Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories

The guys pop the mailbag open and make apologies, salute librarians, and geek out about Grand Funk.

The guys give it their best shot when a teenage fan of the show writes to ask them to explain why that lady from Stranger Things has had so many songs written about her.

This episode is brought to you in part by Louder Than Life Music Festival.

Send us an episode request about one of the bands performing and you could win tickets to see them there! Email: [email protected]

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/finn-wolfhard-winona-ryder-texts-rock-stars-she-dated-1235211313/

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/h7nhhb/winona_ryder_and_adam_horovitz_aka_the_king/

https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/who-has-winona-ryder-dated-44108926

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/matthew-sweet-and-kristy-swanson-sweet-surrender-190851/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNWR3OenaPk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt3v_tvVQA

Soul Asylum – Just Like Anyone (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4gxSnP7RKc

https://www.hotpress.com/music/beck-laws-416297

https://everything2.com/title/Winona%2527s+Exes+-+A+Rock+Supergroup

https://themercury.com/winona-ryder-opens-up-on-her-secret-life-in-minnesota/article_dc5b7775-9162-5137-80eb-b15c3d4ff17f.html

https://www.spin.com/2021/10/matthew-sweet-girlfriend-30th-anniversary/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/johnny-depp-v-amber-heard-how-heard-felt-about-depps-winona-ryder-tattoo/MIHXJFFMFYHNWP3XLEGTX4P354/

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jun/18/winona-ryder-comeback-stranger-things-netflix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_for_the_Road

https://littlevoiceuk.com/blog/songs-about-winona-ryder/

https://themeggiesue.substack.com/p/tms-muse-of-the-week-winona-ryder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Rides

https://winonaryder.proboards.com/thread/35/ryan-adams-on-dating-winona

https://twitter.com/BobMehr/status/1734354080141816253

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size_Matters

https://genius.com/Bright-eyes-classic-cars-lyrics

https://www.sfgate.com/music/popquiz/article/pop-quiz-q-a-with-stephan-jenkins-of-third-3016305.php

The guys celebrate the life and complicated legacy of the engineer with a lot of ideals – and a MASSIVE influence on what rock n roll sounds like.

SHOW NOTES:

The letter:

Brian breaks down the larger-than-life, unbelievable tale of the man who showed up to Sam Cooke’s funeral with Sam Cooke’s wife – Bobby Womack. There is sex. There is attempted murder. There is lots of drugging with Sly Stone.

This episode is brought to you in part by Louder Than Life Music Festival.

Send us an episode request about one of the bands performing and you could win tickets to see them there! Email: [email protected]

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Womack

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bobby-womack-1944-2014-246105/

https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/01/22/story-marry-bobby-womack-sam-cooke-widow-after-death/

The Soul Stirrer by Barney Hoskins: https://teachrock.org/article/the-soul-stirrer-sam-cooke/

Jet Magazine story: https://www.tumblr.com/twixnmix/190983933828/sam-cookes-widow-marries-bobby-womack-77-days

https://kissrichmond.com/1753642/rb-singer-bobby-womack-still-heartbroken-about-baby-sons-death/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/28/bobby-womack-dies-aged-70

https://raresoul.com/bobby-womack-marries-sam-cookes-widow-gets-pistol-whipped/

https://raycharlesvideomuseum.blogspot.com/2015/07/bobby-and-ray-1966.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-womack-and-womack-1403513.html

https://www.mtv.com/news/l698zf/bobby-womack-sam-cooke

https://eurweb.com/2022/womack-sisters-born-into-betrayal-entanglement/

https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/vintage-entanglement-bobby-womack-got-shot-for-sleeping-with-daughter-of-his-celebrity-friend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Womack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bravest_Man_in_the_Universe

http://www.apologetix.com/faq/faq-detail.php?faq_q_id=52

Mark Farner’s Christian version of “Some Kind of Wonderful”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLvIBR4rxGQ

Brian and Murdock break down the three theories that have haunted many since the death of Sam Cooke back in December of 1964. Was it really just bad behavior gone worse? Or was Sam set up?

This episode is brought to you in part by Louder Than Life Music Festival.

