Music Legends

In the final episode of Music Legends, Season Two. Miles Davis finds a youthful excitement in experimentation. He excels in using modern recording equipment and electronic instruments to make his last few iconic, genre-shifting albums. He also explores an entirely new art form via paintbrush and canvas.  A few months before Miles passed away, he told a close friend “The gods don’t punish people by...

Miles Davis had finally ventured out of his drug den for an interview with Julie Coryell, which leads to an unexpected turn of events. Unexpected, especially to Miles himself.  The unique combination of embarrassment, shame, and having literally run out of drugs on that night eventually led to Miles sobering up. But not before he almost drugged himself to sleep for good. When Miles begins again, h...

Miles Davis seemingly vanished off the face of the earth in late 1975. However, Miles himself just called it retirement. In a period in Miles Davis's life that would become known as "The Lost Years," The snowball effect of his destructive lifestyle began picking up more momentum than ever. The walls of his 700-square-foot town home were closing in on him from all sides. By 1978 Miles was barely su...

In 1972, Miles Davis's endless touring started catching up with him. He started taking more trips to the beach and fewer trips to the studio and found himself gazing out at the waves and the statue of liberty in the distance. As he pondered thought after thought while popping pill after pill, he decides to retire from music. This decision shook his soul to the core yet brought his body and mind an...

Hey Everyone! I'm taking a short break from the Miles Davis series to bring you something a little different.  I've wanted to start doing more interviews for a long time, and last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with the local Seattle band, Flying Fish Cove. We talked about everything from the local DIY punk scene in Seattle to wild tour stories. Hopefully, this will be the first of many i...

Motivated by his growing rage for the corporations and privileged whites who turned jazz into boring elevator music, Miles Davis takes yet another U-turn in the winding road of his career. This time, he teams up with the free love movement and some of the best funk and rock & roll musicians of the time to create what Carlos Santana called "Music that gets you high just by listening to it." The tim...

As Miles Davis fell deeper into addiction, colder and darker sides of his personality emerged. Fear, Jealousy, and rage seeped into all aspects of his life. His relationship with his wife, Frances Taylor Davis, had been turning sour ever since he pulled her dream job from under her feet. Now it turned violent after a night out on the town. Miles Davis went from cool to fool to now ice cold. The pe...

Music Legends is back again with the next chapter of the Miles Davis story. In this episode, episode 4 of Season 2, a multitude of events occur, slowly tipping Miles's emotional scale from cool to fool. A brawl with a dirty racist cop outside a sold-out theatre. A dangerous drug-fueled speed race across NYC against fear itself. Just a few years prior, Miles Davis was cool, calm, and collected, but...

Music Legends is back once again with the next chapter of the Miles Davis story! In this episode, episode 3 of Season 2. Miles finds himself stuck in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove polyps from his larynx. He receives a heated visit from Charlie Parker that leaves him in a fit of rage and permanently damaged vocal cords. Despite his new vocal disability, Miles scrambles to find a pr...

Happy New year! I'm back to kick off 2022 with the next chapter of the Miles Davis story. In this episode, episode 2 of Season 2. Miles feels a whirlwind of emotions. He struggles with finding his purpose and filling a certain emptiness that lives within him. He also meets one of the few true loves of his life, only to leave her. All of this causes him to spiral downward and out of control. Booing...

What does the word "cool" mean to you? Chances are, you've never thought as hard about it as you are right now. Miles Davis is considered one of the "coolest" people to have ever lived, but what exactly made him so cool anyway? Well, you're about to find out.  I've never done more than two episodes of Music Legends on a single band or musician and fully anticipated continuing this trend when I sta...

Music Legends is BACK! And better than ever! On this new episode, we take closer look at one of hip hop's happiest, youngest and most dope MC's of this generation. Mac Miller has been an inspiration to millions of hip hop fans for his laid back flow and deep lyrics. One of his deepest lyrics come in the form of one of his many tattoos, which sums up his attitude for much of his life. "Only so much...

It has been a long Journey...On The first episode of 2019 and the second and final part of Michael Jackson's story, it must come to and end... Find out the controversies that shadow is mega career and more importantly, If they are true...    Check out Music Legends On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/musiclegendspodcast/   This episode was sponsored by "Running Away With It" Happy New Year!! Nee...

For The last episode of 2018, Your about to get the thrill of a lifetime.. because we tell the sad and fascinating legend of Michael Jackson. One of the few musicians who changed the very contours of the 21st century. Michael got his start from an early age and kept on picking up all sorts of tricks. This episode is two parts so make sure you check out part two in another two weeks to finish the s...

Today On Music Legends, A star is born.. well not exactly, but we will go through the life story of the STAR of a star is born; Lady Gaga... Boy has she had quite the life.. from singing in underground burlesque shows to running her own burlesque show... She's not exactly someone your grandmother would love... But your grandmother does love Lady Gaga.. and that is just one of many reasons why Lady...

Today on Music Legends we tell the sad but amazing story of the band who had a real appetite for destruction... If your about to listen to this podcast, you probably already klnow that Guns N' Roses were a band full of gritty raw Rock N' Roll... But what you dont know about is all the insane stuff that went on backstage that helped create all that great music... The bands that have seen the most a...

Today on Music Legends, We tell the second part of the Good Doctor's legend. Were going to take a dive in the the cool water and even cooler rhymes of the west coast. But trust me, the rhymes of west coast hip hop weren’t  always as cool as they are now. In Fact there might not even be such thing as west coast hip-hop if it wasn't for today's music legend. Most people may see Dr. dre as a rapper....

Today on Music Legends, We tell the legend of the Good Doctor... AKA Dr. Dre.  Today We're going to take a dive in the the cool water and even cooler rhymes of the west coast. There might not even be such thing as west coast hip-hop if it wasn't for today's music legend. Most people may see Dr. Dre as a rapper. But he surpassed that title years ago… sit back buckle up and let the good doctor bring...

Get ready to take a spiritual journey through the life of The most chill man the music buisness has to offer.  Bob Marley took pop music over and made it his own. His music is far different than anything else on the charts yet so relatible. Now its not just his music that keeps his soul alive, but his energy drink brand, his headphone brand and several others. Although he never saw music as a mone...

The Man the Myth the.. well up and coming Legend... Neilan Dolan.  If you want to know more about Music Legends Podcast check out the facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/musiclegendspodcast/ If YOU are an up and coming music legend and woul like to be featured on the podcast please email 'musiclegendspodcast@gmail.com' Neilan Dolan's music... Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/neilan-dolan...

Today is a legendary day... We dive into the life and music of Superstar Madonna. I once heard someone say “Let art be a source of energy and approach it without any preconceived notion.” And I feel like the same could be said about Madonna. She's been pushing the the boundries of music in a push-up bra for over 35 years and isnt planning on stopping anytime soon! If you want to know more about th...

Today we take a look J. Coles insane Journey of becoming a music legend. He came to the music industry just when we needed an artist like him. His music is deeply human and relatable yet he raps about issues that many musicians hesitate to take on.  If you want to know more about Music Legends Podcast check out the facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/musiclegendspodcast/ Who should I do nex...

ATTENTION EDM FANS! This week we take a deeper look into the life of the Canadian DJ "Deadmau5" and the man behind the giant mouse head. This is the story of how he brought electronic music to the forfront of todays popular music. Deadmau5 tells his life story  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tc0zG0lzQ How Deadmau5 almost died in a plane crash!  https://youtu.be/z_3SxGUxEx8  

This week we uncover the incredible life of Johnny Cash and how he transformed country music by making it popular music.