Promotion Man Podcast
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratingsFred Meyers shares his stories with L.A. Lloyd about his adventures from his days at Warner Bros Records and Virgin Records and his relationships with some of the most influential bands that Fred worked with from the very beginning.
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Bill Schnee (Season 2 Episode 22)
October 25, 2021 22:52 - 48 minutes - 89.1 MBBill Schnee is an internationally renowned producer, engineer, and mix master. He has received over 135 gold and platinum records and more than 50 Top 20 singles that run the gamut from Barbara Streisand to The Jacksons, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan and Whitney Houston to Dire Straits. Bill Schnee's new book is titled Chairman at the Board and is available now he shares fantastic stories about Three Dog Night, Huey Lewis & the News, The Smiths, Boz Scaggs, All of the Beatles, Miles Davis and man...
Bill Pfordrescher (Season 2 Episode 21)
September 24, 2021 18:52 - 41 minutes - 75.8 MBThis week's episode is with Bill Pfordrescher who worked with many bands and record labels but for me and Bill we met because of Ambrosia when they were signed to Warner Bros Records. "Biggest part of me" "Thats How Much I feel" were to become huge hits for WB and I was instrumental in promoting those songs first and then the rest of my associates at WB helped take them all the way. Bill, has wonderful stories about TOOL, Kenny Wayne Shepard and how Bill helped Kenny get signed with Irving...
They Call Me Supermensch - Shep Gordon (Season 2 Episode 20)
August 18, 2021 03:02 - 54 minutes - 99.1 MBProbably one of LA LLoyd's & my favorite episode to date because you might not know his name but he positively affected your life because he was the manager for people like Alice Cooper, Blondie, Groucho Marx, George Clinton, Luther Vandross, Anne Murray, Kenny Loggins, Rick James, Gary Wright, Teddy Pendergrass and many, many more. Mike Myers directed Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, a documentary on Shep's life, featuring Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Alice Cooper, Steven Ty...
Alice Cooper (Season 2 Episode 19)
June 28, 2021 20:10 - 38 minutes - 70.1 MBAlice Cooper continues to reinvent himself and continues to produce fantastic music and in this interview we talk about Bread Crumbs the EP and Detroit Stories the Album with amazing players like Wayne Kramer of MC5, Johnny "Bee" Badanjek of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels & Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad fame. Alice talks about having dinner Elton John & Bernie Taupin and they reminisced about playing in Detroit back in the day for $3. We ask Alice Cooper about his car collection a...
Jack Forsythe - Chrysalis Records (Season 2 Episode 18)
June 09, 2021 17:21 - 43 minutes - 80.4 MBThis has become one of my new favorite episodes with Jack Forsythe who went from radio to Record World (Industry trade magazine) to VP of Chrysalis Records. Jack is a fabulous storyteller so we kept bouncing from one band to another but you will hear stories about Pat Benatar who was called the kamikaze of love to Huey Lewis & the News, Billy Idol, and his shenanigans, and of course Blondie. Jack's stories were so good we will have him back to tell us many more. But only in the podcast, ...
Robert Duncan - Creem (Season 2 Episode 17)
June 05, 2021 16:32 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBThis week's episode is about Robert Duncan who worked at Creem Magazine. Robert's adventures start with a skinny Bruce Springsteen asking Robert to meet him in Cleveland and they tour the city of Cleveland in a beat-up car of Robert's friend with Bruce sitting between them in the backseat leaning over to talk. Robert has fascinating stories of David Bowie & Iggy Pop, Taking a private jet with Keith Richards & Rod Wood for the New Barbarians Tour where he spills Woody's blow on the hotels w...
Tommy Weschler (Season 2 Episode 16)
May 23, 2021 01:05 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThomas Weschler is a rock n roll photographer in Detroit and has taken over 38,000 pictures. In this episode Thomas tells us how he started by taking a picture of the Beatles off of his parent's black & white TV and selling them at school. From Jimmy Page to Diana Ross when Thomas took a picture with Gene Simmons of KISS without makeup to Aretha Franklin, The Who where he tells a great story of selling his guitar to Pete Townshend to running into Robert Plant at a cigarette machine and he g...
