TMP245 JIMMY FORD CHARGES AHEAD

As a drummer (DiNOLA, Pink Slip), artist manager (dB’s, Gun Club, Richard Hell, Peter Holsapple), tour manager, Monkey Hill Records label head (Cowboy Mouth, the Continental Drifters, the Bluerunners), studio owner (Jimmy Ford Clinic), and club owner (Ford’s Place), he knows every aspect of the music biz from the inside out. Jimmy escaped service in Vietnam to become a soldier for rock’n’roll. Tonight he enters the free-fire zone with the Troubled Men. Topics include 100º in the winter, a naked shooter, spontaneous combustion, diaphragms, returning to school, a “Barbie” party, “Oppenheimer,” the U.S.S. Indianapolis, Concrete Confetti, Malevitus, Horsegirl, leprosy in Florida, Hanson on tour, Vance DeGeneres, Zeppelin cover bands, Charleston, an assumed name, the draft lottery, Mohammad Ali, neighborhood bookmaking, radiation poisoning, tour managing Professor Longhair, the Dew Drop Inn Revisited, Frank Riley and Bob Singerman, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Frank Quintini, Bearsville Records, an AARP commercial, Dave Catching, Rancho de la Luna, a new record, the Gnarltones, Rhudabega, Jonah Bascle, wheelchair accessible streetcars, civil disobedience, Jesse Bascle, a Supergrass tribute band, and much more. Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "Reprisal (Heaven or Hell)" and "I Wanna Die In New Orleans" by DINOLA Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here.  Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook DINOLA Homepage DINOLA Facebook Jimmy Ford Facebook