The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

We return to our monthly RUSH series this week with a tribute to the great Alex Lifeson. What do you do when you are in a band with the greatest bassist and drummer in rock and roll? You step up.. and that's what Alex Lifeson did. Join us as we discuss everything about Alex from his real name to his favorite guitars!

 

#alexlifeson #RUSH #geddylee

 

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini:

Mr Pittsburgh:

 

Alex Lifeson:

Bio

not his real name

best riffs... according to UCR

best solos

interesting facts

iconic guitars

his favorite (not RUSH) songs

 

 

reference:

https://alexlifeson.com/about/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20music%2C%20Lifeson,series%20The%20Trailer%20Park%20Boys.

 

https://alexlifeson.com/news/

 

 

https://guitar.com/features/collections/story-of-the-guitar-that-launched-alex-lifeson-career/

 

 

 

 

Offer:

 

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On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast : We discuss 7 (maybe more) Masters of the slide guitar and what makes each unique.

 

 

#duaneallman #bonnieraitt #johmmywinter

 

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: spirit of fear, blood red sky, guitar technique, new "diet"

Mr Pittsburgh: new guitar

 

Slide Guitar:

Origins

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-hawaiian-steel-guitar-changed-american-music-180972028/

 

Greatest Slide Guitarists of All Time?

https://insounder.org/ten-best-slide-guitarists-world

 

 

https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/15-greatest-slide-guitar-players-of-all-time/

 

 

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Kevin: 

Loudini:  The Pretenders; Losing My Sense of Taste

 

 

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Jam bands have been pissing off music fans for decades. But why??? These bands often contain some of the most proficient musician's in the industry. It's seems odd then that they would be so maligned. On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast we will cut through the controversy and confusion and explain what's really going on with the jam scene.

 

#phish #greatfuldead #davematthewsband

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: Aerosmith, The Last Voyage of The Demeter, Happy Happy Joy Joy, Unwelcome, Sisu, Rik Emmetts problem

Mr Pittsburgh: explorer

 

What's to "hate"?

is it jam hate or Phish hate?

Phish jams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tXnP70VJiY

Phish songs: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phish+songs+most+popular

 

 

 

What's misunderstood?

 

The band wagon

 

hating the fans... therefore I hate the bands

 

Jazz vs Jam

https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsTalkMusic/comments/1ipey6/lets_talk_jam_bands_as_jazz/?rdt=53533

 

Some of the most popular:

 

https://hellomusictheory.com/learn/famous-jam-bands/

 

YouTube(ers)

 

 

 

reference:

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/top-ten-thursdays-top-12-reasons-i-generally-hate-jam-bands-6475705

 

https://www.fortherecord.live/records/2018/10/16/for-the-record-i-get-why-you-dont-get-jam-bands-but-heres-some-context

 

 

 

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Kevin: Rolling Stones; Angry

Loudini:  Maneskin; Honey (Are You Coming?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A5neskin

 

Dead Daisies;  Face Your Fear BIO

 

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

You hear a lot of boomer and gen x-ers complaining about today's music. Is it really THAT BAD or is this just old dudes yelling at the sky?

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast we compare and contrast this week's top 10 hits with week's top 10 hits from 1985. The results may surprise you!

 

 

#postmalone #taylorswift #oliviarodrigo

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Geisbrecht, The Boogyman, Cobweb, Ahsoka ep3,

Gary Wright, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Harwell, Bernie Marsden

 

Mr Pittsburgh: story of the week

 

everybody's chart is different!

top 10 songs according to american top 40

Popular; The Weekend

We Didn't Start The Fire; Fallout Boy

Chemical; Post Malone

Paint The Town Red; Doja Cat

Slide Up in a Bitch; Chinx

Cruel Summer; Taylor Swift

Cruel Summer; Luke Combs

Creepin'; The Weekend, 21 Savage

Vampire; Olivia Rodrigo

Die For You; The Weekend

 

From 1985

Pop Life; Prince

You're Only Human (second wind); Billy Joel

Don't Lose My Number; Phil Collins

Cherish; Kool & the Gang

Money for Nothing; Dire Straits

Summer of 69; Brian Adams

Freeway of Love; Aretha Franklin

We Don't Need Another Hero; Tina Turner

Power of Love; Huey Lewis & the News

St Elmo's Fire; John Parr

 

 

reference:

https://www.americantop40.com/music/top-songs/

 

https://top40weekly.com/1985-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_For_The_Week_Ending_7th_September_1985

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Kevin: 

Loudini:   The Vintage Caravan; Hell

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

 

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

https://youtu.be/jcju4mGj-Yc?si=6UurNR-vpjc--ExA

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

It's easy to think that your favorite rock stars are living their greatest life possible, but you would be wrong. The rock star career is fraught with many issues that you you probably never considered. On this week's show we bust 10 music business myths and show you why it can TOTALLY SUCK to be a rock star.

