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Jim talks with Jim and Mike about the new release: the Smithereens "lost" Album, touring, a remote control car, bruce springsteen, the sugarcubes .. and much more. Jim Babjak is the lead guitar player and co-founder of The Smithereens.   He also is the leader of the band Buzzed Meg and a member of the band, The Bar. The Smithereens formed in 1980 with the late Pat DiNizio (vocals & guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar & vocals), Mike Mesaros (bass guitar & vocals), and Dennis Diken (drums & percussion).  The band are perhaps best known for a string of hits in the late 1980s through the mid 1990s, including "Only a Memory", "A Girl Like You" and "Too Much Passion". The Smithereens have collaborated with numerous musicians, both in the studio (Belinda Carlisle, Julian Lennon, Lou Reed, Suzanne Vega) and live (Graham Parker and The Kinks). The Smithereens television credits include Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, MTV's Unplugged, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Uncle Floyd Show, CBS's This Morning, The Dennis Miller Show, and The Arsenio Hall Show. In 2019, Babjak, along with his bandmates in the Smithereens, were inducted into the class of 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame.   He has also been inducted into the White Castle Hall of Fame class of 2002 for his song "White Castle Blues."

Jim Babjak of the Smithereens - Interview

Today we interview Joey Molland from the 1970s band Badfinger!Joey is an English composer and rock guitarist whose recording career spans five decades. He is best known as a member of Badfinger, the most successful of the acts he performed with. Molland is the last surviving member from the band's classic line-up.   They had such great hits as "Come and Get (Paul McCartney penned song), "No Matter What" and "Baby Blue".We talk about growing up in Liverpool, The Cavern Club, working with the Beatles (specifically George Harrison and John Lennon), being mistaken for Paul McCartney and of course his brand new album which is great!Our podcast is on Itunes, Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Pandora and many other podcast platforms.  We also have a youtube Channel where you'll find some video mixed in with the audio from the interview.Thank you for listening! 

JOEY MOLLAND of BADFINGER Interview

On today's podcast we talk about The Vinyl Resurgence (Vinyl Albums outsold CDs last year) / Record Store Day / The day in the life of a Record Store Owner (Spina Records / NJ) / The most expensive (valuable) vinyl albums and we discuss the Top 10 for December 19, 1970 

VINYL ALBUM Resurgence - Most Valuable Albums - Record Store Day

Today we talk with Daxx Nielsen from one of Jim's favorite bands, CHEAP TRICK!  about his musical background, career in music, drumming techniques, cheap trick, future shows, bon jovi, raking leaves and some cool stuff.  We even do some music trivia with Daxx!  You can find our podcast on Itunes, Spotify, Iheart Radio, Podbean (our host site) and many other podcast platforms.  Check out our YouTube channel (Jim and Mike Talk) for a version that includes some video from our interview.ABOUT DAXX NIELSEN:Growing up in a house full of musical instruments, Daxx gravitated towards the drums at a very early age. After high school Daxx traveled the US extensively with his original band, Harmony Riley. Over a period of 5 years Harmony Riley recorded 2 full length albums and 3 EP's and performed almost 1,000 shows around the US and Canada. Upon the band's dissolution Daxx packed up and moved to Los Angeles where he quickly got into the studio and touring world. His first break was drumming for surf guitar pioneer Dick Dale.While on breaks from touring he did dozens of recording sessions, performed anywhere and everywhere with numerous local artists, and formed A Fine Frenzy with singer/songwriter Alison Sudol. This led to years of touring and recording with Brandi Carlile, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, The Smashing Pumpkins, and numerous others. Since March of 2010, Daxx has been the touring drummer for the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTED band CHEAP TRICK, performing over 1,000 shows with them and recording the critically acclaimed Bang Zoom Crazy Hello. Daxx co-wrote and drummed on the score for Oscar Award Winning documentary UNDEFEATED Some of the other projects Daxx has been involved with over the last few years are; drumming two nights for Eddie Vedder, drumming for The Fab Faux, as well as recording with numerous projects.  Songs "Long Time No See Ya", "You Got It Going On" and "Radio Lover" used with permission from Daxx Nielsen.

DAXX NIELSEN of CHEAP TRICK Interview

The origins of RockabillyCarl PerkinsMaddox Brothers and RoseRockabilly LingoEddie CochranWanda JacksonPat CuppThe Stray Catsand more!You can find us on Itunes, Spotify, Pandora, Iheart, YouTube (video version) and many other podcast platforms.COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: The songs "Baby Come Back" and "Long Gone Daddy" used with permission from Pat Cupp - The songs "It's Time", "Hey Lowdown" (Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys), "Out All Night" (the Riptones) used with Royalty Free permissions.

ROCKABILLY Podcast - Show #14

Our Interview with JITTERY JACK - Boston's own Rockabilly MusicianWe talk with Jack about Rockabilly music, Martin Guitar, Beer, ex wives .. oh, and also Jittery Jack's career in music.   Jittery Jack hails from Boston MA, USA and plays a wild brand of Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly with an East-Coast Bang! Fast becoming a household name on the roots/rockabilly circuit worldwide headlining festivals such as Viva Las Vegas & UK's The Rockabilly Rave. He's shared the stage with Imelda May, JD McPherson, Big Sandy, The Bellfuries and Deke Dickerson. Jack plays us a couple original songs for us (Clam Box & Avid Indoorsman).  This is a fun interview ! Songs "Dance Adrianne Dance" & "Viking Rock" used with permission