Danny Zelisko - ALL EXCE$$ (Season 2 Episode 15)
May 11, 2021 15:52 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBDanny Zelisko is a concert promoter for the Phoenix & Las Vegas marketplace. Having started his career in the mid 70's Danny has been with the biggest rock stars and sports figures and even the best comics of our generation. In Danny Zelisko's book ALL EXCESS he shares intimate stories that will make you laugh and grab your chin with a "holy cow" expression. To try to list everyone in his book would take an hour so the highlights are, Pink Floyd, Guns & Roses, John Melloncamp, Alice Cooper, ...
Paul Fishkin - Stevie Nicks (Season 2 Episode 14)
May 03, 2021 16:49 - 43 minutes - 79.1 MBPaul Fishkin tells us how he met Stevie Nicks at the Warner Bros Records meetings in Alcapulco in 77 and Stevie had the Rumors album advance on cassette and asked George Harrison & Paul Fishkin if they wanted to come up to her hotel room and give it a listen !! Paul formed Modern Records with a partner and Stevie signed as a partner and recording artist for her solo work. We also learn how "Stop Dragging my Heart" made her debut album with Tom Petty as the writer and with her on the duet....
Tommy Nast - The Album Network (Season 2 Episode 13)
April 25, 2021 05:46 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBTommy Nast gives us an awesome interview after he went from radio in the Northeast to Los Angeles as a partner in a trade magazine called Album Network. Album Network had enabled Tommy to befriend label executives and rock stars alike and here he tells us so many fascinating stories. Hold on to the sides!! Tommy tells us stories about Offspring, Ozzy Osborne, Van Halen, and their manager Ed Leffler, a new up-and-coming band we love Dirty Honey, Micheal Jackson, Motley Crue, Traveling Wilbur...
Murray Nagel - Warner Bros (Season 2 Episode 12)
April 11, 2021 18:50 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBMurray Nagel was with Warner Bros Records for most of his adult life starting in his mid 20's before WEA distribution was formed. Murray's career spanned decades and he worked with the biggest bands during his music career like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Bros, Prince, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, James Taylor, Madonna, Rod Stewart, U2, Roxy Music and many many more. Murray tells us that he was there when progressive rock radio was created on the FM dial and...
Harold Childs - A&M Records (Season 2 Episode 11)
March 30, 2021 18:33 - 42 minutes - 78.3 MBHarold Childs is a well-respected record label executive who took the time to talk with us about his time with RCA Records, A&M Records, Warner Bros Records through him being President of Quest Records Quincy Jones label. We talk about Nazareth, Police, Bryan Adams, Peter Frampton, Joe Jackson, Supertramp and more. Recommended Music: Nazareth: "Love Hurts" Peter Frampton: "Baby I Love Your Ways" Police: "Roxanne" Joe Jackson: "Is she really going out with him? Supertramp: "Logical ...
Paul Fishkin - Foghat in the beginning (Season 2 Episode 10)
February 26, 2021 18:17 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBPaul Fishkin worked at the famed Bearsville Records label when the roster had Todd Rundgren and Foghat among many others. This episode goes back to those days at the beginning of both bands careers and we find out the the song "We Got to Get You a Woman" was written for Paul because he and Todd where roommates!!! This is episode 1 of 2 because Paul went on to start the record label Modern Records where he had bands like Poe and a woman named Stevie Nicks as a solo artist! Recommended M...
