Know Good Music

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MUSIC Interviews, Concert Reviews, Music News, Album Reviews and more! Classic Rock to New Music, we cover it all

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January 13, 2023 CHRIS BALLEW Interview - The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump - Weird Al - Casper Babypants
Jim and Mike interview Chris Ballew from the great band THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chris was the founder and lead singer of the 90s band The Presidents of the United States of America. They had the hits "LUMP", "PEACHES" and "KITTY". Their debut album sold over 3 million copies.

The Presidents broke up in 2015 and Chris has since released over 19 albums as Children's Music Artist : CASPER BABYPANTS.

In 2020 Chris started recording solo albums and has released 4 solo albums including his newest album "Bone by Bone" which was released on January 13, 2023.

In this interview:

How Chris almost lit Weird Al's hair on fire

Will the Presidents reunite for the 30th anniversary of their debut album? Find out.

Why the Presidents turned down appearing on SNL!

The time he lived with Beck

Chris is the coolest guy and we had a great time talking to him and you'll have a great time listening to Chris talk about his musical journey!

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from our interviews. Just search "know good music".

Thank you for listening! - Jim

COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The songs : "STAR MAP OF THE SOUL" (Chris Ballew), "BABY'S DRIVING A CAR" (Casper Babypants), "LUMP" (Presidents of the United States of America") and "FADE OUT" (Chris Ballew)
Visit his website at: chrisballew.org
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41min
December 21, 2022 BILL SUMMERS interview - Herbie Hancock / The Headhunters
Mike and I had a great time talking to Bill Summers (who was in Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters)! We talk about various drums, his first meeting with Herbie Hancock, and the famous sound Bill created for one of the best known Jazz songs ever ... called Watermelon Man... Bill even demonstrates for us how the sound was created.

About Bill:
During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Calientes along with co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and Jason Marsalis. However, Summers has a much longer musical career, often working behind the scenes on film scores for various movies such as The Color Purple and the television miniseries Roots with Quincy Jones. He also played with Herbie Hancock during The Headhunters years, and is mentioned in passing by the liner notes of The Headhunters' 2003 release Evolution Revolution as contributing to that recording.

Check out the Headhunters newest album (sections of 4 of the new songs can be heard on our podcast)
THE HEADHUNTERS - Speakers in the House released in November 2022:

Speakers In The House is the legendary jazz-funk ensemble's first new album in 11 years. Co-lead by percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark with support from NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison on alto saxophone, The Headhunters latest studio effort arrives just in time to celebrate this American music institution's 50th anniversary in 2023, having formed around Herbie Hancock's classic recording, Head Hunters, in 1973. An eight-track set available on Ropeadope Records, highlights from Speakers In The House include the New Orleans' second-line grooves of "Rocking At The Mole House," the world music-influenced jazz-fusion of "Kongo Square" and a modern post-bop re-imagination of the classic Headhunters' composition "Actual Proof," first released on their 1974 album, Thrust. Joining Summers, Clark and Harrison for the recording are keyboardist Stephen Gordon and bassist Reggie Washington plus special guests Jerry Z on organ, One Drop aka Scott Roberts on drums, Fode Sissoko on Kora and Ashlin Parker on trumpet.

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site) Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from our interviews. Just search "know good music".

Thank you for listening! - Jim

COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The songs : "WE CALL IT THE BOX" by Bill Summers & Summer Heat / "OVER THE BAR", "STOOP", "STOP WATCH" and "ROCKIN' IN THE MOLE HOUSE" by The Headhunters used with permsission by Greg Lucas
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December 17, 2022 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS / NEW CHRISTMAS SONGS - SHOW 38
Today Jeremy and I start off the show talking about some new Christmas songs that came out this year from:

Lindsay Sterling
Harry Connick Jr.
David Foster & Katharine McPhee
T Bear
Will Ferrell
Chris Canterbury
Alicia Keys
Joss Stone
Phoebe Bridgers.

Then we delve into one of our favorite "Christmas" movies THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. We talk about the making of the movie, the music, and some film flubs.
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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Be sure to subscribe on apple music / follow on spotify and also you can find us on Instagram (know_good_music) and YouTube (Know Good Music)
Thank you for listening! - Jim
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43min
December 10, 2022 TOP 10 CHRISTMAS SONGS / MOST MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS - SHOW 37
SHOW 37 - HOLIDAY / CHRISTMAS SHOW pt. 1

Jeremy is back with me for our first of two Holiday / Christmas Shows

On todays show we go into detail about the top 10 Christmas songs (picked by the staff at Billboard) and our most memorable Christmas gifts we've received over the years... as kids and as adults. Another fun show!

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Be sure to subscribe on apple music / follow on spotify and also you can find us on Instagram (know_good_music) and YouTube (Know Good Music)
Thank you for listening! - Jim
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54min
November 26, 2022 BANDS THAT MAKE US LAUGH - Cake / Mojo Nixon / The Talking Heads - Vol 1 - Show 36
Mike is back again (for this regular podcast) where we talk about 3 bands that make us (and you) laugh!
We had some audio problems and this was supposed to be a 2 parter but most of part 1 got deleted (lost) so next year we'll do another one with some more bands.

BANDS WE TALK ABOUT:

THE TALKING HEADS
MOJO NIXON
CAKE

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Be sure to subscribe on apple music / follow on spotify and also you can find us on Instagram (know_good_music) and YouTube (Know Good Music)

Thank you for listening! - Jim
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57min
November 19, 2022 MUSIC NEWS (Weird Al Movie / Bono Surrender) / NEW ALBUM RELEASES (Bruce Springsteen / Taylor Swift) - SHOW 35
Mike is back with me (Jim) in the studio for the regular podcast. Today we talk some Music News and New Albums / Artists we've been listening to.