 

#themusicbusinesssucks #recordcontract #unpaidroyalties

 

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: Rick beato interviews kirk Hammett, Ahsoka(canceled), the taking of deborah logan,  foreigner in the news, 2 weeks with YouTube music app, is les Claypool a hack, the monster of elendhaven(Johan and florian), Cody Piper

Mr Pittsburgh:  doing laundry

 

Why it can suck to be a rock star;

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

-Hunter S Thompson

 

-Tour Bus Constantly Stopped for drugs

-Many don't make enough to pay their living expenses

-you're in debt to your record label

-your music is formula driven

-Royalty Checks will be a joke

-you will fight to remain relevant

-working(touring) into old age

-becoming  a parody of yourself

 

 

 

YouTube(ers)

the face of big foot

 

 

reference:

https://elevenbstudios.com/biggest-myths-about-the-music-industry/

https://www.grunge.com/124957/secrets-famous-musicians-dont-want-you-to-know/

 

 

 

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Lily : 

Kevin: 

Loudini:  Guns N' Roses; Perhaps

 

 

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Hendrix left the 1970's hungry for more guitar music and Van Halen closed out the decade with what would become known as "shred" but there were many guitarists who drove the decade hard filling stadiums and selling millions of albums. On this week's podcast we will talk about 10 of these monster musicians who energized the bourgeoning guitar community in the 1970s

 

#peterframpton #tednugent #frankmarino

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: the eagles autotuning their classics, God is a Bullet, The Ultimate Revolution from Down Under, i'm done with STSNW, the black stallion

Mr Pittsburgh: kuntry chicks

 

Peter Frampton

Ted Nugent

Johnny Winter

Rick Derringer

Robin Trower

Frank Marino

Brian May

Uli Jon Roth

Michael Schenker

Ronnie Montrose

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Loudini: Royal Blood; Mountains at Midnight

 

 

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpakDgNoGxQ

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Possibly the RUSH's most unusual album (unusual for them!)  2004's Feedback shows the boys returning to their roots with what is arguably their most "fun" record to date. On this week's show the guys break down the entire album, track by track with some interesting insights and facts about each song from this memorable release of classic covers.

 

#geddylee #alexlifeson #neilpeart #RUSHband

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Feedback (RUSH's covers album)

track by track

 

 

reference:

https://www.rush.com/albums/feedback/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedback_(EP

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Much has been made about the "Seattle sound" but what is it and is it really all that it's cracked up to be?

 

Seattle has been a music hub for over 100 years. It's much more than Pearl Jam and Nirvana or even Hendrix and Heart. On this week's podcast we will step into Mr Peabody's Way Back Machine and give you the complete dope on the good, the bad and ugly of the so called "Seattle Sound".

 

#jimihendrix #nirvana #pearljam

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: dancing queen, Foreigner and the RRHOF, "Insanely Simple" by Ken Segall, The Age of Spiritual Machines by Raymond Kurzweil, great moments in tiktok,  turns out that jay leno is a righteous dude, little bone lodge, learning the solo to running with the devil

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

A.I. maybe not as "scary" as a lot of alarmists would have you believe! Paul Hynek explains to Richard Dolan

 

Mr Pittsburgh: masturbation convention, pepsi story

 

 

 

 

 

reference:

https://www.revolutioncomeandgone.com/articles/14/ugly-truth-10-things-seattle-grunge-scene.php

 

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

 

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Kevin: 

Loudini:  Royal Thunder; Fade  https://royalthunder.bandcamp.com/

Baroness; Last Word  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_(band)

 

 

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Eric Clapton has had a long and storied career. While most people think of him as a blues rock guitarist, he is much more than that. On this this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we will show you the 10 faces of Eric Clapton. We think that you'll be surprised!

 

#EricClapton #derekandthedominos #theyardbirds

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini:  simulant, switchback, snow white production stills, new toys

 

Mr Pittsburgh: funny things heard when i was a tech

 

Eric Clapton:

 

Pop band lead guitarist; The Yardbirds (for your love)

blues sideman; john mayhall'blues breakers (steppin out)

hard rock guitarist/guitar god; Cream -Blind Faith

lowkey sideman; Delaney & Boney

band leader; Derek & the Dominos

70's Pop star; 70 Solo releases

80's Rock star; 80's Rock albums (forever man, bad love) (signature strat)

acoustic balladeer, MTV Unplugged (death of son)

blues patriarch; EC blues, from the cradle etc... (tore down)

heritage artist; 21st century to present , eric clapton crossroads guitar fest

 

YouTube(ers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7-AIVKUDvM

 

 

New & Notable:

 

 

Loudini: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgqaKWubjj0&t=1069s

 

 

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!

Not all great rock songs are about sex, drugs, and hot cars. On this week's podcast we will tell you the stories behind classics song about one of life's most mundane tasks... going to work!

 

#chrisrhea #direstraights #RUSH #mirandalambert

 

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: Miranda Lamber , Sharon Stone got into serious trouble,  the bombing of the box office, Russell Crow turns down Cash, Groovyard Records Xmas in July

Mr Pittsburgh: Meltdown, Matchbox 20, mr 39.95

Lily:

 

Working on it; Chris Rea

Take This Job and Shove It; Johnny Paycheck

Sixteen Tones; Tenesse Ernie Ford

Blue Collar Man; Styx

Allentown; Billy Joel

Working Man; RUSH

Takin' Care of Business

She Works Hard for The Money; Donna Summer

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap;  AC/DC

Hard Day's Night; The Beatles

 

 

 

YouTube(ers)

 

Paul Gilbert talks DIO

 

reference:

 

 

 

 

New & Notable:

 

Lily : 

Kevin: Dead Sara; Weatherman

Loudini:  Tania Kikidi; Escape

 

 

Loudini's Great Moments in YouTube:

 

 

This Day In Music

https://www.thisdayinmusic.com

 

top40weekly.com

 

Viewer's Comments

 

Offer:

 

Get a FREE EP HERE: http://LouLombardiMusic.com if  you love great guitar driven rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even  today, you will want to get my EP "The Bad Years". Get your copy while  supplies last!