U2 (Season 2 Episode 9)
January 17, 2021 18:26 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBU2, when they first came to America, their very first radio airplay, their very first radio interview and one of their first club dates was in Austin and in Houston, TX. U2 ended up being one of the most popular lithic rock 'n' roll bands ever selling! Close to 200 million albums worldwide, that should pretty much do it! Recommended Music: U2: ”Vertigo” U2: “Desire” U2: “I Will Follow”
Jon Anderson - YES (Season 2 Episode 8)
November 01, 2020 21:48 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBLA Lloyd and I were thrilled to interview Jon Anderson the leader of YES on this week's episode. Jon has a new album out called 1,000 Hands and it's a beautiful piece of work with guests on the Album like Billy Cobham, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Jean-Luc Ponty, Steve Howe, Alan White, Chris Squire, Steve Morse, Chick Corea, and Zap Mama. We talk about the making of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" which went to #1, "Starship Trooper" and "I've Seen All Good People" which were fantastic stories...
J.W. - ZZ Top (Season 2 Episode 7)
October 11, 2020 20:51 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBWe had a wonderful interview with JW Williams who started his career with Lone Wolf Productions who were ZZ Top's management company and was with them for 30 years. The stories he tells and the reminiscing is fantastic. What was JW's reaction when he first heard "Pearl Necklace" and other crazy stories? If you love ZZ Top you will love this episode! Recommended Music: ZZ Top: “Brown Sugar” ZZ Top: “La Grange” ZZ Top: “I’m Bad I'm Nationwide” ZZ Top: "Pearl Necklace" Lenny Kravitz:...
Squeeze My Lemon (Season 2 Episode 6)
September 21, 2020 17:09 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBFred and LA Lloyd welcome Alex Valentine. Alex went from major market radio to Promotion Man and has some incredible stories. Just a few days on the job, he accidentally opens a bathroom door too quickly only to find Kenny Chesney on the other side on the floor. Alex talks about the incredible work ethic of an unknown talent named Taylor Swift. Sir George Martin, Beatles producer, gets the last laugh on Alex at a Paul McCartney concert. What would life be like if you could spend it for six m...
Who Said Girls Can’t Do This? (Season 2 Episode 5)
September 14, 2020 00:40 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBLA Lloyd and Fred finally convince longtime record promotion extraordinaire Patti Martin to an interview and she tells funny stories about Tom Petty, actually the Heartbreakers and a shopping spree in a record store when she first started her job. Then a hilarious story about a mountain of a man radio programmer and two small rockers from Australia named Malcom and Angus of a band called AC/DC. Do rock stars really spend exorbitant amounts of money on food & drink? Let’s ask Patti how m...
Ken Calvert - Detroit Air Ace (Season 2 Episode 4)
August 31, 2020 01:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBAs the boys are recording for the Promotion Man Radio Show which debuts Sunday Sept 6th at 6-7pm on KLBJ-FM (and you can stream it KLBJFM.com) they realize they are short 8 minutes on episode #2 Van Halen. So we catch them finishing that and moving into radio show episode #4 which is about Fred tripping on shrooms with a "special" friend. Which now brings up the podcast "Learning to Fly" where Jeff Carrol takes Pink Floyd up on a hot air balloon. Fred realizes that he needs "one" more Pink...
Ted Cohen - Warner Bros LA (Part 2) (Season 2 Episode 3)
August 03, 2020 00:59 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBLA and Fred had so much fun with Ted Cohen the first time around and they knew they just scratched the surface with Ted. And the listeners loved Teddy too!! It is the most downloaded episode after the Alice Cooper interview! So Part 2 Ted tells us about Alice Cooper, Robert Palmer, ZZ Top, Pretenders, David Lee Roth, Prince. "Ted.. Who was the craziest band you were with? Van Halen? Fleetwood Mac?" Recommended Music: Alice Cooper: "I want to be elected" Robert Palmer: "Your Gonna Get...
Sig The Punk! (Season 2 Episode 2)
July 27, 2020 01:00 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBFred knew Sig when he was in Detroit for Warner Bros and she worked for Lone Wolf Productions which was a management and music publishing company. Lone Wolf had clients like ZZ Top, Eric Johnson, Van Wilks, Point Blank on MCA Records. Sig tells us hilarious stories from a mean rooster on the management compound, a toilet seat stuck around a band member's head and Billy Gibbons always referring to Sig as "Sig the Punk." Recommended Music: ZZ Top: "Cheap Sunglasses" ZZ Top: "Im Bad I'm ...
