike, you’re OK! We have a smash hit!” “You’re kidding?” “Hound Dog” “Big Mama Thornton?” “No, some white kid named Elvis Presley.” For Leiber and Stoller, nothing would ever be the same again.

This week Aaron and Brent talk about the music of Richard Thompson and Foy Vance. Playlist Links https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1oJI4AiPMqWjHeZJfiugFX?si=SblTRaZwTlut8767OJa80w (Spotify) https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/crossing-the-streams-volume-6/pl.u-76oNlV6u4LRWvG (Apple Music) Band Links https://www.richardthompson-music.com/ (https://www.richardthompson-music.com/) https://www.foyvance.com/ (https://www.foyvance.com/) Mentions from the Show (10:45) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUeD2botpxA (Richard Thompson Performing A Britney Spears Cover) (32:35) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAg (Richard Thompson Performing 1952 Vincent Black Lightning) (0:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-RT7vugJmo (Recording Nothing)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-RT7vugJmo ( (mini doc)) (0:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkClm70hlAo (Wild DeTour (6 part)) (0:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ytM0PEip4 (To Memphis (mini-documentary)) (0:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koFUGgTSR_s (In Conversation with David Hood and Spooner Oldham (5 part)) (0:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzyij-rsXhw (Foy plays Cheers Theme) www.crossingthestreamspodcast.com This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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Thank you again for being a Celt of Kindness. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 With the new year comes a new votes in the Celtic Top 20. This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. Just list the show number, and the name of as many bands in the episode as you like. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2019 episode.  Vote Now! THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:07 - "The Trip To Skye/Brenda Stubbert's/The Hunter's Purse/Tommy Peoples" by Mithril from The Return Home 6:57 - WELCOME 7:37 - "MacLeod's Farewell" by Round the House from Safe Home 10:53 - "Pastures of Plenty" by willos' from 4th 15:25 - "An Diberdhyans / Dons Bewnans" by Andy Law & Friends from The Long and the Short of It 20:19 - "Vincent Black Lightning" by Outbound Traveler from Go On and Wander 24:52 - HOW TO VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 27:44 - "The Old Piano" by Jim Sharkey from A Lovely Day 32:45 - "The Bunch of Green Rushes/Salt Creek" by We Banjo 3 from Gather the Good 36:48 - "Black Coddle" by Eamonn Flynn from Black Coddle 41:05 - CELTIC FEEDBACK 45:13 - "Jug of Punch" by The Prodigals from Brothers 51:16 - "Fata Morgana" by Kyn from Earendel 55:32 - "Whisky in the Jar" by Hard Green from Rare Old Mountain Dew 59:49 - "Garry Owen" by The Wild Irish Roses from Full Bloom 1:02:26 - FINAL NOTES 1:03:58 - "Curious Shore" by Brother Sea from EP The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.   CELTIC PODCAST NEWS * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic musician and podcaster. This show is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. Subscribe to the Celtic Christmas Podcast to enjoy hours of Christmas music by Celtic musicians. HOW TO VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20We are near the end of the year. That means there are just a couple more weeks left for you to vote in the Celtic Top 20. The Celtic Top 20 is a poll for you to pick the best songs of each episode of the podcast. At the end of the year, I compile the twenty most-popular songs of all episodes into one very special, extra-long episode. Your last day to vote for your favorite Celtic songs of this year is on December 18, 2019. There are many ways you can vote. I will list two below. The most-obvious way to vote is to just relax and listen to the show. Each time you come across a song or tune that blows you away, write down the show time. Then head over to the shownotes at CelticMusicPodcast.com. I list the times of each song played in the show. If you wrote down 5:56, you can find exactly what song was played at that timestamp. Just copy the band name and the show number. Go to BestCelticMusic.net/vote/ and cast your vote. You can repeat this procedure with as many tracks as you want in the show. That’s the basic way. But sometimes you want to give every song a solid chance to be heard. So now I want to share tips on how to make voting easier, using a method I use when picking my favorites. Step 1. At the top of each episode of the podcast, I list every artist in the show. Copy and paste that list into a notes program along with the show number. I use Evernote. So that’s where I paste it. Step 2. Listen to the episode. If any song or tune doesn’t impress you, look at the show time to find out the band name. Delete that band from the list. Step 3. Repeat that procedure until you’re done. Step 4. Go vote at BestCelticMusic.net/vote/. Post all of the band names that remain in your list in the voting form. Congrats you’re done! I know. I’m a bit anal about voting. But sometimes I’m impressed by multiple artists. So I want to give each a chance to be heard again. Either of these methods of voting are great with me. Ultimately, I want you to just enjoy the show. But the Celtic Top 20 is something special. This is a chance for many artists to get extra special attention. The tracks are also added to our Top Irish & Celtic Music Playlist on Spotify. It’s a big honor. But these artists need your votes to earn it. So go vote in the Celtic Top 20 today! TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through it's culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST!Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. You get weekly episodes of this podcast and you get them before regular listeners. When we hit a milestone, you get an extra-long episode. We are $26 away from a two-hour instrumental. You can pledge a dollar or more per episode and cap how much you want to spend each month over on Patreon. I want to send a huge shout out to our Celtic Legends. These amazing people pledge at least $25 per month to support Celtic culture through music. That is just incredibly kind. So I humbly thank you. Raise a glass to Shawn Cali, Hank Woodward, Annie Lorkowski, Tiffany Knight, robert michael kane, Bryan Brake, Lynda MacNeil, Kevin Long, Nancie Barnett, Miranda Nelson, Carol Baril, Scott Benson, Marianne Ludwig, Patricia Conner You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast at http://songhenge.com. Oh! And Song Hengers who pledge $5 or more per month also get an exclusive podcast where I tell you a little more about artists in the latest episode.   I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com Tim Meushaw emailed two years ago: "Hi, Marc, I have been a listener for a very long time, but usually when I'm listening I'm doing fairly mundane things, like cleaning or driving.  But I was on holiday on the Isle of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides, for a few days last week, and listened to episode 332 while hiking north to Ardmore Bay, outside of Tobermory.  They say that on a clear day, you can see to the Isle of Skye, which reminded me of next year's Celtic Invasion.  I can't say I actually saw Skye, but the rest of the scenery was breathtaking. To prove I was listening, I made a short video of the bay, with "Sláinte Mhaith" from that episode playing as background music.  Hope you enjoy!" Tim followed up a few days ago and reminded about this email. So let me say first I am sorry Tim that I missed your email. I haven a much better system for including your feedback into the show. And hopefully, I won't run into that problem again in the future. Thank you so much for sharing the video too. If you want to watch Tim's video. Head on over to the shownotes. Fred Gilbertson emailed some photos in July 2018: "Hi Marc, I listened to your podcast for the 1st time yesterday. I had spent some time in the morning deleting other stuff from and then adding new stuff on my iPod. I think I stumbled upon your show doing an iTunes search for Natalie MacMaster. Anyway, I loaded the podcast on and later I rode my bike. My 1st new listen was to an NPR New music podcast, and when it ended I switched to your show. I enjoyed it a lot, and I intend to listen again in the future. You read a note from the listener in Suffolk, England and told of the pictures he had attached for your viewing pleasure, and you welcomed “us” to send more. Right at that moment I happened to be at a spot that I thought you would find interesting. I was on the Colonial Parkway, near Williamsburg, VA. I stopped right where I was and took 3 pictures, rode another mile or so and took 2 more. It was a rather gloomy day, but it is always rather glorious out on this stretch of the earth. On one 1 side of the parkway where I stopped, there is a farm that’s called “Gospel Spreading Farm”, which, due to its religious identity, is the only residence and farm that remained when the land was cleared decades ago for the construction of the parkway. Same spot, looking to the southwest, you see the James River Same spot, sort of northwest in direction, more of the James as well as the southern tip of Jamestown Island, where the colonists arrived in 1607. About a mile away, the James w/ a look at the Surry Nuclear Power Station Same spot, a selfie." Brandon Ball emailed a photo in May: "Love the podcast First podcast I ever listened to, back in 2009. Keep turning them out! And please play Drunken Night in Dublin by The Mahones? Here’s what I just built while listening to the most recent podcast. Whiskey you’re the devil is playing now. It’s a box for sprouts! Thanks Marc, Great listening," Kathy Levin emailed in March 2017, “Hey Marc, Hope all is going well. You always ask what people are doing while listening to your Celtic Podcast - well I spend many days here at work (WD-40 Company) catching up on back episodes I have not listened to while working. I use this to drown out the fact I work in an area with some very noisy people. Today I am setting the mood for an Irish Rovers concert we are going to tonight. On another note:  Would you please send me the link for artists that would like to have their music on the Podcast?  I have a great guy that I met last year at an SCA event and then re-connected with last month who is interested. He is out of Canada and is also on Patreon. Thanks for the great music!"   #celticmusic #celtictop20 #irishmusic

