EPISODE · Mar 28, 2019 · 32 MIN
#17: Doc Pomus Comes Back/Part 2
from Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman · host Josh Alan Friedman
THE GREAT BLUESMAN TELLS IT STRAIGHT Doc Pomus no longer had to cater to the teenage rock ’n’ roll market. He wrote sophisticated songs for adults. In his final years, he mentored dozens of singers, discovered bands like Roomful of Blues and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and wrote the best lyrics of his life. Episode Links Doc’s website AKA Doc Pomus, the documentary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Music bed under "Mr. Nobody:" "Highway 61" by Josh Alan Band) Josh Alan Friedman, Josh’s mother Ginger, Doc, Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Peggy Bennett, at Bitter End after Josh’s show, 1989 Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman at the Brill Building Uncle Doc, courtesy of Shirlee Hauser
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No longer catering to a teenage rock’n’roll, Doc wrote sophisticated songs. In his twilight, he mentored, discovered bands like Roomful of Blues and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and wrote the best lyrics of his life
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