Remain In Love: A Chris Frantz Interview (Season 2 Episode 1)
July 20, 2020 16:55 - 46 minutes - 85.9 MBThis is Season 2 of Promotion Man Podcast and we have an exclusive interview with my friend and drummer of the "Talking Heads" and "Tom Tom Club," Chris Frantz. Chris tells us stories about writing Psycho Killer the very first song Chris, Tina and David Byrne wrote. Chris shares insight to how the band started, touring Europe with The Ramones and Dire Straits. How they formed Tom Tom Club and much more! Recommended Music: Intro: “Psycho Killer” Middle: “Take Me To The River” Middle:...
BONUS: C101 Promotion Man Launch
April 13, 2020 01:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBFred shares with Rex in the morning the very launch of Promotion Man podcast. KNCN is a legendary rock radio station along the Texas coastline. Fred tells the U2 story where KNCN was one of 3 radio stations in America to be the first to play U2 music with the add of “I Will Follow”. Rex recalls Fred as the Pope in the RV for Lenny Kravitz Promotion. Fred tells a story about Quarterflash and Sammy Hager being in Corpus Christi the same day. Recommended Music: U2 “I will follow”
Rod Tanner - Atlantic Records (Episode 31)
March 02, 2020 03:00 - 39 minutes - 71.5 MBEver wondered what it would have been like being on AC/DC's first American tour? Rod Tanner, our guest on Promotion Man Podcast, was there and has some great stories about Bon Scott and Angus Young. Rod spent several years as the Atlantic Records Promotion Man. He shares more stories about the rise of Foreigner and how they convinced Junior Walker to do the sax solo on their song Urgent. Rod also worked with Phil Collins who got so popular that he was even sick of himself. There's stories of...
1981 Charts And Tours (Episode 30)
February 24, 2020 03:00 - 33 minutes - 60.8 MBThis Promotion Man Podcast takes you through an entire year of tours and the albums on the chart for 1981. The year started off with a number one album from John Lennon, which came only a few weeks after he was murdered in New York. Through the year, an entity named MTV came along in August that completely shook up the music industry as we know it. This dynamic created different career paths for bands like ZZ Top who completely reinvented themselves into video sensations. Olivia Newton John ...
Mike Easterlin - Elektra Records (Episode 29)
February 17, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBMike Easterlin Elektra Records Fred Meyers has worked with some incredible people as a Promotion Man. Mike Easterlin who now co-heads Elektra Records joins LA Lloyd and Fred as our guest. Mike worked with Fred early in his career. He explains how he transitioned from radio to records, bringing Elektra back after it had pretty much folded as a label, how bands and artists receive a gold or platinum status for their singles and albums in the modern streaming era. In addition, Mike answers LA L...
Grammy Wrap up And The Who (Episode 28)
February 10, 2020 03:16 - 27 minutes - 50.6 MBFred gets a ton of backlash for supporting this year's big Grammy winner Billie Eilish. So Lloyd and Fred discuss her big night, the biggest for a new artist since Christopher Cross in 1981. Lloyd is excited about Gary Clark Jr getting Rock back into the spotlight for the Grammys. The guys transition into a couple of Fred's tour stories from the early 80s with The Who. Somehow Fred managed to piss off Roger Daltrey because he liked one of their songs...Roger retaliates by hitting on Fred's w...
Grammy Wrap Up And The Who (Episode 28)
February 10, 2020 03:16 - 27 minutes - 50.6 MBFred gets a ton of backlash for supporting this year's big Grammy winner Billie Eilish. So Lloyd and Fred discuss her big night, the biggest for a new artist since Christopher Cross in 1981. Lloyd is excited about Gary Clark Jr getting Rock back into the spotlight for the Grammys. The guys transition into a couple of Fred's tour stories from the early 80s with The Who. Somehow Fred managed to piss off Roger Daltrey because he liked one of their songs...Roger retaliates by hitting on Fred's w...
