Brian and Murdock examine a handful of famous tunes centering around specific women and uncover the true – and not-so-true stories behind the songs.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/867-5309-jenny/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_(band)

https://www.amazon.com/867-5309-Jenny-Song-That-Saved/dp/1936185555#:~:text=Alex%20also%20wrote%20or%20co,Johnny%20and%20the%20Asbury%20Dukes.

https://www.sherrirosen.com/blog/2011/08/04/interview-with-alex-call-of-867-5309-jenny-the-song-that-saved-me/

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/entertainment/local/2012/04/30/local-history-there-is-no/10606260007/

https://www.lmtribune.com/a_and_e/whatever-happened-to-jenny-from-tommy-tutones-famed-song/article_5441726a-4d0e-54ea-83e8-b58e2ba70852.html

1982 People Magazine: https://web.archive.org/web/20090604142927/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082266,00.html

https://musicinfluence.com/rock-and-roll-tales/who-owns-867-5309/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2020/01/14/remember-867-5309-who-was-jenny-we-chat-with-tommy-tutone/?sh=1b8547e532a0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_White_T%27s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_That_We_Needed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_Records

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/heres-the-actual-story-behind-hey-there-delilah

https://bachelornation.com/2020/04/14/plain-white-ts-tom-higgenson-hey-there-delilah-backstor

The guys talk about the lesser known names with BIG TIME influence who have passed on in the last few weeks – Detroit’s “Sugar Man” and the “M” in A&M Records.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs played in this episode: “Crucify Your Mind” by Rodriguez and “The Lonely Bull” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jerry-moss-dead-a-and-m-records-1235698242/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez

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In honor of Robbie Robertson’s passing, the guys finally get to their long-awaited deep dive on The Band. They talk influence, bad behavior, and the group’s nearly unmatchable legacy.

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SHOW NOTES:

Testimony by Robbie Robertson: https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Robbie-Robertson/dp/0307889785

Big Pink on VBRO: https://www.vrbo.com/3970069ha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pink

https://theband.hiof.no/history/band_shortstory.html

https://www.britannica.com/story/when-dylan-went-electric

https://dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/jemima-surrender-and-the-endless-royalty-battle-for-songwriting-credits-between-robbie-robertson-and-the-band/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manuel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_Helm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Danko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Hudson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Wheel%27s_on_Fire:_Levon_Helm_and_the_Story_of_the_Band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Waltz

The car blog: http://phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com/2018/12/lost-star-cars-wrecks-of-band.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/12n652b/i_find_it_curious_bob_never_really_collaborated/

Joe Forno Jr, Interview: https://medium.com/@jeremylr/how-robbie-robertson-almost-reunited-with-levon-helm-and-the-band-2e77f8521416

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Brian and Murdock make a meandering case for laying the success of the Goo Goo Dolls at the feet of a bad deal with a legendary heavy metal music champion.

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SHOW NOTES: 

Songs used in this episode: “Hit the Lights (Metal Massacre Version)” by Metallica; “Just the Way You Are” and “Name” by the Goo Goo Dolls 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_trading

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-brian-slagel-30-years-metal-blade-records

https://www.grunge.com/252960/what-the-goo-goo-dolls-did-to-avoid-going-broke/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Massacre

https://metalshout.com/brian-slagel-one-saxon-t-shirt-helped-metallica-while-established/

https://www.laweekly.com/how-50-almost-killed-metallicas-first-recording-for-metal-blade-records-book-excerpt/

https://www.angelfire.com/music/goofix/Lawsuit.html

https://thevogue.com/artists/goo-goo-dolls/#bio

https://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/feature-metal-blade-records-06-12/

http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewmetalblade.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_Records

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/05/us/time-inc-and-warner-to-merge-creating-largest-media-company.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Count_(album)

https://www.angelfire.com/music/goofix/Lawsuit.html

https://www.popentertainmentarchives.com/post/goo-goo-dolls-thinking-outside-of-the-boxes

1993 LA Times piece on Gwar situation: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-ca-49062-story.html

1996 Rolling Stone article:

Brian digs into a couple of letters and tries to figure out if a listener’s ex-flame actually had a (almost) famous dad.

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SHOW NOTES:

Mastin and Brewer

Brian and Murdock celebrate the life out of time of the Irish protest singer Sinead O’Connor and explore the culturally defining moment that was her 1992 SNL performance.

