Bartlemania Speaks!

Episodes

1. 20

   Robin Trower

   After working with the legendary Procol Harum for five albums, Robin Trower departed to embark on a stellar solo career. Today, I speak with Robin about things like his days with Procol Harum, influences (like James Brown) and his latest tour (info at http://trowerpower,com).

   Apr 12, 2016

   9m
2. 19

   Jim Kweskin

   Jim Kweskin plays old-time music the way it was played back in the twenties, thirties and forties, though he is quick to point out that his band was not and is not a "revival" or nostalgia act. Today, we talk with Jim about, among other things, how he got his first musical instrument, his first...

   Dec 7, 2015

   17m
3. 18

   Don Wilson (The Ventures)

   The Ventures were the best-known and most successful rock instrumental band ever. Few are those who don't know the theme from Hawaii Five-O by heart, to say nothing of chart slammers like Walk, Don't Run and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. Some say The Ventures invented surf-rock! Today, I speak with...

   Dec 7, 2015

   33m
4. 17

   Buffy Sainte-Marie

   Buffy Sainte-Marie has held a solid following over the last 5 decades despite having her records banned from airplay at the behest of none other than Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Seems that some of this articulate, talented and politically-astute singer-songwriter's output…

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   Dec 7, 2015

   10m
5. 16

   Carol Kaye

   You've probably never heard of her, but if you listen to the music of the sixties, or watch TV programs like Mission:Impossible, you've definitely heard her work. Today I speak with LA's number one session bassist with over 10,000 sessions to her credit, everyone from Herb Alpert & The Tijuana...

   Dec 7, 2015

   33m
6. 15

   Tom Paxton

   Tom Paxton has written everything from dog food commercials ("My Dog's Bigger Than Your Dog") to acoustic standards ("The Last Thing On My Mind"). Said the late Pete Seeger of Paxton's songs: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and…

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   Dec 7, 2015

   21m
7. 14

   Doug Lubahn

   Doug Lubahn, bassist for the band Clear Light, also played bass for the Doors on three of their albums, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, and Soft Parade. On stage, the Doors didn't use a bassist. Keyboard wizard Ray Manzarek would provide the bass line using the lower register of his Vox...

   Jul 20, 2015

   32m
8. 13

   Rat Scabies

   Rat Scabies was the drummer for the seminal English punk band, The Damned. Indeed, they were the first English punk band to put out first a single (New Rose, 1976) and then an album (Damned Damned Damned, 1977) on an enterprising little independent record label called Stiff Records. Here, we...

   Jun 30, 2015

   21m
9. 12

   Matt Venuti

   Singer-songwriter Matt Venuti plays with his band, The Venusians as well as solo. He plays two unique percussion instruments, the Hang and the Gubal. This interview took place the week of a splendid solo performance at Vishnu's Couch yoga studio in Binghamton, NY.

   Jun 30, 2015

   5m
10. 11

    Fito De La Parra (Canned Heat)

    Woodstock veterans Canned Heat were not just another blues/boogie band. They had some top talent on their team - to name just a few, frontman and major-league blues record collector Bob Hite, musicologist, harpist and bottleneck guitar player Alan Wilson (one John Lee Hooker once remarked that...

    Dec 24, 2014

    47m
11. 10

    Pat Boone

    In the fifties, he was known for his covers of R&B tunes. But there's much more to “Mr. White Bucks” than that. By his early twenties, he was a college student (Columbia), a happily-married father, a television personality and a best-selling pop singer. He has starred in over 20 films, not to...

    Dec 10, 2014

    43m
12. 9

    Jerry Yester (Lovin' Spoonful)

    Jerry Yester was playing with the Lovin' Spoonful even before he stepped in to replace Zal Yanovsky. We discuss his career on the LA coffehouse folk music circuit before the Lovin' Spoonful, his eventual involvement in it while still in the Modern Folk Quartet, his role in replacing departing...

    Sep 10, 2014

    21m
13. 8

    Melanie

    Best known for her signature songs, "Brand New Key" and the anthemic "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)", Melanie got her big break at the original Woodstock festival. To say she was performing 'without a net' would be putting it midly, but our lady pulled it off spectacularly. In this interview, we...

    Sep 10, 2014

    53m
14. 7

    Michael C. Ford

    Poet Michael C. Ford was a friend of the late Ray Manzarek, as well as one James Douglas Morrison. They met at film school in the early 1960s. He was once considered for the position of bass player in The Doors. Here we discuss his brand new album, Look Each Other In The Ears, which not only...

    Jul 7, 2014

    41m
15. 6

    Jorma Kaukonen

    The lead guitarist of the Jefferson Airplane and co-founder of Hot Tuna talks about his band's recent tour of Japan and his music school/performance space, Fur Peace Ranch as well as his unique “Psylodelic” sixties culture museum. We also talk about how he got involved with The Jefferson Airplane...

    May 28, 2014

    20m
16. 5

    Ben Fong-Torres

    Ben Fong-Torres got his start as a professional journalist in 1968 working as a reporter for a fledgling publication called Rolling Stone. He was later made senior editor of that bi-weekly. His profiles of and interviews with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Ray Charles and Linda Ronstadt to name just…

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    Mar 26, 2014

    35m
17. 4

    John Densmore

    John Densmore is best known as the drummer for the Doors. He's currently on tour promoting his new book, The Doors: Unhinged (Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial). In it, he details the forces which ultimately drove him and the remaining members of the doors apart. One prominent bone of…

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    Apr 16, 2013

    12m
18. 3

    Al Jardine

    Remember Wouldn't It Be Nice, I Get Around, Good Vibrations. and God Only Knows? Of course you do! My latest guest, Al Jardine is currently playing on the 50th Anniversary tour of the band he's a founding member of, The Beach Boys. He's also got a new solo album out, Postcard from California. We...

    May 25, 2012

    14m
19. 2

    Dweezil Zappa

    Frank Zappa's second child and oldest son has had quite a career of his own, ranging from accompanying his dad on stage to voicing cartoon characters to playing on one album after another, sometimes with the likes of Ozzy Osbourne and Carmine Appice. Today, Dweezil tours the world with a…

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    Apr 24, 2012

    23m
20. 1

    Henry Rollins

    [Please note - the picture is from 1995, shot by yours truly. The interview is from March 14, 2012!] This week, I spoke with Henry Rollins, former Black Flag front man, author, columnist, photographer and probably the best speaker America has produced since Jean Shepherd or Will Rogers (with a…

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    Mar 14, 2012

    15m