Steve Behrens of 67 Music hosts this week's Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Poitin, Outbound Traveler, St. James’s Gate, West of Mabou, We Banjo 3, Farsan, Katie Jane Band, Bernadette Morris, Hanneke Cassel, Molly’s Revenge, Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus, Anton Emery, Sliotar, The Kilt Lifters, The High Kings, Jiggy I hope you enjoyed this week's show. If you did, please share the show with ONE friend. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is dedicated to growing our community and helping the incredible artists who so generously share their music. If you find music you love, buy their albums, shirts, and songbooks, follow them on Spotify, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Remember also to Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. Every week, I'll send you a few cool bits of Celtic music news. It's a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Plus, you'll get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free, just for signing up today. Thank you again for being a Celt of Kindness. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 With the new year comes a new votes in the Celtic Top 20. This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. Just list the show number, and the name of as many bands in the episode as you like. Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2019 episode.  Vote Now! THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:07 "Tuesday From 6pm" by Poitin from Simple Pleasures 2:56 "Vincent Black Lightning" by Outbound Traveler from Go On And Wander 7:30 "Ragin’ & Rollin'" by St. James’s Gate from Happy Life 10:25 "Gordon’s Reels" by West of Mabou from West of Mabou 16:30 "Haven" by We Banjo 3 from Haven 19:58 Steve Behrens opening remarks 20:56 "Pronn an Caoran (Smash the Ember)" by Farsan from Farsan 24:16 "Paddy in the Turnpike-Hommage de Christmas Morning" by Katie Jane Band from Stanton Street Sessions 27:10 "Home Is Where The Heart Is" by Bernadette Morris from Where The Heart Is 30:03 "Passing Place-Silver Special" by Hanneke Cassel from Trip To Walden Pond 33:50 About 67 Music and Celtic Music Journal 35:21 "The Western Shore" by Molly’s Revenge from The Western Shore 41:00 "Bidh Clann Ulaidh (Men of Ulster)" by Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus from Return to Kintail 44:50 "Ship In Full Sail-Trip To Sligo" by Anton Emery from Noone Lasses 49:09 "Tonight’s The Night" by Sliotar from Voyage 52:49 "Pour Another Round" by The Kilt Lifters from Pour Another Round 55:44 "The Auld Triangle' by The High Kings from The High Kings 58:46 Closing comments 1:00:55 "Music For A Found Harmonium" by Jiggy from Jiggy I hope you enjoyed 67 Music as guest host of this podcast. If you enjoyed this show, please visit them on their website at http://67music.net/ The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.   CELTIC PODCAST NEWS * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic musician and podcaster. This show is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through it's culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. Join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! This show exists because of the kind patronage of people like you. You can make a pledge of a dollar or more per episode and cap how much you want to spend each month. Your generosity funds the creation, promotion and production of the show. It allows us to attract new listeners and to help our community grow. And you also get episodes before regular listeners. You can become a generous Patron of the Podcast at http://patreon.com/celticpodcast. I want to thank our newest Patrons. Thank you so much for helping us celebrate Celtic culture through music.   I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK What are you doing today while listening to the podcast? You can send a written comment along with a picture of what you're doing while listening. Email a voicemail message to celticpodcast@gmail.com #celticmusicjournal #irishmusic #67music