Dayna Steele - KLOL & KRBE (Episode 27)
February 03, 2020 03:44 - 22 minutes - 40.3 MBIf you listened to radio in Houston, one name stands out; Dayna Steele. She has had quite a ride entertaining listeners for a couple decades and had the opportunity to interview and become close friends with some of Rock and Pop's biggest icons. Dayna takes Fred Meyers and LA Lloyd on a trip discussing helicopter rides with Ambrosia to having a water park party with Billy Idol and a few other friends exclusively. In addition, Dayna talks about helping David Crosby after a little time he spen...
Down The Rabbit Hole (Episode 26)
January 27, 2020 05:01 - 24 minutes - 44.4 MBFred Meyers and LA Lloyd open the show debating holes. And speaking of holes, what kind of a**hole snubs Pat Benatar, Wayne Kramer, Judas Priest and more deserving ROCKERS from The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame! Fred and LA Lloyd discuss getting screwed by the Good Ole Boy Club. A quick segue into one of the Biggest Rabbit Hole conversations on record. How do you begin with "What's your favorite Live album and somehow morph into how the legends of Jazz were the direct link to Captain and Tennil...
The Black Crowes and Chris Payne (Episode 25)
January 20, 2020 05:01 - 32 minutes - 59.7 MBThe Black Crowes and Chris Payne Chris Payne is a Promotion Man that was with The Black Crowes on and off the road from the very beginning of their record deal and the release of Shake Your Money Maker. Not everyone was on board with The Crowes' sound including the head of the label Rick Rubin. There's a story of Rick Rubin actually burying the Black Crowes gold plaque he received. Down the rabbit hole...Somehow Fred and Chris Payne were at a big record party many years ago with an inflatabl...
Put Your Needle On A Groove (Episode 24)
January 13, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutes - 61.9 MBFred opens the podcast with a potential guest named John Mellencamp who may come on and talk about his paintings. This leads into other artists who do painting as a side hobby. LA Lloyd takes you through the biggest albums for the first week of a new decade 40 years ago. Fred talks about his transfer from Detroit to Houston and lets just say there are some crabs involved. While in Fort Worth, TX, Fred sees Prince opening for Rick James and understands the feeling of being a minority. Finally...
David Cahn - Snow At The Shining Hotel (Episode 23)
January 06, 2020 02:57 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBDavid Cahn was Fred Meyers regional boss at Warner Bros. In this episode, David takes LA Lloyd and Fred on a trip from his first week on the job at a promotional meeting with all the record reps at the Stanley Hotel, where The Shining was filmed. David is asked who is the most obnoxious member of The Eagles. Also, why did Freddie Mercury not have any dental work? Who were the Hit Men in regards to music and why were they so territorial? What was the secret to making Richard Pryor a house...
Tom Petty And Jon Scott (Episode 22)
December 30, 2019 05:01 - 31 minutes - 57.1 MBJon Scott was a Promotion Man that was with Tom Petty from the beginning that led to a 40-year friendship. Fred Meyers and LA Lloyd talk with Jon as he tells stories of getting fired for believing in an unknown artist named Johnny Cougar. After he gets let go from MCA Records, he is hired by ABC Records and it was déjà vu with another unknown artist named Tom Petty. After Tom’s untimely death, Jon wrote all of these great stories in the book “Tom Petty and Me,” which you can win an autograph...
2020 Tours (Episode 21)
December 23, 2019 05:01 - 34 minutes - 63.8 MB2020 Tours are shaping up to be the biggest in many years. Fred and Lloyd talk about the confirmed shows with Motley Crue and Def Leppard, Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker tour, Doobies back with Michael McDonald first time in 25 years, Alanis Morissette’s 25th Anniversary of Jagged Little Pill, Eagles perform Hotel California album in its entirety, Rage Against the Machine, MC50, ZZ Top, David Lee Roth in Vegas and tours with KISS End of The Road, and the guys wrap up voting on hopeful ...
