Peter talks about pro wrestling in Buffalo, meeting Townes Van Zandt, Gurf Morlix stories, Martin Scorsese stories, singing on the streets, watching Dave Van Ronk play in the snow, busking with Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman stories, Lawrence Ferlinghetti stories, etc.
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Ben Schafer talks about working for Allen Ginsberg, Ginsberg’s day to day life, seeing Jurassic Park with Gregory Corso, Ginsberg’s photography, fan mail, Richard Hell, Allen’s apartment and personal library, Bob Dylan, haters and stalkers, talking about Kerouac, publicizing the Beat Generation, Lou Reed, Ginsberg’s funeral, etc.
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Jerry talks about Jimmy Reed playing his uncle’s juke joint in Florida, seeing Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson at the Apollo Theater, playing private parties for the Kennedys, touring with Frank Zappa, touring with Liza Minnelli, Muddy Waters stories, meeting Jim Brown in a dark alley, Stevie Wonder stories, BB King stories, etc.
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Melanie Howard talks about Harlan living with Buck Owens, writing Tiger By The Tail, Pick Me Up On Your Way Down, hanging out at Tootsie’s with Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, Roger Miller, Bobby Bare and Tom T. Hall, bowling with Hawkshaw Hawkins, guitar pulls, Patsy recording Crazy and I Fall To Pieces on the same session, drinking vodka with Lefty Frizzell, Waylon stories, fishing with Hank Jr., Johnny Cash, Mel Tillis, Little Jimmy Dickens, Porter Wagoner, etc.
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Jim talks about the Blue People of Kentucky, Wrong-Eyed Jesus, David Byrne’s handshake, arcs of redemption, decorating a motor home with spanish moss, Pentecostal churches, making a film for the BBC, Harry Crews, David Johansen, The Handsome Family, Mike “The California Hippie” Boyette, etc.
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Don talks about having Vince Gill as a wingman, meeting his wife at a baseball game, inventing the “songwriters in the round”, hearing his song on The Muppet Show, songwriting advice, writing On The Other Hand with Paul Overstreet, Randy Travis stories, meeting Roy Rogers, Kenny Rogers stories, etc.
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We talk about Blind Willie Johnson and music’s ability to live on and sometimes even transcend time and circumstances.
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Ryan talks about ranching in New Mexico, bull riding, broken bones, Red Stegall, working in a wild west show in Paris, Willie Nelson stories, Poodie Locke stories, touring in an old truck, broke down near the Grand Canyon, horses, etc.
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Jim shares a very strange story of music, mental illness, David Byrne, obsession, religion, record companies and redemption, etc.
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Dale talks about Ray Price’s tour bus, opening acts, Jerry Lee Lewis stories, Palomino Club stories, playing in the house band at the Palomino, living in Gloria Swanson’s old apartment in Hollywood, Sunset Strip in the 80s, etc.
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Dale talks about hanging with Earl Campbell at Gilley’s, honky tonk fights in Texas, Gilley’s stories, George Jones stories, smoking with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash stories, the first time he walked into the Continental Club, Chicken Shit Bingo, Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon stories, etc.
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Wabash Cannonball went from being a song sung by hobos in the late 1800s to selling 10,000,000 copies worldwide and is now a staple in the american songbook. Otis shares stories about the songs’ journey.
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Jay McDowell is the Multimedia/Assistant Museum Exhibit Curator at the Musician’s Hall Of Fame And Museum and he’s sharing stories about Jimi Hendrix’s early days in Nashville. Stories about the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, meeting Billy Cox, moving to Indianapolis and then Nashville, playing the Chitlin’ Circuit, The Del Morocco Club and the Jefferson Street scene, Jimi’s pet monkey, Jimi’s first recording session, getting arrested for sitting at a “white only” lunch counter, Jimi’s first Stratocaster, leaving Nashville, etc.
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The man who wrote The Gambler, Forever And Ever, Amen and a ton of other great songs talks about coming to Nashville on a Greyhound bus with $80 and a guitar in hopes of making a go of it.
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Peter Cooper tells the story of Stringbean and Estelle Akeman’s tragic deaths.
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