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 29, 2018. In this episode, I pay tribute to some of the writers who passed away in 2017.Songs Played in this episode:- “Dirty Blvd.” by Lou Reed- “The Fairest of the Seasons” by Nico- “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones- “Easy Rider” by Janis Joplin- “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf- “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” by Richard Thompson- “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Jackie Shane- “Four Women” by Nina Simone- “She Works Hard for the Money” by Donna Summer- An excerpt from “Paddington Bear” by Stephen Fry- “Charlie Brown Theme” by the Vince Guaraldi TrioThanks for listening! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height: 16.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #323333}

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 29, 2018. In this episode, I pay tribute to some of the writers who passed away in 2017.Songs Played in this episode:- “Dirty Blvd.” by Lou Reed- “The Fairest of the Seasons” by Nico- “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones- “Easy Rider” by Janis Joplin- “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf- “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” by Richard Thompson- “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Jackie Shane- “Four Women” by Nina Simone- “She Works Hard for the Money” by Donna Summer- An excerpt from “Paddington Bear” by Stephen Fry- “Charlie Brown Theme” by the Vince Guaraldi TrioThanks for listening! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height: 16.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #323333}

War is hell. War film are sometimes also hell, but a considerably lesser hell. Let's get this straight: war = hell; war films = heck. And oh boy is Platoon one heck of a film. Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical tale of men in Vietnam is filled with impressive actors and maybe less than impressive direction. Also the gang listens to some Fuzzy, ignore some vinegar, find out that a motorcycle is pretty cool and watch an I Love the 90s parody from the creator of Veep. Get excited, it's a short one this week!   Intro: 0:00- 2:05 Platoon: 2:05- 19:41 Fuzzy: 19:41- 24:04 Shanxi Extra Aged Vinegar:24:04-24:28 1952 Vincent Black Lightning: 24:28- 30:48 Time Trumpet: 30:48- 35:45 Outro: 35:45-42:09   --Leave your own henge ratings at TheArtImmortal.com --Be sure you leave an iTunes review so Pedro can give you a compliment on air.    Twitter iTunes YouTube   Join us next time as we discuss more random things. Until then, email or tweet us your thoughts, leave a review on iTunes and other crap every podcast asks you to do. (But we love that you do it!)    Artwork by Ray Martindale Opening tune by Adam Lord Edited by Sara Rust

