Thanks For Giving A Damn

Legendary engineer, Lou Bradley shares memories of recording Charlie Rich’s classic album, Behind Closed Doors. Lou shares stories about Charlie Rich, Billy Sherrill, Pig Robbins and everyone else involved in making this all time classic album.

Barry Mazor tells the story of Jimmie Rodgers’ final days, his heroic final recording session and his last train ride.

Billy Bragg explains how Skiffle made the British Invasion possible.

Barry Mazor is the author of Ralph Peer And The Making Of Popular Roots Music and he’s sharing stories about how Ralph Peer changed the music business.

Mike Bub shares stories about hanging with The King Of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin.

Mike Bub shares a lot of great stories about playing gigs with The Father Of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe.

Elijah Wald talks about Bob Dylan’s infamous electrified performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

Elijah Wald shares a ton of great stories about Dave Van Ronk.

Joe Bussard’s collection of old 78s is believed to be the best in the world. Joe shares stories of how he found these records while going door to door in rural Appalachia in the1950s and beyond.

Otis talks about the events that lead to Woody Guthrie writing his  iconic classic, This Land Is Your Land.