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INTERVIEW WITH MENTOS MAN (Marc Bautista) Rob Interviews the now legendary Mentos Man who got to share the stage recently with THE FOO FIGHTERS and help dance and sing to their song "BIG ME".   They talk Foo Fighters, his tribute band, did he actually grab dave's ass? (see the photo in the promo for the interview on youtube), what are his plans for his next show with the Foo Fighters (his 10th sho...

Today Rob & Matt talk to Gabe Dixon (who has been the keyboardist for the Tedeschi Trucks Band for over 7 years)  GABE TALKS TO US ABOUT: Being in his first band at the age of 12 and being signed to Curb Records  The Melodica instrument (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A HOOTER) The Gabe Dixon Band The song "All will be well" (Rob's favorite) and the his live solo album from 2017 (Live from Boston) The com...

KEN COOKE (all the way from Australia!)  joins Rob on the podcast today to talk about the great WRECKING CREW The Wrecking Crew was a group of session musicians who performed on some of the biggest music hits in America .. mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2008 a great documentary came out revealing members of the wrecking crew and their contributions to music Rob and Ken go through some of the me...

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES - 1 of 3 - EP 111 For the summer we are bringing back our all out music podcast covering Music News, Music Books, New Music / Artists and Releases along with our Give It A Listen Segment! Rob is joined today with special (in the studio) Guest Co-Host today - MELANIE THEIL Melanie is well versed in music history and has been a Radio Host for over 30 years starting with WNTI (Hac...

FROM THE ARCHIVES - Original Airdate of 4.10.2021 New intro by Rob Today Jim (rob) and Mike (matt) talk about the 1976 film THE LAST WALTZ ABOUT THE LAST WALTZ The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearan...

Francesca was named the 2025 Breakout Artist of the Year by Atlantic City’s Elephant Talk Independent Music Awards... A few months ago she won the "Homegrown Music Video Award" for "I Just Wanna Be Your Lover Again" at the Garden State Film Festival.  She Just released a new single "Barely Breathing" on April 17th and she will be releasing her new album "Promise of Patience" this summer. ****** Ma...

Rob interviews Space Frehley! Rob has been wanting to interview someone from a tribute band for a long time now ... and what perfect way to start this journey than to interview SPACE FREHLEY (A Tribute to Ace Frehley) and put out the interview on what would have been Ace's 75th birthday. Not only does Space look like Ace (without the makeup) but he talks like him, sings like him and ... damnnnnn.....

Sam and Rob record an impromptu podcast for Record Store Day 2026 Recorded on April 19, 2026  They go over the albums they bought and some other recent purchases (Rob's Flea Market Finds) ARTISTS MENTIONED ARE: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Marshall Crenshaw Uncle Tupelo Olivia Newton John The Jayhawks The Who Sun Volt and more ***** KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify,...

Rob interviews guitarist/vocalist Thom LaFond from the Colorado based band BANSHEE TREE! *** BIO: BANSHEE TREE is an indie psychedelic pop/rock band with sharply-written songs, jazz-inspired guitar solos, saxophone textures, and grooves that nod to the dance floor, they've spent nearly a decade evolving their sound. That fusion reaches a new peak with Bad Luck, a restless and unapologetically dive...

KEITH HOPWOOD (HERMAN'S HERMITS) INTERVIEW Rob interviews original guitarist for Herman's Hermits Keith Hopwood Keith was in the band from 1963 - 1972 and was a pivotal member during the band's height with the #1 US hits "Mrs. Brown You Have  Lovely Daughter" and "I'm Henry the Eighth, I am".  Other greats songs were "I'm into Something Good", "There's a Kind of Hush" and "Can't You Hear my Heartb...

SEINFELD from the Archives - Original air date: July 18, 2020 Back in 2020 when we were "Jim and MIke Talk" we did a podcast on Seinfeld.  It was before we decided to dedicate the podcast to talking about music. We used to have a segment before and after the main theme. What you'll hear today is just the Main Theme which was Seinfeld. We go thru the history of the show and we go thru our top 5 fav...

BEE GEES Jive Talkin Podcast - Ms Fab and Rob talk Bee Gees   The History of the Bee Gees  How they got their name (it's not what you think) The formation of the band What made Robin leave the band? The Albums leading up to Saturday Night Fever We delve into the entire SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER soundtrack Who passed up being on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack Was Ms Fab allowed to go see the movie....

Rob and Eddie Deezen talk about his start as a stand-up comedian leading into his acting career with his first year in acting (1978) being in 3 films (one a huge hit, one a fan favorite, and one that didn't do so well).. we're talking GREASE, I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND and LASERBLAST! They  go into other films Eddie was in like 1941 (with John Belushi) and The Polar Express.  His time working with Ste...

