Tim Friedmann's 70's Rock Conversations

Our latest episode features the great Robert Palmer! Cool voice (one of Frankie's favorites!), Cool look, Great videos--SO 1980s, yet would still be appealing today. Also, in our "Deep Cuts" segment, Tim has one from the Eagles' Long Run album; Frank's is David Bowie's "TVC-15." "Great Start, Then..." fills you in on whatever happened to Rickie Lee Jones. Plus, a great one in our continuing series...

In our 7th episode of Season 6, Frank and I have a couple of great "Deep Cuts From Top Albums;" mine comes from Jim Croce's 1973 album, "Life & Times" and Frankie's is from Page & Plant from the "No Quarter" album. Also, we'll have two #1 hit songs in our "Best Instrumentals" segment. And, Don Henley is our Featured Artist. Enjoy!

It's an All-American show this week on "70s Rock Conversations!" The Beach Boys are the Featured Artist; a couple of great Best Instrumentals too! One from the Assembled Multitude, the other goes way back to 1962...Deep Cuts from Top Albums has a track from the Steely Dan album, "Katy Lied" and one from Genesis and their album, "...and Then There Were Three." Enjoy your 4th of July!!

Jimi Hendrix, the legendary guitarist from Seattle, is our Featured Artist this week! Plus, in our new "Great Start, Then..." category, Frank fills you in on what happened to Don McLean. Our "Best Instrumentals" segment features a terrific rocker from Emerson, Lake & Palmer; while Tim's is a nice little number by Bob James--"Angela," better known as the theme to the tv show "Taxi." And, next week,...

Frank and I have a terrific episode for you! Styx is our Featured Artist; and Tim has a couple of great songs by this Chicago band in the "Best Instrumentals" and the "Deep Cuts" categories. Frankie has a little-known song by the Rolling Stones (if there is one!); and in our continuing series "Psych. vs. Pop," The Zombies are right next to Dionne Warwick in the Top 10 the week of March 22, 1969. E...

This week, our Featured Artist is Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia; almost one in the same! In our "Best Instrumentals" segment, Frankie has one that is over 10 minutes long, yet well-worth your time. "Rock vs. Pop" has John & Yoko and friends right next to Henry Mancini on the charts in early August, 1969. The Spotlight Year is 1979, right at the height of the Disco Era. And Albert Hammond is the...

In our 2nd Episode, Jefferson Airplane/Starship is our Featured Aritst...they've survived several personnel changes over the years, while keeping up with the changing musical times of the '60s, '70s & '80s. Tim & Frank have a couple of great Best Instrumentals, and Tim has a cool story about the early days of the Grammy Awards. In "Deep Cuts," Frank's is one from the Beatles, and Tim has one from...

Our first episode of Season 6 brings us our Featured Artist: War; plus returning favorite segments like 1 Hit Wonders, Best Instrumentals and Rock Releases. Also, a brand-new segment called "Deep Cuts From Top Albums." Tim has one from Jackson Browne and Frank has a deep cut from Zeppelin. Enjoy!

Join us this week for our "Highlights of Season 5," as we look back on a fantastic season! Popular segments like "Spotlight Year," "Download Discovery," "Artists Who Debuted at #1 or #2" as well as returning favorite "1-Hit Wonders" are here. Plus, another terrific season of our "Featured Artist" category (Peter Frampton, Steve Miller, Al Stewart, Peter Gabriel and more!). Thanks for listening! Ba...

Frank & I close out Season 5 with a great show! Peter Gabriel is our Featured Artist; Frank takes you back to the late '60s with yet another terrific TV Show theme; Tim's is from New Age artist and top-seller from Ireland, Enya. Our Spotlight Year is 1975, with a number of crossover artists from country music hitting it big on the pop charts, including John Denver, Glen Campbell, Freddy Fender, Ol...

Join us this week, as we feature Deep Purple--Rock Hall inductees 2016. Frankie has a terrific Download Discovery from way back in the '50s; Tim's is a little-known 45 from Cleveland's Wild Cherry. Rock Releases from years-gone-by this week has nothing but Hall of Famers on the list. Enjoy!

Peter Frampton is our Featured Artist this week! Frank Aust and I have a couple of terrific Download Discoveries too-- The Kinks and one from David Gates...and, find out which Monkees song David wrote in this segment! In the Best Instrumentals segment, we have one from Dire Straits and a pretty spooky one from Mike Oldfield. Thanks so much for your downloads!!

