Latest Oldies Music History Podcast Episodes
Name That Vid
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - April 26, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAt In The Past, we always take things to the next level - some people are still satisfied with "Name That Tune," but we've invented "Name That Vid!" In this episode, your hosts read the Wikipedia descriptos of notable music videos, and try to guess which tune it belongs to. If you grew up in t...
Rock Phoenix Mix
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - April 20, 2024 18:54 - 2 hoursTHIS SHOW IS PACKED!!! We've got dance, we've got covers and as always we've got hard rock, also are two bands your gonna wanna check out. Soul Theorem hear their latest release as well as Ash To Dust's new song on this episode. No Resolve has two epic covers from Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. The...
Green Fuz
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - April 19, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe've weathered several recessions and a pandemic, but there's an ever-present threat of ... Green Fuz. It all started back in 1968, when The Green Fuz had everything go wrong at the Crossroads Cafe in Bridgeport, Texas, and there's been several sightings of the escaped mold spores ever since. T...
Morgan Brittany
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - April 17, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsI’m sure that the older podcasters in the audience watched the very popular TV series “Dallas” in the 1980s. Morgan Brittany played Katherine Wentworth, the scheming half-sister of Pam Ewing and Cliff Barnes. In the 1987 season finale she drove a car that stuck Bobby Ewing, resulting in both of ...
A Series of Sounds You Know Means Good Music
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - April 12, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe latter phrase comes early on in our discussion about band names - the good, the bad, and the shitty shitty! This is Part 2 of "Shitty Shitty Band Names!" - a popular new series that we're assured has created a lot of discussion around the family dinner table, and caused overturned tables at ...
Barbara Mandrell
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - April 10, 2024 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBarbara Mandrell at one time, was considered one of the most successful country singers and all-around entertainers, with six number one singles and 25 top ten singles on the Billboard Country charts. Barbara also had her own primetime TV show and appeared in “Touched by an Angel,” “Dr. Quinn, ...
Walking The Dog
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - April 06, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you have a dog, you have to understand your responsibilty - "Walking the Dog" isn't as simple as you might think. Therefore, we start with Rufus Thomasand his instructional record of the same name from 1963. Is it a goofy great? It's definitely great, because a million bands have covered it. ...
Marshall Drew (Titanic Survivor)
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - April 03, 2024 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, 109 years ago this month. We spoke with one of the survivors of this tragedy. In 1911, Marshall Drew had sailed with his aunt and uncle on the RMS Olympic to visit family in England. The voyage home began in Southampton on April 10, 1912, aboard the maiden voy...
Easter 2024 ( The Way Of The Bunny)
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - March 30, 2024 05:24 - 2 hoursSo many things lead me to God. Looking back, God saved me from so many bad decisions I made. But also let me do what I wanted to do. I use to pretend with my friends at a young age that we were DJ's and I always wanted to do that. Thanks to Gods plan and modern tech I am a DJ for Rock Phoenix Li...
No Sugar Tonight
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - March 30, 2024 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week we pick a Canuck classic that's two songs in one - "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" by The Guess Who. The lyrics are faux-profound, but Burton Cummings' pipes and scattin' will spike your blood sugar. We scoured the record bins for our second version - a dirtbag bubblegum version b...
Howard Cosell
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - March 27, 2024 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHoward Cosell had a boisterous personality. He once said, “I’ve been accused of being arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, a showoff…and of course I am.” He was sarcastically nicknamed “Humble Howard.” In one of his sports commentaries, he suggested that Terry Bradshaw did not have the int...
All Day And All Of The Night
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - March 24, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt's time to revisit The Kinks Kanon and do "All Day & All of the Night." Have you ever noticed how weird the title is? Probably not, because of the Riff! It's dirty and has that "Louie Louie" fairy dust which produces misty brain fog where you can't remember how many duh duhs are in it. And Ra...
Evel Knievel
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - March 20, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn case you don’t know who, Evel Knievel is, let me tell you. This daredevil attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. His most famous stunt was attempting to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He tried to jump across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho Falls using a rock...
Shamrock 24
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - March 17, 2024 02:23 - 2 hoursIts St Patricks Day again and you know what that means. Drinking and the color green, just kidding theres a lot more to it than drinking. We found some great irish music to get you in the mood and get you feelin irish. Funny thing is most of the bands that play great irish music are not from ire...
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - March 16, 2024 06:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe first in a series celebrating Goofy Greats!: the 1975 K-Tel compilation that turned a generation of kids onto novelty songs, old rock n roll and R & B, and some very questionable tunes, too (we're looking at you, Ray Stevens) ... we go back to our old friends The Royal Guardsmen and their en...
Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - March 13, 2024 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsYou gotta be kidding! Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki on the “Unearthed Podcast?” Today we take a trip down memory lane and explore a unique love story. This singer and ukulele player had a top 20 hit on the Billboard charts. “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” sung in a falsetto voice. He learned to play th...
In The Pastoral: Garage Rock Songs About Nature
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - March 09, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe're a bit weary of garage rock tropes, so it's time to head to the country. First this week is "The Woods" by The Nickel Bag. This 66er advocates leaving the city, but should you follow this pied piper? I might - the swirling organ has me hyp - mo - tized!! That same year, the "Old Macdonald" ...
Edith Head
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - March 06, 2024 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOnce again, it’s time for the stars to shine at the Academy Awards. Edith Head was an American costume designer who won eight Oscars for Best Costume Design. And nominated for 35 Oscars, she became the most awarded woman in the Academy’s history. She is considered to be one of the greatest costu...
Be My Baby
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - February 29, 2024 21:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis one's a doozy - 4 versions of "Be My Baby" and a close relative! The first-born by The Ronettes is so good it's disqualified from the Bo Diddley Awards. We discuss Ronnie's "vibrato in a phone booth," Hal Blaine's boom-crash, the smiley backing vocals and so much more! The second child come...
Aronld Schwarzenegger
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - February 28, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis guy has done it all. Actor, filmmaker, businessman and he’s even been involved with politics. But Arnold Schwarzenegger is best known as body builder and action movie actor. He was Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia seven times. His on-screen appearances included “Conan the Barbarian,” “Total Rec...
KRPL 24
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - February 24, 2024 06:05 - 2 hoursIn order to stay prevalent hears us unwinding from a crazy week. Where hitting on some of todays hot topics. While listening to the best music or maybe the newest music or maybe your next favorite band. We want rock music to prosper and be the top of the music food chain!!! On this episode stra...
Jerry Butler
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - February 21, 2024 06:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis R&B singer was raised in Chicago, in the Cabrini-Green housing projects. He sang in the Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers with Curtis Mayfield. Jerry Butler and Mayfield joined a group which later became the “Impressions.” A couple years later he left the group for a solo career. Jerry was a ...
(Don't Give Me No) Friction
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - February 17, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe're back with a great garage tune that is the inverse? obverse? reverse? of 1965's "Satisfaction" - the tune is "(Don't Give Me No) Friction" by The Green Beans, released the same year as the Rolling Stones gem. The lyrics were written by a couple of middle-aged people, so it appears to be mas...
Valentine's Day
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - February 14, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn holidays my producers would often try to find interviews that would tie in with the special day. This particular Valentine’s Day they found a woman who would be without her lover on that day. She was fun and her boyfriend told me that she had a song that she liked and wanted me to play it for...
Cupid's Duet's
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - February 11, 2024 16:04 - 2 hoursFor Valentines we wanted to share some great duets that we found. People singing together making great music! I hope all of you are spending 2024 Valentines Day the way you want to, with that special someone or by yourself because thats the way you like it. And truly on the gift giving/ plans ma...
Patty Duke
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - February 07, 2024 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMany will remember Patty Duke, playing the part of Helen Keller in the movie “The Miracle Worker,” for which she received an Oscar. At the time, Patty was 16 and the youngest person to have received an Academy Award for Supporting Actress. But she also won two Golden Globe awards and three Emmys...
Take Two
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - February 04, 2024 05:31 - 3 hoursHere's to the songs that make to movies. Usually when I watch a movie and get into it, I end up finding that one or two of the songs in there are pretty good. Then I research it and try to download. Nothing gives you goosebumps like a good action scene with a great score along side it. Or romanc...
She's About A Mover
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast - February 03, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt's early February, and time for love & conversation ... so this week's song is the 1965 classic "She's About A Mover" by the Sir Douglas Quintet (2:57). A simple groove, great manly singing from SIr Doug himself, and a cavernous, carnivalesque organ sound will keep this in the canon for years ...
Colonel Sanders
Bob Barry's Unearthed Interviews - January 31, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhen we said we called the world, we called the world, even the guy who sold chickens for a living, and a good living I might add. By the way, did you know that the “Chicken Dance” was made popular was Bob Kames? He owned Kames Wonderful World of Music in Milwaukee. Bob called me and said that t...
New Year, New You, New Wave 24
ROCK PHOENIX LIVE - January 28, 2024 22:59 - 3 hoursIts 2024 and its time to bring in the new year with new wave music. Press play and listen in to the predictions of 2024 as well as whats going on in the music world. 2024 is going to be a great year so start it off with Rock Phoenix Live!!!. Rock On and happy listening!!!!. DEVO- Mongloid Ta...
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