Dooner’s World

Dooner’s World – Episode 76 – Dick Waterman – Blues Photographer, Author, and Legend 

Introduction 

·      Sport writer from Massachusetts 

·      Started Avalon Productions in Mississippi representing older Blues artists in 1964

·      Author and Photographer:

o   Between Midnight and day 

o   B.B. King – Treasures – written with B.B.  

·      Managed: Son House, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Lightning Hopkins, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Bonnie Raitt 

·      Collaborated with Bonnie on the Mt Zion Foundation to raise a headstone for Mississippi Fred McDowell 

Early Influences: 

·      Louis Armstrong, Doc Watson, Tom Rush, Calypso

·      Worked at Club 47

Son House: 

·      Early recording for Paramount 

·      Move to Rochester 1943

·      Finding Son in Rochester, NY and his first show back in August 1964

·      There are recordings of these 64 shows that may be released soon! 

·      Dick shares stories about Robert Johnson that Son told him!!! 

o   Robert used to break strings when playing Son’s guitar during set breaks 

o   He went away in 33 or 34 and came back much improved

o   These stories are so cool!

Skip James: 

·      Great Eric Clapton story, Skip plays I’m so Glad and then asks Eric to play a song – NYC 1969 at Vanguard Records offices 

Mississippi John Hurt – Dick remembers John, his sweet nature, and sweet blues 

Howling Wolf 

·      Story when Eric Clapton tried to play Howlin’s guitar to show him a song 

·      Wolf ever left Chess and how this hurt his success 

Muddy Waters 

·      Leaving Chess Records, Touring with Eric Clapton, and working with the Rolling stones 

Avalon Productions: 

·      Junior Wells – Dick tells the story of signing Junior to Avalon with no paper 

·      Buddy Guy 

·      Luther Allison 

·      Magic Sam 

Dooner’s World – Episode 75 – Ross “The Boss” Friedman 

New Death Dealer album out November 13th!!  Conquered Lands  

•       Watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan at age 10 from Da Bronx 

•       Going from Piano, to Violin, to guitar – 

•       Playing in Total Crudd – The New Paltz Years

•       Forming The Dictators with Andy Shernoff New Paltz, NY in 1973 and moving to New York

•       History of The Dictators – CBGBs, recording albums, touring, Mark Mendoza (Twister Sister)

•       New music in the works for The Dictators 

•       Auditioning for Shakin Street in Paris, recording an album and touring opening for Black Sabbath on the Heaven and Hell tour

•       Being introduced to Joey DeMaio by Ronnie James Dio

•       Jamming in Black Sabbath’s dressing room while they were on stage, and being audible from the stage between Sabbath tunes 

•       The Gibson SG 

•       Last Shakin show in Hawaii

•       Forming Manowar with Joey 

•       RTB – Ross the Boss Band 

•       Beastie Boys and early rap and metal influences, including Ross’s major influence on metal guitar 

•       Stew Marshall and Sean Peck convincing Ross to join Death Dealer 

•       Frank Zappa – Mike asks if Ross saw Frank and The Mothers at Elting Gym on 11/10/73 

•       Ross talks about seeing Frank Zappa at the Filmore East 

•       Noiseville Records, Drunk John Lennon, David Peel, Wayne Kramer, Jim Gibson, Unholy Swill 

Dooner’s World – Episode 74 – Jesse Nodball – Independent Artist Advocate  

•       Thanks to Crissi Cochrane and Virgil Franklin 

•       Thank to my Halloween week guests Ed Palermo, Dawn and Jason Jenkins, Stephen Perkins, Dale Bozzio, Ike Willis, and Scott Parker!

•       2020: Into the Fire Podcast – Interview series 

•       Nirvana, Wu-Tang, MC Chris, Mega Ran, Nerd culture

•       Jesse describes the goal of Nodball.com – to help Independent Artists make money with their art~ 

•       [email protected]

•       www.Noddball.com

Dooner’s World – Episode 73 – Crissi Cochrane – Amazing Singer, Song Writer! 

•       Thanks to Virgil Franklin 

•       Thank to my Halloween week guests Ed Palermo, Dawn and Jason Jenkins, Stephen Perkins, Dale Bozzio, Ike Willis, and Scott Parker!

•       Crissi - The early years – first EP, Halifax, and the move to Windsor 

•       2014 – Little Sway – 13 Million streams on Spotify – wicked cool song! 

•       2020 – Heirloom released 

•       http://crissicochcrane.com

Dooner’s World – Episode 72 – Virgil Franklin – Composer, Sound Designer, Educator, and Clinician

•       Thank to my Halloween week guests Ed Palermo, Dawn and Jason Jenkins, Stephen Perkins, Dale Bozzio, Ike Willis, and Scott Parker!