Episode 11 has long-time Cleveland favorite-J Geils as our Featured Artist! Nominated for induction into the Rock Hall an astounding 5 times- yet still waiting for their call. Terrific in concert! Our "Spotlight Year" takes us back to the tumultuous year of 1968; great rock, Top 40 hits and some very surprising #1 Hits by the likes of Bobby Goldsboro and French bandleader Paul Mauriat. In our "Art...

The Hollies is our Featured Artist this week! Great music from this British group of the '60s & '70s...our "1-Hit Wonder" from 1972 is Luther Ingram's "If Loving You Is Wrong;" We have a terrific example of 60's variety with our "Psych. vs. Pop" segment: The Electric Prunes followed by the Bob Crewe Generation, back-to-back on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. This is a FUN episode-enjoy!

Episode 9 of Season 5 takes a deep look at The Clash and the Psychedelic Furs, in a new Featured Artist category--New Wave, Part 1...Tim's "Download Discovery" is from Jim Capaldi (formerly of Traffic) and his one-and-only hit from 1983; Frank's is "Thundermug," a hard to find long-lost song called "Africa." Frank's "Best Instrumental" is from Dennis Coffey; Tim's is from the Alan Parsons Project....

This week, Frank and I have the Isley Brothers starting off April as our Featured Artist! In our continuing series "2 Should Get In," Frank and I continue to make a pitch for artists still waiting for their call from the Rock Hall--Tim has the English band The Sweet; Frank's makes a passionate case for the Dave Matthews Band, a group that actually won the fan vote in the past when nominated for in...

This episode features some cool information about Joe Cocker, leading off our show with our "Today In Rock History" segment--news from the early '70s about Ed Sullivan too! Frank's "Download Discovery" is from Phil Ochs; our "2-Hit Wonder" is the Jimmy Castor Bunch, one from '72 and the other (the follow-up) not for another couple of years! Featured Artist this week is one of the first to blaze th...

Episode 6 brings another in our continuing series "Southern Rock/Folk" with Marshall Tucker as our Featured Artist! Terrific in concert to this day; just tremendous Southern Rock. We'll also tell you how they got their catchy name! Plus, a forgotten 1-Hit Wonder, this time from Vikki Carr; and a couple of great tunes in our "Download Discovery," Tim's comes from Lou Christie and the soundtrack to...

Episode 5 takes us back to the summer of love, 1967 and the Monterey Pop Festival! Who was there; who wasn't; and who was supposed to be there but didn't show!! Also, Frank and I will make a case for "Who Should Get In" among this year's Rock Hall nominees. We'll have a great 1-Hit Wonder by Sly Stallone's brother Frank; and some terrific music from Jean-Luc Ponty and the Cranberries in our "Downl...

Episode 4 of Season 5 has a 1-Hit Wonder by the Canadian group- that's right group- Edward Bear. Dennis Coffey is our 2-Hit Wonder; Frank has a great Download Discovery by a man who was called "The Greatest Guitarist Nobody Ever Heard Of..."; 1977 is our Spotlight Year, and what a year that was! And, Al Stewart (one of Tim's all-time favorite artists!) is this week's Featured Artist. Enjoy!

Steve Miller is our Featured Artist this week! Plus, Frank and I have some cool tidbits of info in our "Today In Rock History" segment. Frank also has Kraftwerk as his "Download Discovery," and Tim's has one from Brandon Flowers of The Killers; we begin a brand new segment called "Best Instrumentals," and some terrific concerts are coming up too--we'll fill you in! Thanks for your downloads!

Episode 2 continues our look at solo artists coming from big groups; this time around Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Stevie has enjoyed more commercial success, yet Lindsey has also done very well for himself--we'll explain. A terrific "1-Hit Wonder" by Brewer and Shipley, and a "2-Hit Wonder" comes from yet another group from the Windy City. Frankie's "Download Discovery" is a Cleveland gro...

Season 5 opens with John Mellencamp as our Featured Artist! Frank and I have a couple of great "Download Discoveries;" Our "1-Hit Wonder" is T Rex, and Climax Blues Band is our "2-Hit Wonder" group. Keep listening this season for some new surprises along the way!

Highlights of Season 4 this Week!

Enjoy our final episode of Season 4!