DISCovery with Eric Senich

Hello DISCovery listeners! I've got a brand new podcast called Booked On Rock. If you enjoyed listening to my podcast DISCovery, I think you’re gonna enjoy this one too.

Join me for deep dive discussions of the greatest artists, albums and songs in rock history with the authors who've written all about them. There are so many great books that have been written about rock music and so many that continue to come out every week. This will be the place for both those who’ve written books about rock and those who love to read ‘em.

To everyone who listened to DISCovery over the last two years I can’t thank you enough for your support and feedback and I hope you support the new podcast!

Subscribe to the Booked on Rock podcast now and get ready for the debut episode to go up soon!

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On May 3rd, 1980 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band started a six week run at number one on the US album chart with 'Against The Wind'.

By the time he entered the studio to record 'Against The Wind' in 1979, Bob's decade long run of constant recording and touring had finally paid off. In the spring of 1976 he released 'Live Bullet', his first release with The Silver Bullet Band. It reached the top 40 and went five times platinum in the US. He followed with his ninth studio album, his first with The Silver Bullet Band - 'Night Moves', in October of' '76. Thanks to the hit singles "Main Street", "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" and "Night Moves" the album reached #8 on Billboard and sold six million copies in the US. 1978's 'Stranger In Town' was another huge hit, six times platinum, a #4 placing on Billboard and four more hit singles - "Still The Same", "Hollywood Nights", "We've Got Tonight" and "Old Time Rock & Roll".

But 'Against The Wind'’s commercial success topped that of all Bob Seger’s previous records and it remains the bestselling album of his career.

In this episode we'll explore the ten tracks that made the album, one that was almost used for a Tom Cruise film, two songs that didn't end up on the album, the famous Seger friends who contributed and a whole lot more.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "The Horizontal Bop"
2. "You'll Accomp'ny Me"
3. "Her Strut"
4. "No Man's Land"
5. "Long Twin Silver Line"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Against the Wind"
2. "Good for Me"
3. "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight"
4. "Fire Lake"
5. "Shinin' Brightly"

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On April 22nd, 1972 Deep Purple scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Machine Head'. In the US it reached #7. It's often cited as a major influence in the early development of the heavy metal music genre. Commercially, it remains Deep Purple's most successful album thanks to some iconic tracks like "Highway Star", "Space Truckin'" and the song that features the mother of all guitar riffs - "Smoke On The Water".

This album is much more than its hit radio singles, however. This is a band at its creative peek. What's most impressive is the songs were written and recorded at a lightning fast pace and in extremely unconventional surroundings.

In this episode we'll take you through the band's early history and what led up to the 'Machine Head' album. We'll also get into the creation of the seven songs from the album along with one that was ultimately left off called "When A Blind Man Cries". Plus, hear some of the tracks broken down in the studio and comments from the band members from the excellent 2002 "Classic Albums" documentary on the album.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "Highway Star"
2. "Maybe I'm a Leo"
3. "Pictures of Home"
4. "Never Before"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Smoke on the Water"
2. "Lazy"
3. "Space Truckin'"

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On Sunday April 16th, 1972 the Electric Light Orchestra made their debut at a small pub in Croydon London called The Fox Hounds. Formed in the autumn of 1970 in Birmingham, England their mission was to pick up where the Beatles song "I Am The Walrus" left off. They wanted to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones, combine rock and roll instruments like the electric guitar, bass, guitar and keyboards with classical instruments like the French horn, the the cello and the violin. They also wanted to accomplish what the Fab Four hadn't - take that same music created in the studio and effectively present it in a live setting as well.

Lofty dreams that proved to be much more difficult than anticipated. But with a lot of hard work, a bit of trial and error and a determination to make it work the Electric Light Orchestra, later to be known by most as simply ELO would go on to sell over 50 million records worldwide. From 1972 to 1986, the band accumulated 27 top 40 songs on the UK Singles Chart and 15 top 20 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. They became Rock and Roll Hall of Famers in 2017.

In this episode you'll hear the story of how the band formed, their slow rise to success first in the US, eventually around the world, what led to the band's decline and disbanding in the mid 80s to their eventual return in the 2000s. Along the way the stories behind several of the band's biggest hits.

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On this week in 1977 The Clash released their self titled debut album. It would finally get a US release in July of 1979. It's considered one of the greatest punk rock albums of all time.

In a 2017 Billboard article marking the album's 40th anniversary Kennith Partridge wrote, "The self-titled debut album by The Clash is about as punk as it gets. Released April 8th, 1977 in the U.K. and later in America, where CBS execs deemed it too raw for polite consumers, 'The Clash' is a thin and scratchy rapid-fire cataloging of problems big and small. It's about race relations, unemployment, and American cultural imperialism. Also: zit-faced burglars and loners pleasuring themselves with condoms on."

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "The Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks' may have appeared revolutionary, but the Clash's eponymous debut album was pure, unadulterated rage and fury, fueled by passion for both rock & roll and revolution."

In this episode we'll take you back to the making of the album that was written and recorded in less than a month, the stories behind the songs, the album cover and a whole lot more.