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Episode 20)
December 16, 2019 05:01 - 41 minutes - 38 MBToday's episode has the legendary music director and program director Jeff Carrol who tells us funny stories about record reps and Bruce Springsteen, taking David Gilmour of Pink Floyd in a hot air balloon ride and then driving the Pink Floyd blimp over the city of San Antonio. Jeff took the band Jesus Jones out water skiing in Austin's Lake Travis and the band members got so hammered that when they got back they couldn't play the competitors concert that night. LA Lloyd and Jeff te...
Lines On The Back Of Your Stockings (Episode 19)
December 09, 2019 12:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBLA Lloyd & Fred get into the all kinds of shenanigans starting with Van Halen stories about Alex's birthday in Toledo and a fantastic story about how David Lee Roth has his own agenda when it comes to creating a memorable radio interview with the 3rd album Women and Children first and the song "Everybody wants some" at the WABX studios in Detroit. Fred tells his U2 story when they first came to America and them playing a club in Austin with about 100 people and the best marketing idea e...
Madonna Doesn't Send Fruitcakes (Episode 18)
December 02, 2019 12:00 - 46 minutes - 84.6 MBKen talks to us about signing the Talking Heads, Pretenders and Madonna. Ken describes what it came down too to get the Heads and Pretenders signed to Sire Records which was distributed by Warner Bros Records. Ken tells us about a lost demo track called "Ain't no big deal" by Madonna that he wanted her to release but she never did. Recommended music: Intro: Pretenders "Precious" Middle: Pretenders "Brass in Pocket" Middle:Talking Heads: Psycho Killer End: Madonna "Lucky Star"
1979 (Episode 17)
November 25, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBThis episode we talk about 1979 and the Romantics, The Knack, Elvis Costello, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Clash, The B'52's, Ambrosia and ZZ Top. The guys briefly touch on the dynamic Austin music scene with Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbird's. Lloyd touches on the hooky songs of the Clash, Romantics, The Knack and more and the explosion of MTV. Warner Bros releases The B52's and their first hit "Rock Lobster" Fred talks about Frank Beard from ZZ Top trying to sell Fred ...
Promotion Woman (Episode 16)
November 18, 2019 11:00 - 30 minutes - 55.5 MBThis week's guest is Sue Emmer who was National Top 40 promotion person for Warner Bros at the Burbank offices and she tells us stories about George Harrison and how nice he was and that George wanted to personally hand out Gold albums to each staff member for the Cloud Nine album with the hit "Got my mind set on you". Sue tells us how the national staff went to Rod Stewart's home in Beverly Hills to preview his album "Da Ya think I'm Sexy"and when Prince came to the Burbank offices in hi...
Sultans of Swing (Episode 15)
November 11, 2019 11:00 - 31 minutes - 57.2 MBThe boys talk about the Grammy nominations of MC5, Todd Rundgren, Doobie Bros that Fred had worked with along with Pat Benatar, Kraftwork, T Rex and others. In the box that Fred would get every week he recalls getting two debut albums and both albums go on to platinum status and set up the careers of Dire Straits and Rickie Lee Jones. Fred shares some of the strategy of why some songs are released when they are and how the record company looks at the competition. How they choose a lead si...
Women In Rock (Episode 14)
November 04, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 67 MBWhere would rock and roll be without the women ? Linda Ronstadt, Chrissie Hynde, Pat Benatar, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Heart, Blondie and others. LA Lloyd and Fred explore the power of the women in rock. Linda Ronstadt sold over 100 million albums and dominated the 70's. and helped form the Eagles. Tune in and enjoy. Recommended music: Intro: Linda Ronstadt "Your'e No Good" Middle: Chrissie Hynde "Tattooed Love boys" End: Blondie
Ted Cohen - Warner Bros LA (Episode 13)
October 28, 2019 10:57 - 55 minutes - 102 MBTed Cohen was Artist Development for Warner Bros Records in Burbank and worked at WB for 14 years. He tells us stories about Little Feat, Doobie Bros, a girl named angel, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, Van Halen, Roxy Music and Ted ends this episode with Prince. No spoilers here you’ll have to sit back and listen......... Recommended music: Intro Fleetwood Mac “Bare Trees” Middle: Doobie Bros “ Black Water” for Angel Middle: Roxy Music “Avalon” End: Prince “ Head”
Fashion / A Tale of Two Billies (Episode 12)
October 21, 2019 11:00 - 30 minutes - 55.2 MBFred & Lloyd explore the power of music and it's influence on politics, movies, commercials, Hollywood, Television and fashion. They talk about the Peace sign and bell bottoms, grunge, mohawks, punk, Madonna, heavy metal hair bands, rap artists and the clothes they wear, Nike shoes, country artists and their sparkles. They cover a lot of ground and its very funny. Then Billie Elish and Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins are now a topic of conversation and Fred worked the Smashing Pumpkins m...