•       Growing up in Indiana

•       First gig in a band for a Girl Scout’s Dance 

•       Muddy Waters 

•       First hearing Rush 2112

•       Dark Rave – Virgil’s most recent album 

•       Haunt Music 

•       Blues Project on Saint Jerome Records – Professor Franklin’s Blue’s Explosion (working name)  

•       Ken Tucker 

•       Doc Audio on YouTube

•       http://www.virgilfranklin.com/

Dooner’s World – Episode 71 – Ike Willis and Scott Parker 

Happy Zappaween!!!!  

•       Dale Bozzio says Hi 

•       Ike talks about recording Joe’s Garage vs other albums 

•       Ray and Ike join forces

•       Vinnie as the devil in Titties and Beer  

•       Cal Schenkel

•       Bruce Bickford coming to see Project Object at the Rainbow at the University of Washington

•       First Zappa Halloween show – The Action in 1965, Boston 1971, New Jersey 1973 

•       NY Zappa Halloween shows with Ike Willis

•       Project Object shows at the Lion’s Den 

•       Ike tells the story of loaning his amp to B.B. King and then B.B. handing him Lucille to try out 

Dooner’s World – Episode 70 – Dale Bozzio – Missing Person’s, Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and Thing fish 

•       Growing up in Medford, Boston 

•       Breaking into the Orpheum in Boston to see Frank Zappa in 1972, meeting him backstage as she was breaking in, and driving him to his hotel after the show

•       Driving to LA to meet with Hugh Hefner to become a movie star 

•       February 10, 1977 - Breaking into rehearsal and meeting Frank Zappa and Terry Bozzio in the SIR studios

•       Frank Zappa’s 3 kisses for Dale 

•       Creating Walking in LA 

•       Recording the missing Persons 4 song EP with Ken Scott at Frank’s new studio

•       Prescott Niles and Missing Persons 

•       Dale talks about her accident and coma and going on European tour with Frank during her recovery

•       Last time speaking with Frank and the last kiss 

•       Dale’s new book, Life Is so Strange” comes out in 2021!! 

Dooner’s World – Episode 69 – Stephen Perkins – Jane’s Addiction / Porno for Pyros  

•       Early roots - Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles, Sabbath, Genesis – Brother Mark’s influence 

•       Going to school with Dave Navaro     

•       Whores and Pigs in Zen were the first tunes that Jane’s played together  

•       Stephen talks about 3 Days and Then She did, 2 of his favorites 

•       New Wave drummers – Terry Bozzio, Missing Persons 

•       Porno For Pyros – writing the album and touring

•       Stephen talks about playing with Lou Reed 

•       The Pets reunion video 

•       Neil Diamond – Hot August Nights

•       And much, much, more@!! 

Dooner’s World – Episode 68 – Dawn and Jason Jenkins – Phish Halloween Special 

•       Introductions to Dawn, Jason and Phemale-Centrics 

•       Phish background talk

•       Halloween 1994 – Beatles White Album 

•       Halloween 1995 – The Who – Quadrophenia 

•       Halloween 1996 – Talking Heads – Remain in Light 

•       Halloween 1998 – Velvet Underground – Loaded 

o   Pink Floyd DSOTM in Utah on 11/2/98

•       Halloween 2009 – Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street 

•       Halloween 2010 – Little Feat – Waiting for Columbus 

•       Halloween 2013 – Phish- Wingsuit 

•       Halloween 2014 – The Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House by Walt Disney Records

•       Halloween 2016 – David Bowie Ziggy Stardust 

•       Halloween 2018 – Kasvot Vaxt – i rokk

•       Halloween 2020 – 3 2nd sets on 10/31/2020 – Set 1 – Haunting Sounds 

•       Set 2 – Remain in Light Set 3 – i rokk 

•       Phemale-Centrics

Dooner’s World – Episode 67 – Ed Palermo 

•       Kickoff to Dooner’s Frank Zappa Halloween week!!! Guests this week include, Ed Mann, Dawn from Phemale-centrics (Phish Halloween Special), Stephen Perkins from Jane’s Addiction, Dale Bozzio, and Ike Willis with Scott Parker

•       New album coming out November 6th – The Great Un-American Songbook #3 – Great mashups of Zappa, Beatles, Procul Harum, The Moody Blues, and more 

•       Killer strawberry Fields with Shove it Right In quotes – genius! 

•       Upcoming show at The Falcon in Marlborough, NY on November 17th 

•       Seeing Zappa on the Bong Fury Tour in Chicago 

•       History of Frank Zappa Halloween shows – first was supposedly in 1965! 

•       Ed has about 6 new albums in the works and he gives a preview of what’s to come 

•       They end with a quick talk about One of the best musicians to ever live - Rashaan Roland Kirk