MUSIC NEWS - BIG SKY (TV show) / WEIRD (Weird Al Movie) / Bono's new book SURRENDER / History making Taylor Swift

NEW ALBUMS / ARTISTS:

SAMMY HAGAR
FIRST AID KIT
CRAWLERS
YO-YO MA
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
and more!

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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58min
November 13, 2022 INTERVIEW with ROBERT WALTER - Soul Jazz Keyboardist - The Greyboy Allstars - Roger Waters Tour
Mike and I had a great time talking to Soul Jazz Keyboardist Robert Walter about his high school band Daddy Long Legs, his current band: The Greyboy Allstars and what it's like being on tour with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.

Robert is heading back on tour in March 2023 with Roger's band for the European leg of the tour.

About Robert:

A founding member of the seminal groove band The Greyboy Allstars, organ, keyboard and synth sharp-shooter Robert Walter splits his time between his own 20th Congress, The Greyboy Allstars, and a robust film soundtrack career in Los Angeles.

Initially formed as the backing band for rare groove luminary DJ Greyboy, The Greyboy Allstars became a longterm project for Walter with a string of critically acclaimed albums, world tours. The band quickly became home to some of the most revered players on the modern music scene.

The Greyboy Allstars' success also served as a platform for the band's individual members to launch highly successful and substantially diverse solo careers. To flex his desire to compose in a way that was just outside of Greyboy's wheelhouse, Walter formed 20th Congress and recorded and toured heavily through the late '90s and '00s.

The band featured a rotating crew of brilliant improvisers and genre-bending virtuosos over the years including Stanton Moore, Joe Russo, Will Bernard, and Cochemea Gastelum, Simon Lott, Victor Little, Chris Alford, Scott Metzger, Andy Hess, and John Kimock,

A brilliant improviser with a gift for riveting hooks and unstoppable grooves, Walter set out to create songs that blur the line between the composed and the spontaneous; an album with a narrative arc that isn’t tethered to concrete ideas. He uses a full arsenal of keyboards, synths and electronics and draws together the varied aspects of his career, from his film soundtrack work with Michael Andrews to his free-ranging improvisational excursions with the likes of genre jugglers like Marco Benevento, Skerik and Mike Gordon.

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from our interviews. Just search "know good music".
Thank you for listening! - Jim

COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The songs : "OR ELSE", "EXECUTIVE PARTY" and "HELLBOUND" used with permission from Kevin Calabro at Calabro Music Media.
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38min
October 22, 2022 HORROR MOVIE Reviews 2022 - Terrifier 2 / Barbarian / The Black Phone / Nope - SHOW 34
This is the THIRD of 3 for our HALLOWEEN SERIES for October. We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies.

HORROR MOVIES THEMES / HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS 2022
Jeremy and I start off the podcast with a list of the top 13 Horror Movie Themes and then we go into our top Horror Movies of 2022!
We each have 4 plus we go into some more horror related films we liked.

MOVIES WE COVER ARE:

NOPE
SCREAM 5
THE WOMAN IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
THE BLACK PHONE
BARBARIAN
TERRIFIER 2
X
MONSTEROUS
HELLRAISER
and MORE!

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Be sure to check out our first two HALLOWEEN / HORROR podcasts : 1 - The Munsters Movie Review & 2 - Our interview with Lauren-Marie Taylor (Vickie from Friday the 13th pt. 2)

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Thank you for listening! - Jim

COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The song "oh the horror" compiled and created by Jim Thatcher

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59min
October 15, 2022 INTERVIEW with LAUREN-MARIE TAYLOR / Friday the 13th part 2 / Neighbors / Belushi / Aykroyd
This is the Second out of 3 in our Halloween Series.

Jeremy and I interview actress LAUREN-MARIE TAYLOR!

Lauren grew up in the Bronx and started her career in commercials and stage at a very young age. In 1981 she was cast as Vickie in Friday the 13th Part 2 and the same year as Elaine in Neighbors with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. She then went onto the soap opera LOVING and now is a school teacher.

We had such a fun time talking to Lauren (she's so upbeat and funny!). We asked her about Friday the 13th part II, Neighbors (working with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) and also what some of her favorite Horror Movies are and even talked about her musical tastes (of course). She makes frequent appearances at autograph shows (so be sure to check her Facebook or Instagram pages for updates).

KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Visit our YouTube Channel where you can see 3 short video segments from this interview. Just search "know good music".

Thank you for listening! - Jim

COPYRIGHT CLAIM: Friday the 13th Theme for this podcast compiled and created by Jim Thatcher
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October 09, 2022 THE MUNSTERS MOVIE review / Rob Zombie / Daniel Roebuck / Jeff Daniel Phillips / Sheri Moon Zombie - SHOW 33
This is the first out of 3 in our Halloween Series for October. We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies!

Jeremy and I review the new Rob Zombie film "THE MUNSTERS MOVIE".. did we love the movie? Did we hate the movie? You'll to listen to figure out the answer.

We start off the podcast with some music news (Kiss / Genesis) and go into some new music we've been listening to. Some artists we mention are:

BUSH
EM BIEHOLD
BETH ORTON
BILLY IDOL
SAMMY HAGAR
STARCRAWLER
GIOVANNIE & THE HIRED GUNS

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Look for our next two podcasts coming out in the next two weeks. Our interview with Lauren-Marie Taylor (Vickie from Friday the 13th pt. 2) and our HORROR movie reviews from films that came out in 2022.

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KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora and almost anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Thank you for listening! - Jim

COPYRIGHT CLAIM: The Munsters theme has been compiled & re-interpreted by Jim Thatcher

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FAQs about Know Good Music:

How many episodes does Know Good Music have?

The podcast currently has 185 episodes available.