Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I’m your host, Jumpin’ John.  In this podcast episode we will travel back 60 years, where I will discuss the influence of radio personalities, music, and musicians from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area in the 1960’s.  In particular I will focus on Lou Christie, The Vogues, and Sonny DiNunzio! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback! I'm Bill Price, and in this edition of From Down Under , I will focus on the Australian band AC/DC. Unlike other native Australian bands, AC/DC’s founding members and subsequent vocalists hailed from Scotland and England. AC/DC would go on to worldwide success and their music described as blues rock, heavy metal and hard rock. However, the band preferred to...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this podcast episode I will briefly review the career of the flamboyant musician known by the nickname "The Killer":  Jerry Lee Lewis! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and Roll Flashback Podcas...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and I am calling this podcast episode the "Pittsburgh Music Scene From 1968 to 1974".  We are going to drift back through the fog of time - back some fifty years or so - and test our fading memories.  Since I essentially left the Pittsburgh area in 1968 to go to college, I need to contact someone who was still in Pittsburgh...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this edition of Rock and Roll Flashback we’ll look back at the story of Jimi Hendrix and the formation of the psychedelic band The Jimi Hendrix Experience.  Jimi is generally considered as one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960's.  For a short period of time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience captivated the world with its...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this podcast episode I will review the brief, but very influential, career of the band named after a Springfield, Ohio road roller company:  Buffalo Springfield! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and Roll...

[Please note that this podcast episode was revised in my attempt to correctly pronounce Felix Cavaliere's last name.  My apologies to Felix for mispronouncing his name in the original podcast!]  Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback! I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will highlight the career of the New Jersey band known as The Rascals! In his 1997 speech inducting The Rascals in...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price.  In this edition of Rock and Roll Flashback, we’ll turn back the clock and play my last Valley College Bandstand program, as it was broadcast on the college’s radio station KVCR FM on Friday, October 4th, 1968.  We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone tex...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback podcasts!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode of Rock and Roll Flashback, we’ll look back at the history of Iron Butterfly, one of the psychedelic bands of the late 1960's. We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and Roll Flashback Podc...

Welcome to Songs That Were Covers on Rock and Roll Flashback! This series will feature the songs that were covers of the original version. In many instances the original recording did not always become a hit. In some cases it would take at least one or more cover versions in order for the song to become a top hit. However, sometimes the subsequent covers also failed to achieve hit status. I'm...

Welcome to another edition of Songs That Were Covers on Rock and Roll Flashback!  This series features the songs that had one or more significant covers of the original version.  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will discuss another classic song that was covered by numerous artists.  It was back in October 1960 that Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' debut single "Stay&...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode, we’ll look back at the history and career of The Four Tops, which were one of the Motown label’s most successful vocal groups.  In the 1960's, they were instrumental in helping the label attain international recognition. We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your though...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will review the career of the man who many consider to be the most important soul singer in history:  Sam Cooke! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast are produced by...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  The story of my life revolves around the wonderful relationship that I had with the love of my life:  Sally Lehman McDermott.  Music has the mysterious power to trigger deep emotions and re-awaken memories.  The My Musical Memories series here on Rock and Roll Flashback Podcasts explores the various ways that music was an integral part of my life with Sally.  M...

Welcome to the Songs That Were Covers series on Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and this series will feature the songs that were covers of the original version. In many instances the original recording did not always become a hit.  In some cases it would take at least one or more cover versions in order for the song to become a top hit.  However, sometimes the subsequent covers also...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I’m Jumpin’ John, and this podcast is Part 1 of a 2 part series highlighting the illustrious career of Linda Ronstadt.  Since Linda Ronstadt was arguably the most dominant female pop singer of the 1970's, I'm calling this podcast Linda Ronstadt, Siren of the Seventies! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I’m Jumpin’ John, and this podcast is Part 2 of a two part series about the versatile and dynamic American singer, Linda Ronstadt!  I call this podcast Linda Ronstadt, The 1980's & Beyond, and I will highlight the last two decades of Linda Ronstadt's prolific career.  Additionally I will review some of Linda's numerous awards and accolades. ...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm your host, Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will review the career of the German-born American impresario and rock concert promoter , Bill Graham!   We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast are produced...

Greetings to all of you music aficionados and welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback podcasts!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode of Rock and Roll Flashback podcasts I will review the brief, but very influential, career of the first rock supergroup:  Cream! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text!...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Jumpin' John McDermott.  The story of my life revolves around the wonderful relationship that I had with the love of my life:  Sally Lehman.  Had I never met her, I would neither have enjoyed our fifty years together nor the lives of our daughters and granddaughters.    Music has the mysterious power to trigger deep emotions and re-awaken memories...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback podcasts!  I'm Jumpin' John, and in this episode I will flash back to review the illustrious career of the hardest working man in show business:  James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul"! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  During the 1960's and early 1970's, several artists that got their start in Australia, went on to enjoy successful international careers.  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode of the series “From Down Under”, I’ll feature the Little River Band, the Australian band that went on to achieve commercial success in United States as well as Australia.  T...

Welcome to Songs That Were Covers on Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and this series will feature the songs that were covers of the original version.  In many instances the original recording did not always become a hit.  In some cases it would take at least one or more cover versions in order for the song to become a top hit.  However, sometimes the subsequent covers also failed to...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I’m Jumpin’ John, and in this episode of Rock and Roll Flashback podcasts, I will transport you back to the mid 1960’s and review the highlights of the British band called The Hollies!  So sit back and have a listen, as we travel back in time on another episode of Rock and Roll Flashback podcasts! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this l...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode I’ll feature the American vocal trio The Walker Brothers, who rose to fame by relocating to the UK during the height of Beatlemania and the British Invasion.  We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or suggestions via phone text! All podcasts on the Rock and R...