Episodes
Monday Aug 07, 2023
2023.32 White Album Gear (mostly, but not exclusively guitars)
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Frequent and beloved guest Darin Murphy (Skyrocket, HeartByrne, Cotton Mather) joins us to obsess a bit more on the guitars that The Beatles used on "The Beatles" (aka: "The White Album"). Diversions into the Fender VI (bass), Ringo and his attempt at using a double bass kit, and even a bit of Andy Summers, Eric Clapton and the "Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton" (aka: "The Beano Album")
Monday Jul 31, 2023
2023.31 Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) - A Review
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Aubrey "Po" Powell and Storm Thorgerson were once known as "Hipgnosis". It is not an exaggeration to say that their collective was responsible for much of the significant album cover artwork of the 1970's. This includes Wings from "Band on the Run" through "Back to the Egg", and Aubrey Powell would continue on-and-off with McCartney through "Off the Ground" and his 1992 World Tour.
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
2023.30 Eyes of the Storm, A Life in Lyrics and More
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Martin and I sit down to go through the rest of Paul McCartney's "1964: Eyes of the Storm". Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, DC and Miami. A Beatle's eye view of a much too serious world. We also get a brief drop-in from Kit O'Toole as we discuss the news - Penn Jillete's revelations concerning the "new" Beatles single, Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon's forthcoming podcast, and some mumblings on Shankar Family and Friends, the lack of an announcement of the next "Archive Edition" from Paul McCartney and Wings, and more...
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
2023.29 Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatles (a Review)
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Stuart Sutcliffe is remembered as the one-time bass player of the Beatles, and artist who happened to die under tragic circumstances, but is that all their is to the young man? Jon Stone and I look at a BBC Four Documentary from 2005 (a decade after the story was fictionalized in "Backbeat") which features interviews with many of the participants telling Stuart's story in their own words.
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
2023.28 Paul and Conan and Stanley Tucci
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Paul McCartney has done two major interviews supporting his show at the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the global release of "1964: Eyes of the Storm" We look at the highlights of his program with Stanley Tucci, and the Tribeca Film Festival interview with Conan O'Brien (now available in audio in full from the "Conan O'Brien needs a Friend" podcast.
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
2023.b01 Happy 83 to Ringo Starr!
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Ringo Starr hits 83. Download this episode and start it at 11:45 AM local time and we will guide you to the big moment at noon on July 7!
Monday Jul 03, 2023
2023.27 Ringo’s All Starr Band 2006
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Ringo Starr, Rod Argent, Sheila E, Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Hamish Stuart. On July 16, 2006 Ringo and the All-Starrs joined the High Rollers at the Mohegan Sun, transforming another Sunday night at the tables into a bit of rock and roll history. Martin Quibell joins the co-host roster officially, and we talk about this tour, the assembled talent, and eighties MTV pretty boys.
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
2023.26 Fathers and Sons
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Lonnie Pena co-host as we discuss (mostly) Beatles fathers and father figures. "It Takes a Village", and John, Paul, and Ringo are examples of what that phrase means. Jim, Johnny, Charles, Richard, Freddie, Harry, Harry, Henry, and Harold as well as several others!
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
2023.25 One-Two-Three-Four
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
One, Two, Three, Four. Can I have a little more? Yes, you can. Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena and Martin "Marv" Quibell are all here for the start of WTWF, Mk. IV (or is it V?). We chat about a number of things in Beatle-land, and settle on some lightly edited "as nature intended" chat!
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
2023.24 Pianos and Moog and Mellotrons (oh my!)
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
People don't necessarily think of the role of keyboard instruments in the Beatles beyond Billy Preston and a few other obvious examples. This week, we dive a little deeper, starting with Roy Young, through the harmonium, the mellotron, the moog onto the synthesizer revolution and "Band on the Run."