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Season 2 Episode 7 - Steve Ingle
Memphis Music InnerView - February 15, 2021 18:00 - 38 minutesCREED is a band that still stands tall in Memphis music even after more than 40 years. Their one album, CREED, released in 1978, offers Southern-edged hard rock that has a slight AOR flavor thanks to the keyboard magic of Hal Butler. “Firecracker” and “Time and Time Again” are standouts. While S...
Season 2 Episode 6 - Billy Burnette
Memphis Music InnerView - February 08, 2021 18:00 - 22 minutesThis week, my guest is a second-generation Memphis musician. His Uncle Johnny had a few hits in the early ‘60s, including “You’re Sixteen”. His father, Dorsey Burnette, wrote songs like “It’s Late” for Ricky Nelson. Billy has recorded his own solo material and was with Fleetwood Mac for almost a...
Season 2 Episode 5 - Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith
Memphis Music InnerView - February 01, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutesWhen I saw the recent purchase of Sun Records by Primary Wave, it reminded me of a conversation I had with an early Sun session man. As it turns out, there wasn’t just one Jerry Lee at Sun. There were two. I’m talking about “Honky Tonk” piano session man Jerry Lee “Smoochy” Smith. Smoochy has so...
Season 2 Episode 4 - Bobby Whitlock
Memphis Music InnerView - January 26, 2021 18:00 - 30 minutesBobby Whitlock was born in Arkansas but spent his teen years living in Millington and hanging out at some Memphis recording studios. In fact, he found himself in the Stax studio where Sam and Dave were recording “I Thank You.” You can hear Bobby supplying some of the handclaps on that record. Bo...
Season 2 Episode 3 - Remember Pat Taylor Pt 2
Memphis Music InnerView - January 18, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutesThis week’s Memphis Music Inner View is the conclusion of my conversation with Pat and Susanne Taylor. Once again, you can hear the love between them that was so apparent in last week’s episode. Listen for Pat to mention Missouri, Susanne jumps in and teases him. If you listen closely, you can h...
Season 2 Episode 2 - Remembering Pat Taylor
Memphis Music InnerView - January 11, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutesSeason 2 of the Memphis Music Inner View Podcast continues with episode 2, my conversation with Pat and Susanne Jerome Taylor. I worked hard to get this interview. Our mutual friend, Freddy Tate helped make it happen. I wanted the Taylors to share their story with the whole world. It is one of t...
Season 2 Episode 1 - Gary Talley
Memphis Music InnerView - January 04, 2021 21:00 - 27 minutesMy guest this week is Gary Talley of the Box Tops. Gary was an original member and then went on to tour and record with some of the greatest recording artists of the time. I'm talking about people like Billy Preston, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Tim McGraw, and Tammy Wynette, to name a few. Gary te...
Season 1 Episode 13 - Ron Hall
Memphis Music InnerView - November 17, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutesI went to high school with this week’s guest on the Memphis Music InnerView Podcast. Ron Hall started “collecting” (albums, Memphis music memorabilia, all kinds of stuff) when he was in high school. I was aware that Ron was collecting and selling albums at the Flea Market, but in 2001 my good fr...
Season 1 Episode 12 - Reba Russell
Memphis Music InnerView - November 09, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutesYou can’t have a conversation about Memphis Music without today’s guests’ name coming up. Reba Russell is a published songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, backing vocalist, bandleader, and producer, as well as a touring and recording artist. Reba Russell and her band tour the United States and Europ...
Season 1 Episode 11 - Robby Turner Pt 2
Memphis Music InnerView - November 02, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutesHere's the conclusion of my interview with Robby Turner. If you have heard the podcast and would like to review it, just go to RateThisPodcast.com/memphismusic
Season 1 Episode 10 - Robby Turner
Memphis Music InnerView - October 26, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutesThis week’s show is my conversation with Robby Turner and what an Inner View it was. Robby has toured with the Highwaymen, Waylon Jennings, the Dixie Chicks, and he has worked with Sam Phillips, Chips Moman, Reggie Young, Tony Joe White, and Sun Records, to name a few. Although he is known for h...
Season 1 Episode 9 - Dan Penn
Memphis Music InnerView - October 20, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutesThe Memphis Music InnerView Podcast this week is Singer, Songwriter, and producer Dan Penn. Dan wrote hit songs for The Box Tops, Conway Twitty, James and Bobby Purify, and many more. He worked with American Studios, Ardent, and Fame. He also had his own studio, Beautiful Sounds, in east Memphis...
Season 1 Episode 8 - Danny Jones
Memphis Music InnerView - October 12, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutesDanny Jones is a producer/engineer who has worked in three major music cities, Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and New Orleans. He has worked on some incredible projects. I really enjoyed this interview; Danny has worked with some friends and a few I wish I knew better. This is a very interesting interv...
Season 1 Episode 7 - Linda Gail Lewis
Memphis Music InnerView - October 05, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutesMy guest today is Linda Gail Lewis, the Killer’s Little Sister. As you will hear, Linda Gail has her own talent and even toured with her brother and Van Morrison as his Piano player. If you have heard the podcast and would like to review it, just go to RateThisPodcast.com/memphismusic
Season 1 Episode 6 - John Fry
Memphis Music InnerView - September 28, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutesToday’s podcast is my conversation with a Memphis Music icon, John Fry of Ardent Studios. From my 2014 interview with John, who was involved with Memphis music for decades. John talks about Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Big Star and their contribution to Memphis music. We also ta...
