Promotion Man Podcast

Where would rock and roll be without the women ?  Linda Ronstadt, Chrissie Hynde, Pat Benatar, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Heart, Blondie and others. LA Lloyd and Fred explore the power of the women in rock. Linda Ronstadt sold over 100 million albums and dominated the 70's. and helped form the Eagles. Tune in and enjoy. Recommended music:Intro: Linda Ronstadt "Your'e No Good"Middle: Chrissie Hynde "Tattooed Love boys"End: Blondie

Ted Cohen was Artist Development for Warner Bros Records in Burbank and worked at WB for 14 years. He tells us stories about Little Feat, Doobie Bros, a girl named angel,  Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, Van Halen, Roxy Music and Ted ends this episode with Prince.  No spoilers here you’ll have to sit back and listen.........Recommended music:Intro Fleetwood Mac “Bare Trees”Middle: Doobie Bros “ Black Water” for Angel Middle: Roxy Music “Avalon”End: Prince “ Head”

Fred & Lloyd explore the power of  music and it's influence on politics, movies, commercials, Hollywood, Television and fashion. They talk about the Peace sign and bell bottoms, grunge, mohawks, punk, Madonna, heavy metal hair bands, rap artists and the clothes they wear, Nike shoes, country artists and their sparkles. They cover a lot of ground and its very funny.Then Billie Elish and Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins are now a topic of conversation and Fred worked the Smashing Pumpkins music so they discuss how these two artist broke out to the mainstream.  Recommended music: Intro: David Bowie "Fashion"Middle: Smashing Pumpkins "1979"End: Billie Eilish "Bad Guy"

Camelot was what the employees called working for Warner Bros Records.Stu Cohen tells us his story about getting hired at Warner Bros with an interview with Mo Ostin. Stu was the local New York rep for 5 years before moving to California to work at the Burbank offices. He talks about the access, limos, excess and having VIP everywhere in New York.Stu recounts his days with Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Little Feat, Doobie Bros, talking Heads, Ramones and what he called his nemesis Prince.Recommend music:Van Halen: EruptionTalking Heads: Take me to the riverFleetwood Mac: RhiannonPrince: Cream

LA Lloyd and Fred talk about limos’ and George Benson and all the live albums people are now doing. Fred meets Neil Young and talks about Nicolette Larson, Pat Metheny and Little Feat and riding the groove train when these bands really get going. Warner Bros released “For You” by Prince and we all know how that career turned out. Funkadelics and the Mothership. The Bunny gets Hot !!! and “Are we not men?” we are DEVO ! Fred wears a DEVO suit around University of Michigan campus.  Is Van Morrison grumpy ? LA Lloyd’s 1st 45 single he played in his radio career was Rod Stewart “Do you think I’m sexy” and more shenanigans. Recommended music:Intro: George Benson “ On Broadway”Middle: Funkadelics “One Nation Under a Groove”Middle: Devo. “Whip it”End: Van Morrison. “Wavelength”

Wayne Kramer the lead guitar player and founding member of the legendary MC5 speaks to LA Lloyd and Fred about “Kick out the Jams” the Detroit Riots, the revolution in the streets of America and his latest work which consists of the music score for the documentary “Boy Howdy: The story of Creem Magazine” Wayne’s book “The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities and Breadcrumbs the EP with Alice Cooper, Wayne Kramer, Mark Farner, Johnny B and the rockin lead track Detroit City 2020.   Recommended music:MC5 "Kick out the Jams Motherf**kers"MC5 "Motor City’s Burning"Alice Cooper: Breadcrumbs “Detroit City 2020”

An interview with fellow Detroiter Alice Cooper who talks about MC 5, Iggy and the Stooges, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and how they all looked up to Fred’s neighbor Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. How close all the Detroit rock bands where to the artists of Motown like Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Temptations. Then Alice debunks a 40 year old myth about one of the first songs the Talking Heads wrote…………... Recommend music: Intro: Alice Cooper “Be my Lover”Middle: Alice Cooper “Under my Wheels”Close: Alice Cooper “Feed my Frankenstein”

Fred Meyers and LA Lloyd were guests of Dudley and Bob with Matt on 93.7 KLBJ-FM on August 1 before the Promotion Man Podcast debuted.  There’s some great stories involving U2, Rolling Stones, The Police, Lenny Kravitz and more.  Also Fred explains why he dressed up as the Pope for a Rock and Roll road trip across the entire state of Texas!