Camelot (Episode 11)
October 14, 2019 11:00 - 42 minutes - 78.3 MBCamelot was what the employees called working for Warner Bros Records. Stu Cohen tells us his story about getting hired at Warner Bros with an interview with Mo Ostin. Stu was the local New York rep for 5 years before moving to California to work at the Burbank offices. He talks about the access, limos, excess and having VIP everywhere in New York. Stu recounts his days with Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Little Feat, Doobie Bros, talking Heads, Ramones and what he called his nemesis Prince. R...
Booze, Blow, Women and Song (Episode 10)
October 07, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 66.5 MBLA Lloyd and Fred talk about limos’ and George Benson and all the live albums people are now doing. Fred meets Neil Young and talks about Nicolette Larson, Pat Metheny and Little Feat and riding the groove train when these bands really get going. Warner Bros released “For You” by Prince and we all know how that career turned out. Funkadelics and the Mothership. The Bunny gets Hot !!! and “Are we not men?” we are DEVO ! Fred wears a DEVO suit around University of Michigan campus. Is Van Morr...
Wayne Kramer - Kick Out The Jams (Episode 9)
September 30, 2019 10:59 - 29 minutes - 54.3 MBWayne Kramer the lead guitar player and founding member of the legendary MC5 speaks to LA Lloyd and Fred about “Kick out the Jams” the Detroit Riots, the revolution in the streets of America and his latest work which consists of the music score for the documentary “Boy Howdy: The story of Creem Magazine” Wayne’s book “The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities and Breadcrumbs the EP with Alice Cooper, Wayne Kramer, Mark Farner, Johnny B and the rockin lead track De...
Alice Cooper - The Motor City is Burning (Episode 8)
September 23, 2019 11:01 - 29 minutes - 54.8 MBAn interview with fellow Detroiter Alice Cooper who talks about MC 5, Iggy and the Stooges, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and how they all looked up to Fred’s neighbor Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. How close all the Detroit rock bands where to the artists of Motown like Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Temptations. Then Alice debunks a 40 year old myth about one of the first songs the Talking Heads wrote…………... Recommend music: Intro: Alice Cooper “Be my Lover” Middle: Alic...
Talking Heads - This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco (Episode 7)
September 16, 2019 11:00 - 33 minutes - 63.4 MBFred’s tour schedule heads into the Fall of 1978 and he has The Talking Heads in Ann Arbor and Detroit. The band has released “More songs about buildings and food” and the lead single “Take me to the River” is exploding. In Detroit before the show the band is greeted by Alice Cooper & Bernie Taupin (Elton John’s writing partner) and there is a classic picture of everybody on the website and Facebook page. Then it’s Thin Lizzy who has a few dates before their Detroit show with an up and ...
BONUS: Fred Meyers On KLBJ 93.7 FM
September 14, 2019 01:05 - 30 minutes - 55.4 MBFred Meyers and LA Lloyd were guests of Dudley and Bob with Matt on 93.7 KLBJ-FM on August 1 before the Promotion Man Podcast debuted. There’s some great stories involving U2, Rolling Stones, The Police, Lenny Kravitz and more. Also Fred explains why he dressed up as the Pope for a Rock and Roll road trip across the entire state of Texas!