Our long time friend, Bart Cole died this past Sunday. I was friends with him for over 40 years. We had a rapport that only four decades could build. This is a short outake from the "Wide and Deep with Brother Bart," podcast. I wanted to keep this short and sweet to show the dynamic we had and to remind myself it's not coming back. Rest In Peace, old horse.

If You Hear The Sound of Music You're Listening to:

• Highly Over You (Intro and outro)-Richie Tipton and The First Kings

Self-proclaimed "hot head," Bill the Pill challenges Black Crow's guitarist, and known hot head, Rich Robinson to "get down." Rich and Bill talk Euro-trash-metal-thrasher Randy Rector and jamming, night spot Smugglers Den; the graciousness of Artemis Pyle keyboardist Brad Durden; also Rich and Bill react to real time text informing Rich Bart Cole is dying.

If You hear The Sound of Music You're Listening to:

• Intro-RTFK
• The Ballad of Jimmy The French-Praying for Rain
• Rita-N.C. Rail
• Stream Engine-Richie Tipton
• Ferry-Anthem Williams
• My Own Backyard-Anthem Williams
• T's in Texas P's in Spain-Anthem Williams
• John Penley Cussed John Young-Anthem Williams
• Birds and Water-Verde Spring Band
• Outro-RTFK

Rich and Bill discuss the intricacies of seemingly simple country drumming; also, there's no money above the fifth fret; late, organist Gene Brown taught Henderson Bill how to play the song "Borderline," and in doing so imparted a giant life lesson; hearing a band you haven't heard in a while or completely forgotten.

If You Hear The Sound of Music You're Listening to:

• Intro-RTFK
• Rhyming Club-Anthem Williams
• Bleeding Heart-Richie Tipton
• Hell Brain-Twisted Richards
• Sex-N.C. Rail
• Birds and Water-Verde Farm Morning
• Night Birds-Verde Farm Nights
• Click Refresh-Rocky Lindsley
• Hello Lester-???
• Outro-RTFK

Rich and Bill recall local rock stars Bruce McTaggert and Madcap; also the RPM suicides; fragility and lack of control.

If Your Hear the Sound of Music You're Listening to:

• Intro: Highly Over You-Richie Tipton and The First Kings (RTFK)
• Why Didn't You-Twisted Richards
• Would You I Would-Praying for Rain
• Bele Chere Street Preacher Versus The Black Headed Kid with A Vuvuzelas Horn
• Outro: Highly Over You (RTFK)

Elvis, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Franz Kafka...For every artist who's made it there are countless others who did not. Bill explains why the true rock star in Elvis fashion is dead; Does the unpublished genius even matter?

If You Hear the Sound of Music You're Listening to:

• Highly Over You (Intro and Outro)-Richie Tipton and The First Kings (RTFK)
• Free as A Bird-RTFK
• Verde Crickets

Everybody knew he was special. He was a young, black, guitar playing virtuoso who'd done summer session in Los Angeles at GIT. He wowed them all at the Brass Tap, UNCA and Musicians Workshop. But something happened to his light after a stint on the road with a country band. Asheville's Ronnie Paul was never the same.

If you hear the sound of music you're listening to:

• Intro-Richie Tipton and The First Kings (RTFK)
• Free as A Bird-RTFK
• Rattlesnakes-Nice to See You
• Outro-RTFK

Bill claims an opportunity was lost when local groups were left out of the jams along about 1997; Remembering Ronnie Burgin, the tragic, gravel-throated blues man who was the local, southern rock gatekeeper.

If you hear the sound of music you're listening to:

• Highly over You (intro)-RTFK
• Take These Flowers-RTFK
• The Ballad of Jimmy the French-Praying for Rain
• Rita-N.C. Rail
• Highly over You (outro) RTFK

This stuff is madness. Update on the Old Dirty White Boy, Derkie White, who moved from the trailer in W.Va to a trailer in Va. with his girlfriend Shanea; and all they want to do is work him to death putting in hot water heaters so he throws it off the porch and destroys five phones; whose needles?; leaked audio and photos may or may not be a game changer in this drama.

If you hear the sound of my voice you're listening to:

• Highly Over You-Richie Tipton and The First Kings
• Straight to Hell-N.C. Rail
• Derkie audio excerpt from Chevy Triple Nickel 555 YouTube Channel
• Highly Over You-RTFK

"The mask started changing its appearance."

Rich and Bill discuss coincidence, evil and the attachment of evil to objects, places and people; Bill tells the story about the connection between a changing death mask and its spooky connection to Asheville's Babyface Killer.

If You Hear The Sound of Music You're Listening To:

• Intro: Sex-N.C. Rail
• Soundtrack: Verde Life
• Treasure Chest of Skin
• Outro: Highly over You

Rich plays tunes from River Rock II, the 1992 Asheville music sampler sponsored by Kiss FM and Coors; and talks about hanging flyers, newspaper coverage, driving a paint delivery truck and listening to Kiss FM and WZLS.

If you hear the sound of music you are listening to:

• Heaven-Praying for Rain
• Gave It All Away-Mother Soul
• Here I Go-The Stripp Band
• Ariana-Robin Farrar