Trigger warning: This episode is distinctly about abuse to children and includes graphic descriptions. 

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SHOW NOTES:

The book Why Sinead O’Connor Matters: https://www.allysonmccabe.com/my-book

The memoir Rememberings: ​​https://www.amazon.com/Rememberings-Sin%C3%A9ad-OConnor/dp/0358423880

Journal article on Catholicism in 1960’s & 70’s Ireland: https://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/3902

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O’Connor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland

https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/music/1619623/how-sinead-o-connor-die/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#History

https://www.u2songs.com/news/mother_records_son_records_and_kitchen_recordings_u2s_labels

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sinead-oconnor-catholic-church-abuse-legacy-1234797102/

https://www.spin.com/2015/09/sinead-oconnor-interview-spin-30-cover-story/

https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/sinead-oconnor-10-things-we-learnt-from-nothing-compares-documentary-4236746

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do_Not_Want_What_I_Haven%27t_Got

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Compares_2_U

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(band)

1988 Music festival performance: https://youtu.be/TsIoxvkChWw

Time magazine Q&A: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,976937,00.html

Boomtown Rats photo ripping:

As a companion piece to the recent deep dive on Whitesnake and David Coverdale, the guys brush off this classic episode from May 2021 examining the career of video vixen Tawny Kitaen.

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SHOW NOTES:

Bachelor Party trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvLcJiEj7w&t=42s

The Seinfeld appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JIHzPVRn8

Before Bachelor Party – The Perils of Gwendoline…

Ratt’s Back for More

And those Whitesnake videos.

Here I go again

Fool for your loving was originally on 1980’s ready and willing

Interview from March of this year

Tawny’s favorite video was this one

The guys explore the big voice and bigger ego that gave the world Whitesnake – and the people he pissed off to get there.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenore_di_grazia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Jam

https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-band-name-is-whitesnake-a-phallic-reference-or-not/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coverdale

https://rockcelebrities.net/david-coverdales-emotional-decision-that-cost-him-over-a-million-dollars/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_It_In

1997 Micky Moody interview: http://www.whitesnake.f9.co.uk/Moody.html

Loudersound piece: https://www.loudersound.com/features/whitesnake-the-coverdale-i-recall-was-a-vain-preposterous-oaf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kalodner

https://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,46094,46104

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-coverdale-interview-2017/

https://www.rockcandymag.com/blog/post/rcm-news-release-1-issue-2-rock-candy-mag-out-nowjune-7-2017-issue-2-newly-launched-uk-based-rock-candy-magazine-features-exclusive-hard-hitting-no-holds-barred-candid-interview-guitarist-john-sykes-who-clarifies-all-set

https://blabbermouth.net/news/david-coverdale-rules-out-collaborating-with-john-sykes-again-it-would-never-work

The guys take advice from a listener letter and dig into the history of rock concerts inside prisons – from Johnny Cash to Metallica (and lots in between…)

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: “Crescent City Blues” – Gordon Jenkins

https://daily.jstor.org/far-from-folsom-prison-more-to-music-inside/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1951-prison-b-movie-inspired-folsom-prison-blues-180961740/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_Wilbur

https://www.avclub.com/the-bold-innovative-canon-city-deserves-to-be-better-k-1798247307

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-reason-why-johnny-cash-performed-in-prisons/

https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/sing-sing-thanksgiving-1973

https://www.openculture.com/2015/12/b-b-king-plays-live-at-sing-sing-prison.html

https://www.vera.org/news/fifty-years-ago-today-president-nixon-declared-the-war-on-drugs

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/insidecdcr/2018/10/04/artists-have-long-helped-rehabilitate-incarcerated/

https://www.openculture.com/2018/02/when-the-sex-pistols-played-at-the-chelmsford-top-security-prison.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/rkqq3x/when-the-cramps-and-the-mutants-invaded-a-mental-hospital

https://dailydoseofdead.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/today-in-grateful-dead-history-august-4-1971-terminal-island-correctional-facility-san-pedro-ca/

https://www.loudersound.com/news/serial-killer-richard-ramirez-was-pissed-off-that-he-missed-metallica-playing-san-quentin-prison-as-he-was-on-death-row

Brian chats with 1/2 of the band FXBT (Foxbat) about their new release, their love of a good pop song, and one of the freakiest road stories on record.

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