Season 1 Episode 5 - Sid Herring
Memphis Music InnerView - September 21, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutesGood Morning Facebook, today the Podcast is with a man I have great respect for. He, like almost every American male in the ’60s, was in a garage band. His band was formed in Greenwood, MS, but he recorded and lived in Memphis for a while. Sid Herring and his band became well known in the mids...
Season 1 Episode 4 - Bobby Wood
Memphis Music InnerView - September 14, 2020 15:00 - 30 minutesIt's Monday, so here is my new podcast. This is my conversation with "Memphis Boy" piano player Bobby Wood. Bobby talks about the first time he met Elvis and it wasn't while recording with him at American Studios. He also talks about his current gig in the Garth Brooks recording band. Great inte...
Season 1 Episode 3 Andy Black
Memphis Music InnerView - September 08, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes“The Memphis music story that you’ve never heard.” Shoe: A Memphis Music Legacy. Memphis musicians, singers, songwriters, engineers, and producers reunite to remember and record their days at Shoe Productions. This underground studio was about to be left out of Memphis Music History. In this ...
Season 1 Episode 2 George Klein pt 2
Memphis Music InnerView - September 08, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutesGeorge Klein is much more than a friend of Elvis Presley. He was one of the first DJ's in Memphis to play rock and roll on the radio, before Elvis. That was just the beginning of what George would do for Memphis, music wise. He became one of the most famous disc jockeys in Memphis history. He ha...
Season 1 Episode 1 George Klein
Memphis Music InnerView - August 22, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutesIt bothers me that for so long, George Klein has been seen as just Elvis' friend. George is an innovator and an ambassador to Memphis music. He has helped bring Memphis music to the world and the world of music to Memphis. George Klein is much more than a friend of Elvis Presley. He was one o...
Season 1 Episode 7 - Tim Riley
Memphis Music InnerView - April 22, 2020 15:00 - 59 minutesMy guest on this episode is Tim Riley, Tim is what’s called a promotion man. Record promotion is the division of a record company that places songs on the radio. They build relationships with program directors and music directors at radio stations and try to get them to play their records. They ...
Season 1 Episode 6 - Sid Herring
Memphis Music InnerView - March 30, 2020 16:00 - 59 minutesMy guest this week is Sid Herring of the Gants. The Gants were a great garage band from Greenwood, Mississippi originally known as the Kingsman. The Kingsman began with Sid Herring & Johnny Freeman in 1963 playing R&B covers and the type of instrumentals inspired by The Ventures. For a short per...
Season 1 Episode 5 - Jimmy Tarbutton
Memphis Music InnerView - March 14, 2020 20:00 - 47 minutesJimmy Tarbutton got his start in Memphis music by playing in a few garage bands including the Jimmy Hart led Gentrys. He and two others quit the Gentrys to form one of the best Memphis bands of the seventies, Edgewood. He worked at Jerry Williams’ TMI studios for a while before moving to Nashvil...
Season 1 Episode 4 - John Fry
Memphis Music InnerView - March 07, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutesThis episode's guest is a Memphis Music Icon, John Fry the owner of Ardent Studios. I believe this is John’s last interview before his untimely death on December 18, 2014. John Fry had been involved with Memphis music for years. His Ardent studios survived when others like Sun and Stax have fall...
Season 1 Episode 3 - Linda Gail Lewis
Memphis Music InnerView - January 18, 2020 02:00 - 59 minutesWait until you hear my conversation with Linda Gail Lewis, she is so much more than Jerry Lee's little sister. She is talented, warm, charming and a great storyteller! She talks about recording and touring with Van Morrison, her collaboration with Robbie Fulks, the legend of the Killer and the t...
Season 1 Episode 2 - David Beaver
Memphis Music InnerView - January 11, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutesBack in the seventies, nobody was bigger in the emerging new Memphis sound than David Beaver. With Memphis bands like Cargoe, Big Star, and Zuider Zee dominating the Memphis music scene, David Beaver was also a standout. First in the Gentrys then Edgewood and finally with D Beaver and Combinatio...
S1 E2 - David Beaver
Memphis Music InnerView - January 11, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutesBack in the seventies, nobody was bigger in the emerging new Memphis sound than David Beaver. With Memphis bands like Cargoe, Big Star, and Zuider Zee dominating the Memphis music scene, David Beaver was also a standout. First in the Gentrys then Edgewood and finally with D Beaver and Combinatio...
S1 E 1 Andy Black
Memphis Music InnerView - November 27, 2019 16:00 - 57 minutesAndy Black has been involved in the Memphis music scene since he was in high school. He played bass and sang with the Strayfers. I know, because I was there. We met at Frayser High School and we have been friends ever since. He was at Shoe Productions for years helping create little ditties like...
Season 1 Episode 1 Andy Black
Memphis Music InnerView - November 27, 2019 16:00 - 57 minutesAndy Black has been involved in the Memphis music scene since he was in high school. He played bass and sang with the Strayfers. I know, because I was there. We met at Frayser High School and we have been friends ever since. He was at Shoe Productions for years helping create little ditties like...
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