Tag: The Beach Boys
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Episode 1769: Out of Theaters – ‘Love & Mercy’
Jim is joined by friends Will Pfeifer and Billy Kulpa (former hosts of the “Out of Theaters” podcast) all this week to discuss some music movies. Today’s feature is Brian Wilson biopic “Love & Mercy.”
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Episode 1614: More Songs About Trees and Trees
On a recent pod about Arbor Day (episode 1601), we left the door open for listeners to make their own show about trees. Vasant Ramamurthy just walked through that door. He picks seven tree-related tunes for your listening pleasure.
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Episode 1555: The Incredible Tommy Morgan
A conversation about a 1970s TV theme song leads to the discovery of one of the most amazing harmonica players of all time: Tommy Morgan.
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Episode 1539: American Band Madness: Preview Edition
We’re staging a 64-band tournament to determine the greatest American band. We kick-off the bracket with Selection Monday!
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Episode 1514: Holiday Song Countdown II – Part 4
Part four of our second top 10 Holiday Song Countdown takes us from number three to number one!
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Episode 797: Album Anniversaries – Beach Boys, Four Tops, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Listener Mackensi Crenshaw joins the show via Skype (a patron gift from Mike Wagner) and get to pick the topic. We discuss the 50th anniversary of three albums: “Sunflower” by the Beach Boys, “Cosmo’s Factory” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “Still Waters Run Deep” by the Four Tops.
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Episode 599: ’80s Classic Rock – Steve Winwood, Beach Boys, Roy Orbison
Patrick Foster is out this week, so Rob Gates and Kevin Goff join Jim to talk about classic rock artists and how they responded to the industry in the ’80s. Today, we talk about three legacy artists who made big comebacks in the MTV decade: Steve Winwood (formerly of Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith), the Beach Boys (who scored a No. 1 single in the ’80s) and Roy Orbison (who had a bittersweet ’80s revival).
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Episode 574: Hal Blaine and Dick Dale, Rest in Power
Legendary session drummer Hal Blaine died on March 11, 2019, at age 90. Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, died on March 16 at age 81. We pay tribute to these important figures in pop music. (Recorded on the back deck, with guest Jasper Colt.)
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Episode 550: Guest Shot – Backing Vocals
Today, guest host Mike Wagner of Houston talks about the art of the backing vocal.
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Episode 398: Guest Shot – Middle Eights
One more guest episode! Mike Wagner of Houston fills in today and talks about songs with great “middle eights.” What’s a middle eight, you ask? Mike will explain. Features music by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and the Replacements.