Booked On Rock with Eric Senich
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Join host Eric Senich for deep dive discussions of the greatest artists, albums, songs and moments in rock history with the authors who've written all about them and those who were there when it all happened!
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Episode 12 | "All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs"/Kenneth Womack & Jason Kruppa
July 08, 2021 00:18 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBGeorge Harrison and Eric Clapton embarked upon a singular personal and creative friendship that impacted rock's unfolding future in resounding and far-reaching ways. "All Things Must Pass Away: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs" will trace the emergence of their relationship from 1968 though the early 1970s. In particular, authors Womack and Kruppa devote close attention to the climax of Harrison and Clapton's shared musicianship—the November 1970 releases of 'All...
"Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album"/Ken Caillat & Hernan Rojas [Episode 11]
July 01, 2021 23:27 - 1 hour - 125 MBIn this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac’s epic, platinum-selling double album, 'Tusk', producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up 'Rumours', the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn’t get things hi...
Episode 11 | Ken Caillat & Hernan Rojas ["Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album"]
July 01, 2021 23:27 - 1 hour - 125 MBIn this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac’s epic, platinum-selling double album, 'Tusk', producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up 'Rumours', the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn’t get things hi...
Episode 11 | "Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album"/Ken Caillat & Hernan Rojas
July 01, 2021 23:27 - 1 hour - 125 MBIn this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac’s epic, platinum-selling double album, 'Tusk', producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up 'Rumours', the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn’t get things hi...
"Leonard, Marianne, and Me: Magical Summers on Hydra"/Judy Scott [Episode 10]
June 23, 2021 23:41 - 1 hour - 84.2 MB"Leonard, Marianne, and Me" chronicles forty years of Judy Scott's frequent summers on the Greek island of Hydra with a diverse artistic community and her friendship with singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen and his legendary muse Marianne Ihlen. This memoir, based on Scott’s notebooks and journals, includes incidents in their lives and their relationship to one another—at a point when it was changing forever—that have never been discussed before. As Cohen himself observed of this book w...
Episode 10 | Judy Scott ["Leonard, Marianne, and Me: Magical Summers on Hydra"]
June 23, 2021 23:41 - 1 hour - 84.2 MB"Leonard, Marianne, and Me" chronicles forty years of Judy Scott's frequent summers on the Greek island of Hydra with a diverse artistic community and her friendship with singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen and his legendary muse Marianne Ihlen. This memoir, based on Scott’s notebooks and journals, includes incidents in their lives and their relationship to one another—at a point when it was changing forever—that have never been discussed before. As Cohen himself observed of this book w...
Episode 10 | "Leonard, Marianne, and Me: Magical Summers on Hydra"/Judy Scott
June 23, 2021 23:41 - 1 hour - 84.2 MB"Leonard, Marianne, and Me" chronicles forty years of Judy Scott's frequent summers on the Greek island of Hydra with a diverse artistic community and her friendship with singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen and his legendary muse Marianne Ihlen. This memoir, based on Scott’s notebooks and journals, includes incidents in their lives and their relationship to one another—at a point when it was changing forever—that have never been discussed before. As Cohen himself observed of this book w...
Episode 9 | Bill Schnee ["Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation"]
June 19, 2021 19:41 - 1 hour - 113 MB"Chairman at the Board" is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio—behind the curtain—and through the decades with a cavalcade of famous artists as he helped them to realize their vision. After his high school band was dropped by Decca Records, Schnee began his quest to learn everything he could about making records. Mentored by te...
Episode 9 | "Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation"/Bill Schnee
June 19, 2021 19:41 - 1 hour - 113 MB"Chairman at the Board" is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio—behind the curtain—and through the decades with a cavalcade of famous artists as he helped them to realize their vision. After his high school band was dropped by Decca Records, Schnee began his quest to learn everything he could about making records. Mentored by te...
"Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation"/Bill Schnee [Episode 9]
June 19, 2021 19:41 - 1 hour - 113 MB"Chairman at the Board" is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio—behind the curtain—and through the decades with a cavalcade of famous artists as he helped them to realize their vision. After his high school band was dropped by Decca Records, Schnee began his quest to learn everything he could about making records. Mentored by te...
