Doin' The New Thing & Nate Soundz

 With a show that has been around as long as From Radioland, things have to change a bit. To do this correctly, one should tread carefully into new areas unlike Ric who moves with reckless abandon. This is the "new" show and it's re-tooled format (whatever that means) and as such along comes an interview with a new artist from California, Nate Soundz plus you will hear one of his tracks. 

Also in this episode, Ric gets into some news from Radio Memphis in how the pandemic may have been a kick in the pants at the station, things are starting to return to some sort of "normal" (also, whatever that means) as the original shows begin to return to the air.

NEXT WEEK: The world of television with Mickey Burns

Everybody Gets The Blues with Goodson & Taylor

The International Blues Challenge is behind us yet again. It was a large time. I was down there for a couple of the days and managed to bring home a slight case of the Beale Street Crud. Not before enjoying some of the best music in the world performed by some of the best musicians in the world.

Representing Memphis in the Solo/Duo category was Goodson & Taylor. Jeff and I sat down with them just before their appearance and we got a good lesson on songwriting, performance and the real difference between an original tune and a cover.



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NEXT WEEK: Contributing to the delinquency of a minor with Kyle Roberts.

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The Annual Christmas War and John Nemeth

For me at least, the best part of Christmas is it being over. Can't say I am a big fan of this holiday. It tends to bring out the absolute worst in people and it has lost all of what the holiday was about. I just hunker down and wait for all of this to blow over. But enough of all that.

In this episode, Jeff and I sat down with John Nemeth and talked about his current collection of songs from the Feeling Freaky CD. We had a great time in the studio with lots of laughs and a great performance with his band.



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NEXT WEEK: The end of the year with Eddie Dattel & Wally Ford.

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Earl "The Pearl" Banks & Ashley Bishop

It's always a good time when people show up at the radio station. Especially when they start talking to each other and we are recording that moment. This is one of those moments. Earl "The Pearl" Banks is truly one of the blues greats. The stories he has are great fun. Also, Ashley Bishop from Mississippi Bigfoot sat in on this conversation and things got really fun when the two of them began interviewing each other.

Also in this episode, you are going to hear a couple of Earl's songs including Old Age Is Hell and Singin' Bird. Later, you'll hear a cut from a recent Mississippi Bigfoot record. The song is called Tree Knockin'.



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My apologies to The Fast Mothers. They got bumped but you'll hear them next week plus a dispatch from the front lines of the war against xmas.

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