This week on StoryWeb: Richard Thompson’s song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.” For Jim, in honor of his birthday My husband, Jim, and I love this song by Richard Thompson and its signature line, “red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme.” In fact, the first concert we saw together was Thompson playing at the Boulder Theater, and of course, I sported a black leather motorcycle jacket. When Thompson sang the song, one of his most popular, and got to this particular line, Jim called out, “Me, too!” Thank goodness, Jim is not a heckler – and he didn’t disturb the concert – but I loved it! I’m guessing many red-headed women have gone to Richard Thompson concerts in black leather jackets. Thompson’s “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” is a perfect story song. It’s short – just four stanzas – but it really tells a story and packs an emotional punch in that compact space. There are two, maybe three characters – the thief James Adie and Red Molly, of course, but James’s 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is almost a character, too. This “fine motorbike,” as Red Molly calls it, is legendary in the U.K. The Vincent motorcycle company – based in Great Britain – made motorcycles for only four years and made fewer than thirty of this particular bike in 1952. In an interview, Thompson describes the 1952 Vincent Black Lightning as “an object of myth, a rather wonderful, rare and beautiful beast.” Or as Red Molly says, “a girl could feel special on any such like.” What I (and so many others!) love about this song is that Thompson has written it to sound like an old English ballad. It is the perfect ballad. It has a limited cast of characters whom we care about almost instantly. There is an object of beauty – or more accurately, two objects of beauty: Red Molly and the 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. There’s a romance, some crime, and an untimely death. But the fun twist is that the old-sounding ballad is about a man and his motorcycle – as if even the modern world can be the stuff of ballads. Or as Thompson said in one live performance, “It’s a simple boy-meets-girl story, complicated somewhat by the presence of a motorcycle.” Thompson explains the origin of the song: When I was a kid, that was always the exotic bike, that was always the one, the one that you went “ooh, wow.” I'd always been looking for English ideas that didn't sound corny, that had some romance to them, and around which you could pin a song. And this song started with a motorcycle, it started with the Vincent. It was a good lodestone around which the song could revolve. It’s not surprising that Richard Thompson would write an old-time ballad about a motorbike. After all, as a founding member of the Fairport Convention in the 1960s, he was at the forefront of the English folk rock movement. According to one source, Thompson’s early group brought “a distinctively English identity to rock music and helped awaken much wider interest in traditional music in general.” AllMusic.com points out that in his songwriting, Thompson has “long displayed a flair for adapting the tenets of the [English folk] style to his own contemporary works.” This song, says AllMusic.com, “takes a story old as the hills (good woman falls for noble criminal) and brings it into the present day without robbing it of a bit of its emotional power – and it has a killer guitar part to boot.” American Songwriter says of the ending, “Yes it’s a cliché, but Thompson imbues their last goodbye with such genuine emotion that it transcends all the times this story has been told before.” The song, which has developed almost a cult-like following, was recorded as part of Thompson’s 1991 album, Rumor and Sigh. Time magazine included the song in its list of 100 songs since the magazine began publishing in 1923. Time says the song is “a glorious example of what one guy can accomplish with just a guitar, a voice, an imagination and a set of astonishingly nimble fingers.” The ballad, says Time, “takes you to the emotional edge of love and theft, then soars right over it.” If you want to truly geek out on this amazing song, visit Sing Out! magazine for an incredibly thorough discussion of the way the song has evolved over years of performances, both by Thompson and by other musicians who have covered the song. If you’re not familiar with Richard Thompson’s “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” take a listen – and see if you don’t get a lump in your throat as James says goodbye to Red Molly and his fine motorbike. You can listen to the song online – but better yet, you might want to purchase Rumor and Sigh, the album on which he released “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” as there are lots of other great songs on the album as well. And if you fall in love with Richard Thompson’s music (and really, who wouldn’t?), you might want to add RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson, a five-CD box set that features classic, rare, and previously unreleased Thompson recordings. And if you want to learn to play like the fleet-fingered Thompson, check out his book Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar Instrumentals: Unique Arrangements of Irish, Scottish and English Tunes. Visit thestoryweb.com/Thompson for links to all these resources and to watch Richard Thompson perform “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.”

tracklist comizio 187 in onda oggi alle 13,20; Pier Paolo Pasolini - Comizi D'Amore; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E' Illuminata; David Axelrod - The Human Abstract; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E' Illuminata; Dj Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E' Illuminata; Jack and Amanda Palmer- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; Joel & Ethan Coen - Non E' Un Paese Per Vecchi; Sohn - Dead Wrong; Joel & Ethan Coen - Non E' Un Paese Per Vecchi; Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini - Beneath The Heat; Ermanno Olmi – Il Mestiere Delle Armi; Angel Ros – Storia Di Due Guerrieri; Jean-Luc Godard – 2 o 3 cose che so di lei; Arcade Fire - We're All Leaving

