Rock and Roll Flashback Podcast

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today's podcast is called "Louie Louie and Lady Mondegreen", where I will discuss a few examples of misunderstood and misheard rock lyrics. 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...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   This podcast is called Phil Spector, Part 2, and I will be discussing Phil Spector's famous Wall of Sound recording technique.  Be sure to check out our companion podcast, Phil Spector, Part 1, where I will focus on Phil Spector's influential career in music production!  Phil Spector undoubtedly had numerous character flaws.  My concentration in th...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   This podcast is called Phil Spector, Part 1, and I will be discussing Phil Spector's influential career in music production.  Be sure to check out our companion podcast, Phil Spector, Part 2, where I will focus on Spector's famous Wall of Sound recording technique!  Phil Spector undoubtedly had numerous character flaws.  My concentration in these t...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and this episode is about the iconic and influential British Invasion band:  The Yardbirds!  Amazingly, The Yardbirds started the careers of not one, not two, but three of rock's greatest guitarists:  Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck , and Jimmy Page .  All three guitarists ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine&a...

W elcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John, and today's podcast is called Psychedelia in the 1960's and 1970's, Part 2.  I will be discussing the emerging music and musicians of the "Psychedelic Rock" era, as well as the related music forms that have come to be known as Heavy Metal and Progressive Rock!  Also, be sure to check out our companion pod...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today's podcast is called Psychedelia in the 1960's and 1970's, Part 1.  I will be discussing the relationship between "psychedelia" and the counterculture movement, as well as some general observations about what came to be known as "Psychedelic Rock"!  Be sure to check out a compa...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and today I’ll be spotlighting one of the first family bands to briefly achieve significant rock and roll radio air time:  the Rocky Fellers!  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 b...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!  I’m Bill Price, and today I’ll be spotlighting two of Rock and Roll’s teen idols, Bobby Vinton and Bobby Rydell!  Have a listen! 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 brothers-in-law Bill Price and...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today's podcast (Brian Wilson, Part 2) will concentrate on two things.  First, I will review several of the honors and awards given to Brian Wilson.  Then I will explore Brian's unique and elaborate recording sessions for his hit 1966 tune, "Good Vibrations".  So sit back, and have a listen to Bri...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today I will discuss the role and influence of the Brill Building's songwriting team of Bacharach & David and the solo songwriter Bert Berns!  So sit back and have a listen to The Brill Building, Part 2! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoughts and/or...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today I will discuss the role and influence of four of the Brill Building's songwriting teams - Leiber and Stoller, Goffin and King, Mann and Weil, and Sedaka and Greenfield !  So sit back and have a listen to The Brill Building, Part 3! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today I will discuss the role and influence of three of the Brill Building's songwriting teams - Pomus and Shuman, Greenwich and Barry, and Boyce and Hart !  So sit back and have a listen to The Brill Building, Part 4! We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to click on this link and let us know your thoug...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback! Throughout the 1950's and 60's, there were numerous Rock and Roll bands, groups and solo artists. Many of which went on to successful music careers. Unfortunately for some, lasting popularity did not always materialize. Many achieved brief success, sometimes with just one hit, only to vanish from the music scene. Those artists have come to be known a...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today we will discuss the role and influence of New York City's famous Brill Building!  So sit back and have a listen to the history behind The Brill Building, Part 1! 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...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and today on Rock and Roll Flashback, I’ll be spotlighting the history of Redbone, the most successful Native American rock band! 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 brothers-in...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today we focus on bassist Carol Kaye.  Carol Smith was born on March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington .  Her parents were professional musicians, and her father played jazz trombone in big bands.  As she would be known from 1953 on, Carol Kaye went on to become one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   Thomas Joseph Tedesco was born on July 3, 1930 in Niagara Falls, New York.  Tommy eventually moved to the West Coast, where he became one of the most-sought-after studio musicians between the 1960s and 1980s.  He was primarily a guitar player.  However, he also played mandolin, ukulele, sitar and over twenty other stringed instruments including such unusual...

Welcome to Rock and Roll Flashback!  I'm Bill Price, and in this episode we’ll look back at the career of one of the 60's most popular and enduring singing duos, The Righteous Brothers! 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 bro...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!  I’m Bill Price, and today I’ll be spotlighting Robert Thomas Velline, who was known professionally as Bobby Vee, and was one of Rock and Roll’s teen idols. 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 brot...

In the 1960s and 1970s there was a loose collection of ever-changing, Los Angeles-based session musicians who were playing anonymously in the background of many of the top hits of the day.  These musicians were employed for thousands of studio recordings  including several hundred Top 40 hits.  The musicians were viewed with reverence by industry insiders and are now considered to have been one of...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!      Dozens of excellent musicians, including several skilled percussionists, participated in Los Angeles area session recordings of Top 40 hits during the 1960's and 1970's.  That informal group of sidemen (and one sidewoman) were part of one of the most influential assemblages of session musicians ever pulled together in one room.  They are now ref...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott, and today I will discuss Les Paul, and his role and influence on the evolution of the electric guitar and music recording.  The focus of today's Podcast will primarily be on the first 25 years or so of the early career of musician and entrepreneur Les Paul.  In the upcoming Podcast called Les Paul, Part 2, I will go...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!   I'm Jumpin' John McDermott.  In the previous Les Paul, Part 1 Podcast, I discussed the early life and career of Les Paul.  Today I will go into greater detail with regard to Paul's guitar and electronics recording innovations and will also discuss his post-retirement activities and honors.  So please sit back and have a listen to Les Paul, Par...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback.  I’m Bill Price, and today on this edition of Surf’s Up, I’ll be focusing on the career of Dick Dale, the “King of the Surf Guitar”.  So wax your boards and come on down to the beach! 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 P...

Welcome to Rock & Roll Flashback!  I’m Bill Price, and today I’ll be focusing on one of rock’s West Coast concert venues of the mid 60s and the 70s.  Built in 1949, the Swing Auditorium had a capacity of 10,000 and was located on the grounds of the National Orange Show in San Bernardino, California.  Living nearby, I had the opportunity to personally attend several concerts there.  Here is a b...