TRACKLISTING (UK RELEASE):

SIDE ONE:
1. "Janie Jones"
2. "Remote Control"
3. "I'm So Bored with the USA"
4. "White Riot"
5. "Hate and War"
6. "What's My Name"
7. "Deny"
8. "London's Burning"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Career Opportunities"
2. "Cheat"
3. "Protex Blue"
4. "Police & Thieves"
5. "48 Hours"
6. "Garageland"


TRACKLISTING (US RELEASE):

SIDE ONE:
1. "Clash City Rockers"
2. "I'm So Bored with the USA"
3. "Remote Contro
4. "Complete Control"
5. "White Riot"
6. "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais"
7. "London's Burning"
8. "I Fought the Law"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Janie Jones"
2. "Career Opportunities"
3. "What's My Name"
4. "Hate & War"
5. "Police & Thieves"
6. "Jail Guitar Doors"
7. "Garageland"


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We’re celebrating the life and career of AC/DC’s Angus Young, who celebrated a birthday this week. Angus turned 66 years young on Wednesday (March 31st, 1955). His story is not just about the endless classic guitar riffs, his classic school boy outfit or his boundless energy on stage. It’s also an inspiring story of a man who has dealt with personal tragedy not once but twice only to get back on his feet with his trusty Gibson SG guitar strapped over his shoulder, ready to do what he does best - play rock and roll music.

Angus and his band AC/DC have just released yet another explosive comeback album, their 17th studio album 'Power Up', a record dedicated to Angus’s older brother and long-time bandmate Malcolm Young, who sadly passed away in 2017.

In this episode we’ll hear the story of Angus from childhood right up until today. What inspired him to pick up the guitar, how he and his brother Malcolm formed AC/DC, their rise to prominence with frontman Bon Scott, coming back from the death of Bon in 1980 to eventually becoming one of the biggest selling artists and biggest live acts in music history.

This is the story of AC/DC’s Angus Young….

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On March 23rd, 1983 ZZ Top released their eighth studio album "Eliminator". It remains the band’s most commercially successful album thanks to several singles with an undeniable beat and hook along with three videos that are among the most popular in MTV history.

While MTV would launch the careers of new artists, it would revive the careers of veteran bands like ZZ Top. And while MTV helped ZZ Top, the trio of guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard would return the favor. They were exactly what the network was looking for. They had "a look". The long beards, the sunglasses, the tricked out Eliminator 1933 Ford Coupe, the spinning guitars. They weren’t just a rock band…they were as Classic Rock Magazine’s Paul Rees wrote - otherworldly beings.

But as cool as those videos were, they wouldn’t have been much without songs that were just as good…and they were. Inspired by the new wave music heard while on a European tour in the early '80s, ZZ Top infused synthesizers and danceable beats into their already recognizable boogie blues sound. The results speak for themselves. Selling over 10 million copies since its release, "Eliminator" is among the first albums to be certified diamond. A full year after its release it was still selling 100 thousand copies a week.

In this episode we’ll get to the story of what led to the creation of the '80s ZZ Top sound, hear early demos of the tracks, the stories behind all 11 tracks, the videos, the album cover and more.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
2. "Got Me Under Pressure"
3. "Sharp Dressed Man"
4. "I Need You Tonight"
5. "I Got the Six"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Legs"
2. "Thug"
3. "TV Dinners"
4. "Dirty Dog"
5. "If I Could Only Flag Her Down"
6. "Bad Girl"

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Legendary Heart guitarist/vocalist Nancy Wilson celebrated a birthday this week. She is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer over four decades into her career and still going strong. In fact, she’s got a brand new solo album 'You & Me' due out next month.

In this episode we’ll take a look at the life and career of Nancy, from being raised in a military family, to discovering rock and roll, falling in love with the guitar and proving those who felt women can't rock wrong. We’ll follow that up by getting to the ten greatest Heart songs of all time!

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released their album 'Deja Vu' on this week back in 1970. It's the first album from David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Neil Young and the second from the trio of Crosby, Stills & Nash. It topped the pop album chart for one week and spawned three top forty singles. With over eight million copies sold it’s the highest selling album of each member’s career to date.

We’ll get to how and why Neil Young ended up joining the CSN lineup, the other big named artists who were considered before Neil, the stories behind the ten tracks, the album cover art and more.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "Carry On"
2. "Teach Your Children"
3. "Almost Cut My Hair"
4. "Helpless"
5. "Woodstock"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Déjà Vu"
2. "Our House"
3. "4 + 20"
4. "Country Girl (Whiskey Boot Hill, Down Down Down, Country Girl (I Think You're Pretty))"
5. "Everybody I Love You"

On March 7th, 1970 Simon and Garfunkel’s fifth studio album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' started a ten week run at number one on the US chart. The title track was in the middle of a six week run at the top of the US singles chart. It would also reach #1 in the UK in March of ’70. It topped the charts in ten countries total.

By the time the album had been released, the duo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had split up; making this the last Simon & Garfunkel studio album to be released. What a way to go out. Two Grammy awards went to the album with another four for the title track. The album went on to sell in the ballpark of 25 million copies and has since been considered one of the greatest albums of all time.

In this episode we’ll get into the story of the making of the album thanks to clips from an amazing documentary from 2011 called "The Harmony Game". Interview clips from both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel included along with some of the various collaborators who played an important role in the success of the album. Also, hear the three songs that could have made the album but were ultimately left off.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "Bridge over Troubled Water"
2. "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)"
3. "Cecilia"
4. "Keep the Customer Satisfied"
5. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright"

SIDE TWO:
1. "The Boxer"
2. "Baby Driver"
3. "The Only Living Boy in New York"
4. "Why Don't You Write Me"
5. "Bye Bye Love" (Live recording from Ames, Iowa)
6. "Song for the Asking"

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