tracklist comizio 187 in onda oggi alle 13,20; Pier Paolo Pasolini - Comizi D’Amore; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E’ Illuminata; David Axelrod - The Human Abstract; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E’ Illuminata; Dj Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E’ Illuminata; Jack and Amanda Palmer- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; Joel & Ethan Coen - Non E’ Un Paese Per Vecchi; Sohn - Dead Wrong; Joel & Ethan Coen - Non E’ Un Paese Per Vecchi; Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini - Beneath The Heat; Ermanno Olmi – Il Mestiere Delle Armi; Angel Ros – Storia Di Due Guerrieri; Jean-Luc Godard – 2 o 3 cose che so di lei; Arcade Fire - We're All Leaving

tracklist comizio 187 in onda oggi alle 13,20; Pier Paolo Pasolini - Comizi D’Amore; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E’ Illuminata; David Axelrod - The Human Abstract; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E’ Illuminata; Dj Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World; Liev Schreiber - Ogni Cosa E’ Illuminata; Jack and Amanda Palmer- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; Joel & Ethan Coen - Non E’ Un Paese Per Vecchi; Sohn - Dead Wrong; Joel & Ethan Coen - Non E’ Un Paese Per Vecchi; Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini - Beneath The Heat; Ermanno Olmi – Il Mestiere Delle Armi; Angel Ros – Storia Di Due Guerrieri; Jean-Luc Godard – 2 o 3 cose che so di lei; Arcade Fire - We're All Leaving

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PODCAST: 10 May 2015    01 - 52 Vincent Black Lightning – Robert Earl Keane – Happy Prisoner 02 - Billy O’Shea – Michael Black – Michael Black 03 - The Trooper and The Maid - The Duhks - Your Daughters and Your Sons 04 - Brendan Begley’s Polkas – Jon Sanders – Twigs Of The Neem Tree 05 - Raglan Road – Paul Carroll – The Road You Take 06 - Fir-Hammag Yioogh – Barrule – Manannan’s Cloak 07 - The Gypsies – Michele Burke – Step Into My Parlour 08 - Vlad The Inhaler – Sheelanagig – Cirque Insomnia 09 - The Lone Pilgrim – Socks In The Frying Pan – Return Of The Giant Sock Monsters From Outer Space 10 - Under The Chicken Tree – The Carolina Jug Stompers – Rooster On A Limb 11 - Murphy Can Never Go Home – Donie Carroll – Down The Slippery Gap 12 - Pig Foot Clinch – North Atlantic Trio –  Some Part Of Something 13 - God Loves A Drunk - Norma Waterson – Norma Waterson 14 - Wheel Of Fortune – Alan Taylor – Colour To The Moon 15 - Bonnie Woodall – Robyn Stapleton – Fickle Fortune 16 - Cajun Queen – Kent Duchaine and Leadbessie – Broke and Lonely Hungry and Homeless But Still Smiling  

PODCAST: 22 Feb 2015 01 – Yarmouth Town – Bellowhead – Hedonism02 – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight – Richard Thompson – Acoustic Classics03 – Gypsy – Addison’s Uncle – I’d Like To Tell A Story04 – The Streets Of New York – The Wolftones – The Greatst Hits05 – Dashing Away – Edward II – Wicked Men06 – The One I Love Is Gone – Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard – Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass07 – Limbo People – Kieran Halpin – Crystal Ball Gazing08 – Little Musgrave 1 & 2 Sword In Hand – Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire09 – Made Of Light – Kara – Waters So Deep10 – The Orchard – Sean Tyrell – The Orchard11 – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Del McCoury Band – Del and The Boys12 – Circle For Danny – Duncan McFarlane Band – Marked Out In Pegs13 – Barratts Privateers – The McCalmans – Peace and Plenty14 – The Heart Of The World – Iarla Ó Lionáird – Foxlight15 – Gweebarra Shore – Maggie Boyle – Gweebarra