On today's podcast Sam and Rob discuss three more albums that are coming up on major release anniversaries Rob talks about LED ZEPPELIN'S 1976 Release PRESCENCE - The odd album cover  - "the object" - What circumstance led to this album being made in the first place - What is Royal Orleans really about ?  "Whiskers"? **** Rob and Sam then go into THE WALLFLOWERS May 21, 1996 Release BRINGING DOWN...

EP 107 - ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES Part 1 On today's podcast Sam and Rob discuss two albums they love that are coming up on major release anniversaries. Rob talks about the Cranberries album "To the Faithful Departed" released on April 29, 1996 (30 year anniversary). Rob goes track by track and talks a little bit about the late singer Delores O'Riordan and a couple of the videos that were made in suppor...

Today Rob interviews Violinist / Concert Master Jonathan Dinklage Johnathan has been with the Broadway Show Hamilton for over 10 years Rob and Jonathan talk about : The Jersey Shore (where him and his brother grew up) Hamilton (some behind the scenes stories ... what does the olympic sport Curling have to do with Hamilton?) RUSH (Jonathan got to play not only on their Clockwork Angels Tour with Ru...

From the Archives Special Episode With the recent passing of Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) we are re-releasing our interview with Chuck that we did on Friday, July 24, 2020. Rob & Matt interviewed Chuck Negron and this was only their second interview and most memorable. Chuck had such great stories and memories to share from his early beginnings and his time in Three Dog Night (one of the gre...

DAXX is back! Rob's favorite band is Cheap Trick and it was only appropriate that Rob interview Daxx Nielsen to talk about the newest Cheap Trick album - ALL WASHED UP!   This is Daxx's second time on the podcast. Rob and Daxx talk about: THE NEW ALBUM (how it all came together) BLACKBIRD STUDIOS THE KENNEDY HONORS GENE SIMMONS WANG BOOM BANG and more! **** KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean...

In 2025 ... there were over 1,300 albums released ... we talk about 14 of those albums... the albums that we thought need recognition. Rob has 10 and Matt has 5 (one of which is also on Rob's list) Albums we talk about are (and not in this order ; listen to find how they rate) LAUFEY - A MATTER OF TIME SOPIE CORAN - I DON'T GO TO NEW YORK ANYMORE ROBERT PLANT -Saving Grace MADISON CUNNIGHAM - Ace...

This is our annual ALBUM ROULETTE episode where we have randomly chosen 3 albums (each) to review and critique from Rolling Stones List of the 100 best albums of 2025. THE ALBUMS WE REVIEW ARE: MELT by Not For Radio EGO DEATH AT THE BACHELORETTE PARTY by Haley Williams TWILIGHT OVERRIDE by Jeff Tweedy LUX by Rosalia ALFREDO 2 by Freddie Gibbs PROTECT SARZ AT ALL COSTS by Sarz *** Find out which al...

ELVIS Movie & Soundtrack Review for KISSIN COUSINS Paul and Rob talk about the 1964 Elvis movie KISSIN COUSINS. They go thru most of the songs from the movie in order as they appear in the movie and we talk about the plot of the movie (there is a sort of a plot). They also play audio from a SKIP E LOWE interview with the director / writer GENE NELSON that is from 1990 (with permission) This wa...

Ep. 103 - RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER / SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Ms Fab & Rob talk about the Rankin Bass Christmas Stop Motion TV specials RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER & SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN THE CREATION OF RUDOLPH (book & song) JOHNNY MARKS GENE AUTRY NOTABLE RECORDINGS OF RUDOLPH FUN FACTS ABOUT THE SHOW  & MORE ******* SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN THE SPECIAL...

Ep. 102 - Holiday Christmas Music Episode GIVE IT A LISTEN from: The Empty Pockets "Snow Shoes" Imogen Clark "Merry Christmas I Guess" Juliana Hatfield "Fall Apart" ****** MUSIC NEWS 2026 TOURS ****** NEW Holiday Music ****** Holiday Music Gifts ****** New to Me ... New to You? ******** KNOW GOOD MUSIC can be found on Podbean (host site), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Pandora, YouTube  an...

EPISODE 101 - THE BEATLES RUBBER SOUL 60th Anniversary  Sam and Rob review the Beatles album RUBBER SOUL which is celebrating 60 years since it's initial release ... December 3rd in the UK / December 6th in the US. Sam shows up with his gigantic book of Beatles info (it's huge).  While Sam provides the technical side of the recording process Rob will focus more on how much tambourine is on this al...

SPECIAL Anniversary Podcast - Episode 100 Back on November 17, 2019 we released our first episode as JIM AND MIKE TALK ... and it's been 6 years and as you know we have progressed into KNOW GOOD MUSIC. Find out the all the history on the podcast as we go thru the name changes, the subjects covered, the interviews and some of our favorite podcasts. And we talk about something we normally do not tal...