Muses

Hey everyone! While we were in Los Angeles, California we recorded what you might call a tour diary. We hope that this episode can bring some sunshine into your life as we're all at home during this time. We recorded every day during our trip, so we speak about our experience having lunch at the Chateau Marmont, spending the afternoon in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, dancing the night away at the Rainbow, interviewing Linda Ramone at the Ramone Ranch and so much more! We also chose some music to play along with our journey, which you can find below in the show notes!

Songs featured in this episode:

Welcome to L.A.- Chi Runner

Venice Bitch- Lana Del Rey

Fun Times in Babylon- Father John Misty

Malibu- Miley Cyrus

Los Angeles- The Bird and the Bee

Twelve Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)- The Mamas & The Papas

Goin' to California- Led Zeppelin

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Muses first interview waaaaay back in Episode 23 was with this incredible woman and when we recently went to LA we of course had to do round 2 with the Princess of Hollywood!

Pleasant Gehman does it all. She's a bellydancer known as Princess Farhana, tarot reader, writer, actress, musician and alternative healer. In episode 23 she shared some of her LA punk stories, hanging with The Germs, being kidnapped by Iggy Pop, and living at the LA punk house Disgraceland.

This time around Pleasant shares tales from her time in NYC with Lydia Lunch, what it was like to go on a date with The Cramps guitarist Bryan Gregory, and tales from her own wild days fronting not one, but 2 bands, The Screamin' Sirens and Honk if Your Horny!

For those in LA, make sure to check out Pleasant's art show, Paper, Scissors, Rock: Forty Years of Fanzines & Flyers. Opening April 3rd at the Burgundy Room through to April 16th!

Make sure to also follow Pleasant on instagram @princessofhollywood for updates on her upcoming fellow Pantheon Network Podcast, The Devil's Music!

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This week your Toronto Muses fly down to Las Vegas for Miss Pamela's 2nd Annual Doll Con! We met some incredible women and reunited with others, we laughed, we cried, we danced our groupies souls off and of course we wrote! Tune in to hear all about our Vegas adventures and make sure to stay tuned for Part 2, Muses: Live from California! We hope you enjoy our audio tour diary and cannot wait to bring you some super awesome upcoming interviews!

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Today, we bring you our conversation with Ginger Gilmour, a true artist and author of Memoirs of the Bright Side of the Moon. We read Ginger’s book and discussed it back in episode 56 and since then, we have been wanting to speak with her personally. Today is the day!

Ginger met David Gilmour of Pink Floyd in 1971. They were married from 1975 until 1990 and have four children together. But like all of the incredible women we speak with, Ginger is multifaceted. Not only is she an author, she is a sculptor, light worker, mentor and will be hosting Creativity Classes “where creativity touches the heart and nourishes the spirit”. If you’re one of the lucky few to take classes with Ginger, you may be painting or sculpting but you'll most certainly be in the presence of this really peaceful and spiritual being.

Ginger is a true storyteller and speaks about her experience on tour with Pink Floyd, her health journey, favourite places she has travelled and what it was like spending time with George and Olivia Harrison in their gardens at Friar Park.

Ginger welcomes anyone to reach out and ask her questions. One way of doing that is by sending her an email, [email protected] You can also leave her comments on her Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/gingergilmourbook/ or https://www.facebook.com/GingerGilmour.GingerArt/

In the meantime, you can find Ginger on her website www.gingerart.net and we highly recommend that you pick up a copy of her book Memoirs of the Bright Side of the Moon. You can sign up to be on the waitlist for one of her Creativity Courses by going to her website. Enjoy the show!

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Today we chat with DeeDee Keel, a true rock and roll fan and proud Groupie. No wonder the rock and roll lifestyle chose DeeDee, growing up in Venice Beach, she had Jim Morrison as a neighbour! What did DeeDee's dad say to warn her about Jimmy? Did she listen?

DeeDee recalls many incredible stories growing up on the Sunset Strip as well as her experiences working at the Whisky A Go Go between the years of 1971 and 1983! How can you NOT collect wonderful memories working at this place at the height of rock excellence? She was a part of the Led Zeppelin crew, and had her own unique ways of "bagging the rock star".

DeeDee also has experience going on tour with her husband, Ron Keel and tells us: Is it really all it's cracked up to be? What did she like about the touring life and what is she happy to have left behind? DeeDee is still rockin', you can hear her on her monthly radio show as the Rock Zone Reporter for WDLJ- KM Radio 97.5FM The Rock!

When we first read DeeDee's story in Pamela Des Barres' book "Let's Spend the Night Together", we hoped some day we would get the chance to speak with her. What amazing piece of advice does DeeDee end the show with? You'll have to listen to find out!