PODCAST: 09 Nov 2014 01 - Polka Girl - The Colourblind James Experience - Hootenanny 1990 02 - Keep Your Hand On The Plough - Jimmy Aldridge And Sid Goldsmith - Let The Wind Blow High or Low 03 - The Spirit Of Mother Jones - Andy Irvine - Abocurragh 04 - The Entertainer - Ragtime Skedaddlers - Ragtime Skedaddlers 05 - Three A Penny - Charlie Dore - Milk Roulette 06 - Summat - Laura Smyth And Ted Kemp - The trooper Cut Down In His Prime - The Charcoal Black And The Bonny Grey 07 - Never Tire Of The Road - Andy Irvine - Transatlantic Session 6 Vol 1 08 - Hares On The Mountain - Johnny Kearney And Lucy Farrell - The North Farm Sessions 09 - Hare In A Hollow Hole - Betty and the Boy - The Wreckage 10 - Vincent Black Lightning - Dick Gaughan - Sail On 11 - Better Boot That Thing - The Pocket Orchestra - Boot That Thing 12 - Cumberland Gap - Bruce Molsky - If It Ain't Here When I Get Back 13 - O’Donoghues - Andy Irvine - 70th Birthday Concert 14 - A River Runs Between - The Changing Room - A River Runs Between 15 - Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Wooden Horse - This Kind Of Trouble 16 - Lass of Hexhamshire - Jez Lowe - The Ballad Beyond

John Wilson continues with the second series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances. Programme 3, A-side. "Rumor And Sigh" - Richard Thompson Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of all time, Richard looks back at the making of what is not just his most commercially successful album, but also one of the high points of his career. It was album that earned him a Grammy Nomination for the Best Alternative Music Album (he lost out R.E.M.) and it captures Thompson's obsession with romantic despair and the more miserable quirks of fate. And yet, like all good tragedy, it does not sound depressing - it is instead life affirming. Richard has said that the albums he considered "successful" were those where his initial concept most closely matched the finished product. By this yardstick, 'Rumor And Sigh' was one of his most successful albums, containing such tracks as "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", "God Loves A Drunk" and "Why Must I Plead". Producer: Paul Kobrak.

PODCAST: 14 Apr 2013 Sig - Doon Reel - Frankie Lane 01 - Vincent Black Lightning - Ewan Robertson02 - The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton03 - Lula, Lula, Don't You Go To Bingo - Boozoo Chavis04 - Jaybird / Cherokee Shuffle - Bill Spence05 - Saints and Sinners - Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller06 - Isobel - Jake Thackray07 - Blackbird Song - Rebekah Findlay08 - Bagpipe Music - Battlefield Band09 - One Hand on the Radio - Coope, Boyes and Simpson10 - The Show - Anna Corcoran11 - The Young Sailor Cut Down In His Prime - Dave Burland12 - Inisheer - Tim Edey and Brendan Power13 - The Blarney Roses / Going to the Well - Alistair Russell and Chris Parkinson14 - Sweet Nightingale - Kirsty Bromley15 - Now I’m Easy - Martyn Wyndham Reed16 - Sliding Delta - Hans Theesink Sig - Doon Reel - Frankie Lane

Hi there, Our Foot Stompin' Free Scottish music podcast this features the new release from The Chair - The Road to Hammer Junkie and we follow it with An Dealachdh (The Parting) By Calum Martin. Next up is Love at the Swimming Pool by the Nuala Kennedy band and then a kind of members of Breabach celebration! First up is Ewan Robertson (Breabach singer) singing Vincent Black Lightning from his solo album Some Kind of Certainty and the we play Some Boy John from Calum MacCrimmon's (Breabach piper) debut CD. We leave Breabach to finish the podcast with Simple Life by Skerryvore. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.