Episode 78 - "Toobin Down the Rapids"

This episode is dedicated to the memory of a dear friend and incredible musician, Tom Hanlon. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "Is That What it Is" by Roger Yale. 4:14 - Greetings and about the song, recorded circa 1988 at Ian Talcroft's Stare Cat Sound, Glendale, CA / Band name at the time was Reflector. 5:02 - Chris discussess the incident that led to the song. 6:21 - Recording with pants on / Jeffrey Toobin / News anchors and U.S. Marines official portraits 7:15 - "Crayon Eaters" / "Grunts" / Roger's grandon eating a crayon - like father, like son 7:38 - RIP Tom Hanlon - friend and musician / Memories of a long friendship / Paul Grimshaw / Paul Grimshaw Band / 1967 Star Sitar / Darien Sahanaja 10:48 - Tony Bennett / Chris' encounter with Tony Bennett at Peggy Lee's House / Mark Mulkeen / The "Clampett Estate" in Bel Air / "Peggy Lee" Rose / The hot tub incident 14:11 - Back-to-back gigs / LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / Old Bull and Bush Pub / Cigar events at Tinder Box Myrtle Beach 15:46 - Chris sounds like Bebe Neuwirth or Antoni Porowski / "Queer Eye" / Imagining Chris on a "Queer Eye" makeover / Tan France / Jonathan Van Ness 17:27 - Chris' newest guitar - PRS SE Hollowbody II / Piezo and Humbucker pickups / Sweetwater Sound / Chris' anxiety about returning instruments 20:23 - Dumb celebrity songs 21:34 - Roger's upcoming shows on The Deck at House of Blues Myrtle Beach / Live painting event with folk artist Ken Pease / Chris mentions Harold Finster 23:17 - "The Power of One More" by Ed Mylett /"Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska" by Warren Zanes 25:32 - Judgemtal bastards / Art versus schlock 25:19 - Chris opened for David Allan Coe / Gene Simmons sitting alone in a mall in Myrtle Beach / Chris met Paul Stanley in a boot shop on Melrose Ave. in L.A. 26:20 - Leering Gene / Lisa Carletto / Is Paul nicer than Gene? / Is Hall nicer than Oates? / Hall and Oates backstage at House of Blues Myrtle Beach 28:07 - High-functioning introvert / Energy levels in introverts and extroverts after social gatherings 29:27 - Roger's new editor at Post and Courier Myrtle Beach / Charles Perry / My Horry News / Carolina Forest Chronicle / Sun News / Weekly Surge / Loyalties as a freelancer 30:47 - Roger is still trying to understand football / "Take Your Eye off the Ball 2.0" by Pat Kirwan 31:77 - Parting shots / Family in town / Palmetto tree / Palmetto bug 33:49 - "Carolina Moon" by Chris Yale, acoustic performance by Chris in honor of Tom Hanlon, RIP