Episode 8 | "Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years On"/John Kruth
June 17, 2021 02:01 - 1 hour - 123 MB"Hold On World" revisits John Lennon and Yoko Ono's love affair and startling collaborations. 'John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band' was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. Lennon's album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a "Working Class Hero." Determined to rid himself ...
Episode 8 | John Kruth ["Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years On"]
June 17, 2021 02:01 - 1 hour - 123 MB"Hold On World" revisits John Lennon and Yoko Ono's love affair and startling collaborations. 'John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band' was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. Lennon's album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a "Working Class Hero." Determined to rid himself ...
"Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years On"/John Kruth [Episode 8]
June 17, 2021 02:01 - 1 hour - 123 MB"Hold On World" revisits John Lennon and Yoko Ono's love affair and startling collaborations. 'John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band' was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another record but more like a sonic exorcism, a spiritual, public bloodletting. Lennon's album drove a stake through the heart of the Beatles' myth while confronting everything else in John's life, from Dylan to God to his glorified status as a "Working Class Hero." Determined to rid himself ...
Episode 7 | "Babysitting A Band On The Rocks"/G.D. Praetorius
June 11, 2021 23:55 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBIn "Babysitting A Band On The Rocks", G.D. Praetorius tells the story of a chaotic youth producing concerts during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the summit of rock god excess. He offers humorous and insightful reflections on the excitement and insanity of the era from the eyes and ears of a fan who hit the jackpot, leaping from the back row to backstage, promoting, pacifying and occasionally partying with some of the world's biggest names. Praetorius' adolescent infatuation with music and...
Episode 7 | G.D. Praetorius ["Babysitting A Band On The Rocks"]
June 11, 2021 23:55 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBIn "Babysitting A Band On The Rocks", G.D. Praetorius tells the story of a chaotic youth producing concerts during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the summit of rock god excess. He offers humorous and insightful reflections on the excitement and insanity of the era from the eyes and ears of a fan who hit the jackpot, leaping from the back row to backstage, promoting, pacifying and occasionally partying with some of the world's biggest names. Praetorius' adolescent infatuation with music and...
"Babysitting A Band On The Rocks"/G.D. Praetorius [Episode 7]
June 11, 2021 23:55 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBIn "Babysitting A Band On The Rocks", G.D. Praetorius tells the story of a chaotic youth producing concerts during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the summit of rock god excess. He offers humorous and insightful reflections on the excitement and insanity of the era from the eyes and ears of a fan who hit the jackpot, leaping from the back row to backstage, promoting, pacifying and occasionally partying with some of the world's biggest names. Praetorius' adolescent infatuation with music and...
"Dire Straits: Every Album, Every Song"/Andrew Wild [Episode 6]
June 05, 2021 04:40 - 1 hour - 189 MBThe year 1979 was an amazing time for UK post-punk pop. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the British top 20. "Sultans of Swing", a very wordy song with lots of driving guitar, a tight rhythm section and some killer musicianship. Dire Straits, unlikely pop stars led by a balding 29-year-old Geordie who could play guitar brilliantly, had finally arrived. Six years later, they were, for a time, the biggest band in the world. 'Brothers in Arms' sold by the truckload, one of the firs...
Episode 6 | "Dire Straits: Every Album, Every Song"/Andrew Wild
June 05, 2021 04:40 - 1 hour - 189 MBThe year 1979 was an amazing time for UK post-punk pop. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the British top 20. "Sultans of Swing", a very wordy song with lots of driving guitar, a tight rhythm section and some killer musicianship. Dire Straits, unlikely pop stars led by a balding 29-year-old Geordie who could play guitar brilliantly, had finally arrived. Six years later, they were, for a time, the biggest band in the world. 'Brothers in Arms' sold by the truckload, one of the firs...