You can find DeeDee on Twitter @DeeDeeKeel

on Instagram @deedeekeel

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This week we take you to Kingston, Jamaica where Bob and Rita met and fell in love.

Rita was still just a teen when she met The Wailing Wailers and began doing backing vocals for them. At the studio she began to get close to one member in particular, Robert, better known as Bob Marley. Their affection for each other grew fast and strong and before long the young couple were married.

From the get go Rita looked at her marriage as a partnership. Rita was there with Bob through years of struggle, yet their love for one another and their dreams of making it big never faltered. When Bob did finally reach success Rita was alongside with him, touring for 7 years with her backing band, the I-Three.

While over the years their relationship would shift from that of lovers to great friends, Rita would be there for Bob until the very end and continues to maintain his legacy.

Make sure to check out Rita's autobiography No Woman, No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley.

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Let’s kick it out and begin 2020 with the story of Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. We’ll take you through over 4 decades of astonishing talent, hard work, love, loss and sisterhood. Chanty read the memoir "Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll" by Ann and Nancy Wilson and presents it to you today!

Ann and Nancy Wilson, only 4 years apart in age, were always close. Moving from city to city and country to country with their family brought them even closer, singing and playing guitar together wherever they went. The sisters found security, and a home in listening to the radio and playing music. When Beatlemania hit, Ann and Nancy didn’t want to be a Beatles wife like the rest of their friends, they wanted to BE the Beatles. 

Ann Wilson never had any doubt that she wanted to play music for a living, and things really started to take a turn in her career when she met the Magic Man and moved to Vancouver. Eventually, Nancy left college to join her big sister, and the rest is… rock and roll history!

Listen to this week’s episode to hear about all of the Barracudas of the music industry, who else inspired Heart’s songs and lyrics and what being a pioneer in rock was like for two sisters from Seattle. 

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Happy Holidays, everyone! Today we present an episode where we answer listener submitted questions! We discuss the ghosts of our podcast past, present and future! Thank you for your love and support this year, and we can't wait to bring you more in 2020!

Twas the day after Christmas

And everyone's chillin'

Not a rock star was stirring

Not even Bob Dylan

The guitars were placed by the chimney with care

And somewhere Bon Jovi was feathering his hair

Chanty was nestled all snug in her bed

While visions of Harry Styles danced in her head

And Lynx in her jammies, her cat in her lap

Had just settled down for a long winter's nap

Happy Holidays, everyone! Today we present an episode where we answer listener submitted questions! We discuss the ghosts of our podcast past, present and future! Thank you for your love and support this year, and we can't wait to bring you more in 2020!

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This week we travel back in time to the 1940's & '50's where Hank Williams shook the world with a new sound dubbed 'Hillbilly Rock'

Hank may have had an incredible voice and song-writing skills like no other, but without the strong willed women who surrounded him the world may never have known. As a child it was his momager Lillie Stone pushing him to be all he could until he met the love of his life and muse for all of his songs, Audrey Mae Sheppard in 1943.

With Audrey by his side Hanks career skyrocketed. She booked the interviews, tours, created his rockabilly image, was involved in (and came up with the ideas for) all of Hanks business proposals and even joined the band onstage now and again. As Audrey once said "He was lucky with a God-given talent, and I was lucky with a few brains."

Career wise things couldn't have been better but behind the scenes things weren't as rosy. An alcoholic since he was just an early teen, Hanks addiction, and the mood swings that came from it had the couple in constant turmoil. Life certainly wasn't easy, but it did make for great songwriting material.

Research for this episode came from the book Still in Love with You: The Story of Hank and Audrey Williams by Dale Vinicur and Lycretia Williams (their daughter!).

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This week we couldn't be more excited to share our conversation with Sally Mann, author of the fantastic memoir The Band's With Me: Tour 1964-1975.

We discussed Sally's relationships with musicians and bands such as Frank Zappa, Richard Manuel, Alvin Lee, The Grateful Dead and of course, Jefferson Airplane. She also shared with us memories from her marriage to Spencer Dryden, what it was like to be a part of the legendary Rolling Stone Issue Groupies and Other Girls and what it was like to be a part of (as well as attend!) the Woodstock Generation.

While there's no question Sally is a rock n roll woman at heart, she has also followed her other passions in life as well. Sally currently runs the Rockit Ranch Rescue, an animal shelter that relies on her care and your generosity. For those who wish to donate head over to Sally's GoFundMe Page here (https://www.gofundme.com/f/n5qagbty) and make sure to purchase her book on amazon!

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