Category: episodes
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048 Jerry Lee Lewis – Live at the Star Club Hamburg
A wild Jerry Lee Lewis comes out of the blackness of the German wilderness al sorts of pilled up to absolutely burn the star club to the ground as he destroys a piano and glimpses into what could have been. Needless to say the group loves it.
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047 Buck Owens and His Buckaroos – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
Buck Owens bring his own brand of Bakersfield honky tonk and while he might not get the acclaim because of his Hee Haw days, there is no denying this group is “road tested”. Stick around till the end to learn about another local tribute band that is absolutely filthy .
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046 The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones
The debut by the Rolling Stones is heavy on the blues covers. Half of us love it and the other half, well listen for yourself .
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045 Dusty Springfield – A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield bridges the gap of girl groups, R&B and soul.
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044 Solomon Burke – Rock & Soul
Soul originator Solomon Burke has countless stories about his wild youth and entrepreneurial affairs; and they are all hilarious.
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043 Jacques Brel – Olympia 1964
Considered a master of the modern chanson Jacques Brel was Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and director who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following during the the early 60.
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042 The Beatles – A Hard Days Night
A Hard Day’s Night elevates the Beatles to the premiere leaders of 1960’s pop rock and most of use like it.
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041 Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
The defining bossa nova album of the 60’s that sold more than 2 million copies in 1964 and has the originators of the genre.
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040 James Brown – Live at the Apollo
Often cited as “the greatest soul album of all time”; we are having a great time listening to the unstoppable James Brown .
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039 Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Considered one of the great technical achievements of orchestrated Jazz The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Stands as a testament to Charles Mingus’s innovation and determination to create a magnum opus.
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038 Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club
In 1962 on a warm January 12th night at the Harlem Square Club in Miami, Sam Cooke brought the magic but the album wouldn’t be released for 20 years!
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037 Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift for You
Phil Spector’s – A Christmas gift for you is the greatest traditional Christmas album ever.
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036 Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
The album that lead Dylan to folk fame and being named, “Spokesman of a Generation”. A title the singer hated.
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035 The Beatles – With the Beatles
After building their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period spanning 1960 – 63 The Beatles become the biggest band ever with their second album “With the Beatles” .
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034 Ray Price – Night Life
Night Life represents a crossroads in Price’s country career as he refines his honky tonk style bridging the gap into the 1960’s mainstream Nashville sound, In addition to being one of the first of country concept albums.
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033 Stan Getz – Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
Jazz Samba signaled the beginning of the bossa nova craze in America. However, the task of creating an authentic sound proved much more challenging than either had anticipated .
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032 Booker T. & the MGs – Green Onions
The originators of the Southern/Memphis soul movement come up with one of the greatest riffs in music history while on a break in the studio, but how good is the album?
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031 Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles landmark album covering country and western music during the civil right moment is incredible.
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030 Bill Evans Trio – Sunday at the Village Vanguard
The Bill Evans Trio live at the Village Vanguard is considered a classic but we consider it terrible mainly because of bassist Scott La Faro.
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029 Muddy Waters – At Newport 1960
Muddy Water Performs a killer set an the Newport Jazz festival in 1960. We also talk about “dentist blues” and what it means to “put a tiger in your tank”.
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028 Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack
The great Jimmy Smith introduces the Hammond B3 organ to popular music and things get funky.
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027 The Everly Brothers – a Date With the Everly Brothers
We go on the a date with Phil and Don and some of us are in love and some feel like we got stuck with the check.
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026 Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba is one for the ages, amazing life story, great singer, and all around wonderful person. The group loves this album .
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025 Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Back!
Elvis is back and the production is great but why didn’t anyone buy this album?