Episode 6 | Andrew Wild ["Dire Straits: Every Album, Every Song (On Track)"]
June 05, 2021 04:40 - 1 hour - 189 MBThe year 1979 was an amazing time for UK post-punk pop. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the British top 20. "Sultans of Swing", a very wordy song with lots of driving guitar, a tight rhythm section and some killer musicianship. Dire Straits, unlikely pop stars led by a balding 29-year-old Geordie who could play guitar brilliantly, had finally arrived. Six years later, they were, for a time, the biggest band in the world. 'Brothers in Arms' sold by the truckload, one of the firs...
"Driven: Rush in the ’90s"/Martin Popoff [Episode 5]
June 01, 2021 00:46 - 1 hour - 144 MBThe conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North. "Rush In The 90s" includes two full-colour photo inserts, with unearthed photos of the band. In this conclusion to his trilogy of authoritative books on Canada’s most beloved and successful rock band, Martin Popoff takes us through three decades of “life at the top” for Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Though this era begins with the brisk-selling 'Roll the Bones' and sees throngs of fans sell o...
Episode 5 | "Driven: Rush in the ’90s"/Martin Popoff
June 01, 2021 00:46 - 1 hour - 144 MBThe conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North. "Rush In The 90s" includes two full-colour photo inserts, with unearthed photos of the band. In this conclusion to his trilogy of authoritative books on Canada’s most beloved and successful rock band, Martin Popoff takes us through three decades of “life at the top” for Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Though this era begins with the brisk-selling 'Roll the Bones' and sees throngs of fans sell o...
Episode 5 | Martin Popoff ["Driven: Rush in the ’90s and 'In the End']
June 01, 2021 00:46 - 1 hour - 144 MBThe conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North. "Rush In The 90s" includes two full-colour photo inserts, with unearthed photos of the band. In this conclusion to his trilogy of authoritative books on Canada’s most beloved and successful rock band, Martin Popoff takes us through three decades of “life at the top” for Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Though this era begins with the brisk-selling 'Roll the Bones' and sees throngs of fans sell o...
Episode 4 | "Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond"/Sandra B. Tooze
May 29, 2021 00:22 - 30 minutes - 69.4 MBThis week the late great Levon Helm of The Band would have turned 81. He was born May 26th, 1940 in Elaine Arkansas. He sadly passed away in April of 2012. This is an interview I did for my last podcast DISCovery. It’s with author Sandra B. Tooze, who released a book last summer on Levon. The book is called "Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond". He sang the anthems of a generation: "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," and "Life Is a Carnival." Levon Helm's st...
"Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond"/Sandra B. Tooze [Episode 4]
May 29, 2021 00:22 - 30 minutes - 69.4 MBThis week the late great Levon Helm of The Band would have turned 81. He was born May 26th, 1940 in Elaine Arkansas. He sadly passed away in April of 2012. This is an interview I did for my last podcast DISCovery. It’s with author Sandra B. Tooze, who released a book last summer on Levon. The book is called "Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond". He sang the anthems of a generation: "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," and "Life Is a Carnival." Levon Helm's st...
Episode 4 | Sandra B. Tooze ["Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond"]
May 29, 2021 00:22 - 30 minutes - 69.4 MBThis week the late great Levon Helm of The Band would have turned 81. He was born May 26th, 1940 in Elaine Arkansas. He sadly passed away in April of 2012. This is an interview I did for my last podcast DISCovery. It’s with author Sandra B. Tooze, who released a book last summer on Levon. The book is called "Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond". He sang the anthems of a generation: "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek," and "Life Is a Carnival." Levon Helm's st...
Episode 3 | Monte A. Melnick ["On The Road With The Ramones"]
May 22, 2021 00:32 - 55 minutes - 126 MBThroughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, Recording Academy Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and inductees into The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was the band's tour manager from their 1974 CBGB debut to their final show in 1996. In his book "On The Road With The Ramones" Monte, along with co-author Frank Meyer, tell that story. Full of insider perspec...
Episode 3 | "On The Road With The Ramones"/Monte A. Melnick
May 22, 2021 00:32 - 55 minutes - 126 MBThroughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, Recording Academy Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and inductees into The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was the band's tour manager from their 1974 CBGB debut to their final show in 1996. In his book "On The Road With The Ramones" Monte, along with co-author Frank Meyer, tell that story. Full of insider perspec...
