The guys read a ripped headline regarding Pearl Jam that leads them to one of the craziest rock n roll fan(tasy) stories ever told.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-josh-arroyo-pearl-jam-fan-performs-band-drummer-matt-cameron-t

https://flypaper.soundfly.com/discover/10-times-invited-fans-crushed-it-on-stage/

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/scot_halpin_drummer_keith_moon_1973

https://bestclassicbands.com/fan-subs-for-keith-moon-scot-halpin-11-20-15/

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

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

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

Video of the whole incident at the Cow Palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-N8MZ9ilk

Brian enlists the help of executive producer Lafe to answer listener questions about an 80’s sorta-supergroup and two Nashville songwriters with a whole lotta the wrong chemistry.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Fastway “Say What You Will”

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

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

https://www.npr.org/2013/08/02/207981618/the-civil-wars-joy-williams-on-the-duos-fragile-bond#:~:text=But%20last%20year%2C%20in%20the,haven’t%20appeared%20together%20since.

Brian examines the talent and tumult of guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker and that showdown he had with EVH back in 1976.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Joan Osborne “One of Us”; Joe Meek “I Hear a New World”; Van Halen “On Fire” (Live at the Golden West Ballroom, 1976 – bootleg)

Van Halen Rising book: https://www.amazon.com/Van-Halen-Rising-Southern-California/dp/1770412638

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

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

1998 Japan UFO concert review: http://www.rbaraki.com/report4-2.htm

Rev Jones interview: https://blabbermouth.net/news/msg-bassist-michael-schenker-cares-about-no-one-not-even-himself

The Loudersound Schenker interview (2006): https://www.loudersound.com/features/michael-schenker-appetite-for-self-destruction

https://www.loudersound.com/news/michael-schenker-denies-trying-to-take-over-aerosmith

May 9, 1976 Van Halen bootleg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQBma1ed068

Executive producer Lafe joins Brian to talk through more stories and letters regarding Bob Dylan’s eccentricities.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs on the show: “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” – Bob Dylan

https://www.vulture.com/2016/10/37-hilarious-bob-dylan-stories.html

https://www.vulture.com/2014/07/how-did-bob-dylan-get-so-weird.html

Greg writes the show to find out if there was anything fishy about Dylan’s famous auto mishap – and the guys dig deep and form some theories of their own.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: “The Man in Me” by Say Anything and “The Man in Me” by The Clash

Howard Sounes book: https://www.amazon.com/Down-Highway-Life-Bob-Dylan/dp/0802145523

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/arts/music/bob-dylan-center-tulsa.html

https://fanbuzz.com/motorcycles/bob-dylan-motorcycle-accident/#:~:text=Bob%20Dylan%20had%20a%20mysterious,n’%20roll%20music%20changed%20completely.

Dylan at Newport dispute: https://web.archive.org/web/20080223005652/http://buffaloreport.com/020826dylan.html

The Bruce Jackson book: https://tupress.temple.edu/book/0239

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

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-motorcycle-accident/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/johnny-cash-bob-dylan-amphetamines-backstage-performance-1966/

https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/bob-dylans-famous-televised-press-conference-after-he-went-electric-1965.html

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/bob-dylans-1966-motorcycle-crash-real-or-fake.90284/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/25/richard-farina-lost-genius-bridged-gap-beats-hippies

Brian does some investigating into an old co-worker and uncovers more of a musical past than he had ever realized existed.

SHOW NOTES:

1973 Ozark Mountain Folk Fair Festival program: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30559980@N07/16226456887/in/photostream/

Newspaper profile on Gary (2011): https://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1760504.html

Jerry Jeff Walker at Cain’s Ballroom poster (1975) – https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/gaskin-switch/photos

Brian breaks down the startlingly similar tragic backstories shared by two genre-defining guitar men – and how one inspired the other to keep going.

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Songs used in this episode:

“Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath; “I’ll See You in My Dreams” by Django Reinhardt; “Lucille” by The Shadows;

Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell – Tony Iommi: https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Man-Journey-through-Sabbath/dp/0306821451

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/perfume-reminds-tony-iommi-of-death/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/black-sabbath-cocaine-private-plane

https://www.ranker.com/list/wild-black-sabbath-stories/nicky-benson

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

https://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-rolling-stone-names-100-top-guitarists-all-time-top-3-are-jimi-hendrix-eric

https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/10-things-youve-gotta-do-to-play-like-tony-iommi

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

Animated VH1 short about the accident: https://vimeo.com/120351437

Brian answers listener emails and the guys post outtakes from the Episode 91 recording session to answer the demand for MORE VAN HALEN CONTENT!

The guys get into the early days of Van Halen, the time they almost got a record deal from the head of Satan’s knights, and the rivalry that developed between two flamboyant front men.

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SHOW NOTES:

Van Halen Rising by Greg Renoff – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/van-halen-rising-greg-renoff/1121176783

Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen by Brad Tolinski – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eruption-brad-tolinski/1138833566

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-10-07/gene-simmons-eddie-van-halen

The Zero Demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXZnB2xJ26s

Brian (finally) gets to talk about problematic front men, creative vocals, precursor third-wave emo, and his complicated adoration of Third Eye Blind.