JITTERY JACK interview - Boston Rockabilly Musician

On today's show SEGMENT 1: we bring back ODD SONGS with the song Millie & Billie from Alice Cooper's 1978 album "from the inside".  Marcy Levy (Millie) has been so kind as to record a little something talking about the song.FEATURED SEGMENT : Darren Auck (illustrator and former Marvel Comic Illusrator) joins us in the studio to talk HORROR MOVIES with Jim.  Jim tells us what his favorite horror movies are.SEGMENT 3 : Horror Trivia.  Mike asks Darren & Jim some horror trivia questions.  Play along .. see if you can get them all right .. bet you can't! Thank you Darren for joining us today!  And If you want Darren to make you into a scary monster, alien, fairy, almost anything .. you can find him on Facebook (Darren Auck)#alicecooper #marcylevy #marcelladetroit #lastmanonearth #frankenstein #jasontakesmanhattan #it #dawnofthedead

HORROR- PODCAST : ODD SONGS (Alice Cooper / Marcy Levy) / FAVORITE HORROR MOVIES / HORROR TRIVIA (with Illustrator Darren Auck) - SHOW #13

Jim and Mike INTERVIEW Prop Master, Actor, Singer  - Mark A Richardson Mark is an actor, musician and prop master.  He's worked on such movies as The Devil's Rejects, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, Pirahna 3-D and the tv shows Power Rangers (he created all the props for the show) and the current tv show Queen of the South.   He's also the lead singer in the bands Hypnotics and 647F.  Hypnotics had a slight novelty hit with "Jerry's on Drugs" which was played on Dr. Demento (we play some of the song).  Also our friend Darren Auck joins us to sit in on the interview.  Darren is a great illustrator and former Marvel Illustrator.

MARK A RICHARDSON interview (prop master for Rob Zombie's Halloween, the Devil's Rejects, Power Rangers and more!)

Segment 1: America's Top 10 from the week of September 21, 1985FEATURED SEGMENT : INTERVIEW with Claude S. of the band ANYTHING BOX (1990 epic recording artist) talking about his early days and the beginning of his band.Claude also shares memories from back in 1988 when Jim's band opened for them at a small club in Allentown, PA.  We also talk about the recording process and touring.Segment 3: INTERVIEW with up and coming artist JUSTIN SKYLER talking about his song "Let me help you out" and his new album "Village Idiot" (out now)Our podcast is available on Itunes, Amazon Music, Pandora, (our host site) Podbean and YouTube (with some video of the interview with Claude S.) and many other podcast apps.

ANYTHING BOX interview / JUSTIN SKYLER interview / Top 10 from Sept 1985 - SHOW #12

Today we interview with KURT REIL and RICK REIL from the great New Jersey Band THE GRIPWEEDS!  We talk mainly about the upcoming album "JEM RECORDS CELEBRATES JOHN LENNON" coming out October 9th (what would of been John Lennon's 80th Birthday).  Also we talk about the Beatles, the Monkees, and the recording process .. we might even ask Kurt and Rick about their hair

THE GRIPWEEDS talk about the new album "Jem Records Celebrates JOHN LENNON"

Our FEATURED SEGMENT is our Interview with CHUCK NEGRON (formerly of Three Dog Night).  Chuck tells us of his beginnings playing basketball, the Rondells, three dog night, puppets, John Wayne and what he's been up to recently.. we also play one of chuck's recent recordings.We start the show with THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (August 15th) and then we end with THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE GUILTY.  This segments feature is the band THE WEEKS from Tennessee, with their brand new song, Bobbie (audio only - sample of the song).  We also talk about 21 pilots, the Weeknd & Abisha Uhl.So sit back, grab a drink and listen to us talk.You can find us on Itunes, Spotify, Iheart, Pandora and other podcast platforms.There is a special version on YouTube with 11 minutes of video of our interview with Chuck Negron.

CHUCK NEGRON formerly of THREE DOG NIGHT Interview - SHOW #11

On today's show we start off with a new music segment called "ODD SONGS" - today we talk about the 1971 hit song "Timothy" about 3 guys who get trapped in a coal mine and end up eating Timothy. Written by Rupert Holmes (The pina colada song) this is truly an "odd song". Bill Kelly (lead singer of the Buoys and lead singer on Timothy) talks about his time in the recording studio working on Timothy.Our MAIN Topic is the great TV show SEINFELD.  We each talk about our top 5 favorite Seinfeld episodes and give some history on the show.Our last Segment is America's TOP 10 Hits singles from July 18, 1970. We go into some detail about each song.You can find us on Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, Pandora .. anywhere you listen to podcasts and also YouTube.

SEINFELD, Timothy (the Buoys) & the Top Ten for July 18, 1970 - SHOW #10

Jazz Pianist Jay Rowe talks about his beginnings in music, meeting Pat DiNizio and his collaboration with Pat on his 2006 album "THIS IS PAT DINIZIO", we also talk about The Smithereens, Jay's benefit concert "Smooth Jazz for Scholars" and what he's been up to lately.The show also features one of Jay's songs from his album "Red, Hot and Smooth". The show starts off with "this day in Music History" and ends with some Movie Trivia.You can find this podcast on Itunes, Spotify,  Iheart Radio, Stitcher, Podbean & YOUtube

... Jazz Pianist JAY ROWE interview - SHOW #9

On today's show Jim and Mike talk all about MUSIC with the top 10 singles from May 16th, 1970, Music History May 16th, and cover two fairly obscure 70s bands THE GROUNDHOGS and QUATERMASS, also some Music Trivia and a (sort of guest appearance by Sir Paul McCartney 

... The MUSIC SHOW - Top 10 - Music History - Album Releases 50 years ago - The Groundhogs - Quatermass - Music Trivia - SHOW #8

... about the effect of music, movies, and media in our ever-changing culture

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