"On The Road With The Ramones"/Monte A. Melnick [Episode 3]
May 22, 2021 00:32 - 55 minutes - 126 MBThroughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, Recording Academy Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and inductees into The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was the band's tour manager from their 1974 CBGB debut to their final show in 1996. In his book "On The Road With The Ramones" Monte, along with co-author Frank Meyer, tell that story. Full of insider perspec...
"BONZO: 30 Rock Drummers Remember the Legendary John Bonham"/Greg Prato [Episode 2]
May 15, 2021 01:11 - 1 hour - 165 MBFew rock drummers remain as universally praised as Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. Listen to any Zeppelin album, and you will hear a virtual showcase on expert rock drumming – while never getting in the way of the group’s other members and their contributions, singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and bassist John Paul Jones. But sadly, one of rock’s all-time greats died tragically young – he was only 32 years old – resulting in the end of one of rock’s most celebrated bands. To mark 40 ye...
Episode 2 | Greg Prato ["BONZO: 30 Rock Drummers Remember the Legendary John Bonham"]
May 15, 2021 01:11 - 1 hour - 165 MBFew rock drummers remain as universally praised as Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. Listen to any Zeppelin album, and you will hear a virtual showcase on expert rock drumming – while never getting in the way of the group’s other members and their contributions, singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and bassist John Paul Jones. But sadly, one of rock’s all-time greats died tragically young – he was only 32 years old – resulting in the end of one of rock’s most celebrated bands. To mark 40 ye...
Episode 2 | "BONZO: 30 Rock Drummers Remember the Legendary John Bonham"/Greg Prato
May 15, 2021 01:11 - 1 hour - 165 MBFew rock drummers remain as universally praised as Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. Listen to any Zeppelin album, and you will hear a virtual showcase on expert rock drumming – while never getting in the way of the group’s other members and their contributions, singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and bassist John Paul Jones. But sadly, one of rock’s all-time greats died tragically young – he was only 32 years old – resulting in the end of one of rock’s most celebrated bands. To mark 40 ye...
Episode 1 | Frank Meyer ["On The Road With The Ramones" & "When The Wall Of Sound Met The New York Underground"]
May 13, 2021 00:53 - 1 hour - 179 MBFor the debut episode of Booked On Rock we talk with Frank Meyer, author of two great books on the Ramones! ON THE ROAD WITH THE RAMONES: Throughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was with the band for over 2,200 shows, from their very early CBGB dates to their final show in 1996 working his way up to be the bands tour manager. Monte tells his story of what it is like to be on and off the road with the band. F...
"On The Road With The Ramones" & "When The Wall Of Sound Met The New York Underground"/Frank Meyer [Episode 1]
May 13, 2021 00:53 - 1 hour - 179 MBFor the debut episode of Booked On Rock we talk with Frank Meyer, author of two great books on the Ramones! ON THE ROAD WITH THE RAMONES: Throughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was with the band for over 2,200 shows, from their very early CBGB dates to their final show in 1996 working his way up to be the bands tour manager. Monte tells his story of what it is like to be on and off the road with the band. F...
Episode 1 | "On The Road With The Ramones" & "When The Wall Of Sound Met The New York Underground"/Frank Meyer
May 13, 2021 00:53 - 1 hour - 179 MBFor the debut episode of Booked On Rock we talk with Frank Meyer, author of two great books on the Ramones! ON THE ROAD WITH THE RAMONES: Throughout the remarkable twenty-two-year career of the Ramones the seminal punk rock band Monte A. Melnick saw it all. He was with the band for over 2,200 shows, from their very early CBGB dates to their final show in 1996 working his way up to be the bands tour manager. Monte tells his story of what it is like to be on and off the road with the band. F...
INTRODUCING: Booked On Rock with Eric Senich
May 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 minute - 3.17 MBHello rock fans! I've got a brand new podcast called Booked On Rock. If you enjoyed listening to my podcast DISCovery, I think you’re gonna enjoy this one too. Join me for deep dive discussions of the greatest artists, albums and songs in rock history with the authors who've written all about them. There are so many great books that have been written about rock music and so many that continue to come out every week. This will be the place for both those who’ve written books about rock and th...