When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2023.44 A Life in Lyrics podcast (review, overview, summary)

Lonnie Pena and I go through the first four episodes of the Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon podcast "A Life in Lyrics".    Paul goes through Eleanor Rigby, Back in the USSR, Let It Be, When Winter Comes and Mull of Kintyre.    Old stories, new stories and you might even learn something!

2023.43 Ringo (Side B)

The record is flipped as we travel through "Devil Woman", the how's why's and extended versions of "Six O'Clock", right through to a bit more of the legend of Jack Nitzsche, Klaus Voorman, Vini Poncia, David Hentschel and the inimitable Ringo Starr.    We'd like to thank you for making that little bit of plastic.  

2023.42 Ringo (side 1)

Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Harry Nilsson, Klaus Voorman, John Lennon and Ringo Starr join together to answer the question "What Shall we do with a Drunken Sailor"?    Tune in as Marv and I discuss and celebrate 49 years and 50-ish weeks of the Ringo Starr album "Ringo."

2023.41 - Fashioning the Beatles

Jon Stone co-hosts as we chat with Deirdre Kelly, author of "Fashioning the Beatles: The Looks that Shook the World."   The topic is John Lennon as influencer, both inside and outside of the Beatles.    John Lennon liked to say that the Beatles were not necessarily the originators of their style (both musically and not), but "the ones in the crow's nest."    This week we discuss the taste and style of the Lads - and how their choices in that arena are still echoed to the present day!

2023.40 The Space Within Us Commentary Track, Pt.2

Lonnie and I return to talk more about 2005, as we finish up our "Space Within US" commentary track.    More about the crowd and families, a little bit of Steve Jobs (before the iPhone took him to the "topermost" of the CEO's), and our thoughts on songs Paul should and shouldn't bring back into the live show.  

2023.39 The Space Within Us Commentary Track, Pt.1

Lonnie and I celebrate the (separate) returns of the twotles to the concert stage by looking back to 2005/6, and the US (pronounced "us", not "U.S.") tour from 2005, as represented by the 2006 concert film.    Paul, Wix, Abe, Brian, Rusty, those "No More Landmine" T-shirts and a whole boatload of celebrities in cameo and longer appearances.

 

2023.38 Brian and NEMS acts

Brian Epstein and NEMS were frequently viewed as the "golden ticket."     A shiny new record contract, a song from Lennon-McCartney, and a hit record was assured.    Or was it?     Tune in this week as we look into some of the acts that became the "stable."     Many found success, but others either missed out, or had to move on before they would ascend the charts.

2023.37 Stowe School Show - part2

More from the "Gab Four" as we continue our look at April 4, 1962 - The Beatles at the Stowe School.    George Harrison's guitar comes through loud and clear, but a bout with the cold or flu has limited what he can do with his voice.    Despite this issue, the band does their best and still finds a way to change the lives of the young men who will become the next generation of power brokers in the UK.

2023.36 Stowe School Show - part 1

The "Gab Four" come together (and join the party).     Lonnie Pena, Jon Stone and Marv Quibell join me for the first of a two-parter where we go in depth on Ringo's new release ("Rewind Forward"), his appearance in the Nils Lofgren video, and the dual autumn/winter tours.    (The All-Starr's and Sir Macca).    This leads into the beginning of our usual in-depth look at the Stowe school tape, which managed to grow legs and crawl out of the British Library in the recent past!

2023.35 Kent Blazy - From the Beatles to the Bluebird

This week, Lonnie Pena and I are joined by Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter Kent Blazy.     We discuss his recent trip to Liverpool, and how visiting the Beatles sites inspired him to write and record his new collection: "From the Beatles To the Bluebird."     We also touch on his thoughts on fame (one of his frequent collaborators is country superstar Garth Brooks), the uniqueness of the 12-string, and how he frequently tries to channel Lennon/McCartney when he starts a new project.