Send us an episode request about one of the bands performing and you could win tickets to see them there! Email: [email protected]

SHOW NOTES:

Dream Boogie Peter Guralnick book: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Boogie-Triumph-Sam-Cooke/dp/0316013293

UPI Report: https://www.newspapers.com/image/393958105/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM5Mzk1ODEwNSwiaWF0IjoxNzEzODI4MjUzLCJleHAiOjE3MTM5MTQ2NTN9.WCnGsjb-fSQIY1jd-HtoRPqa8G1HOTKn2Bl3b_Dld8w

https://people.com/movies/why-mystery-still-shrouds-singer-sam-cookes-shooting-death-nearly-60-years-later/

https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/02/on-the-recording-registry-a-change-is-gonna-come-1964/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/conspiracy-theory-death-of-sam-cooke/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt

https://nilssonschmilsson.com/martonis-210629103925.html

https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/photos/a.578880922168631/2653685958021440/?type=3

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/02/remastered-sam-cooke-murder

Remastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke Netflix doc: https://www.netflix.com/title/80191045

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Klein

FBI watching Ali info: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14511P/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-one-night-miami-180976768/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Alexander_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Womack

The Soul Stirrer by Barney Hoskins: https://teachrock.org/article/the-soul-stirrer-sam-cooke/

The guys giggle through another round of entries from listeners telling stories about their favorite music festival experiences while trying to win tickets to Louder Than Life Music Festival in September.

A listener letter sends the guys on the first of what could be many explorations into the backstories of some of the session musicians who made up the collective who would come to be known as “The Wrecking Crew.” Hear the story of the drummer who happened to be next door just in time to step into a powerful and historic musical moment.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Palmer

“I Hate My Generation” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOsNsOhyG8I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_Matassa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Records

Backbeat, the book: https://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/product/tony-scherman-backbeat-earl-palmers-story-book/

Modern Drummer feature: https://www.moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/md352cs.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Manne https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-hall-of-fame-drummer-earl-palmer-dead-at-84-254915/

https://www.adioslounge.com/sideman-spotlight-earl-palmer/

https://scottkfish.com/2016/01/23/earl-palmer-i-wasnt-quite-sure-what-i-wanted-to-do-with-my-life/

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unlikely-story-of-a-change-is-gonna-come

https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=100689&forumID=1&archive=0&pageID=1&r=954#bottom

https://www.nytimes.com/1958/06/13/archives/musicians-strike-spreads-on-coast-independents-hit-by-afm-film.html

Avelo’s “The Strike that Changed Disney Music”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsGwNJ54-M

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boudreaux

https://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/268995033/sam-cooke-and-the-song-that-almost-scared-him

https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/02/on-the-recording-registry-a-change-is-gonna-come-1964/

https://pan-african-music.com/en/a-change-is-gonna-come-a-hymn-for-civil-rights/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFO_Records

https://www.facebook.com/WreckingCrewFilm/posts/on-this-date-june-3-1967-the-instrumental-tracks-for-never-my-love-by-the-associ/10157450423118023/

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is taking over most musical talk this weekend, so the guys dug back to Episode 147 to celebrate a certain track from Ms Swift’s back catalog and see what we can all learn from her about music history.

To celebrate the life of Dickey Betts (RIP, April 18, 2024), the guys revisit an episode from last November relating the drugs, chaos, and southern rock relatability that would define the Allman Brothers Band.

A photo of a whole lot of famous rockers in one place gets the guys researching a record label that redefined the way music was listened to and sold in 1970’s America.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-tel

The photo: https://qr.ae/psvMqm

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dire-straits-thin-lizzy-eric-clapton-led-zeppelin-bad-company-and-109755815.html

https://www.discogs.com/release/12787001-Various-The-Summit

https://www.loudersound.com/news/led-zeppelin-once-released-a-song-on-k-tel-the-result-was-one-of-the-great-all-star-photos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_the_Child

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_the_Child

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerts_for_the_People_of_Kampuchea

https://americansongwriter.com/remember-when-the-concerts-for-the-people-of-kampuchea/

https://hercsktelalbums.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-summit-uk-january-1980.html

https://mymusicthroughtheyears.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-k-tel-records/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/k-tel-as-seen-on-tv-compilation-album-history

1997 Billboard ads celebrating KTEL: https://books.google.com/books?id=qQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47-IA3&lpg=PA47-IA3&dq=K-Tel&source=bl&ots=C4AWmvPyX7&sig=ACfU3U2g9VCfSsuB5DT3Z-h2QJLfq56mZw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_-eXsav5AhUTg4kEHXgrDpg4WhDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=K-Tel&f=false

https://www.tampabay.com/incoming/k-tels-shouting-infomercial-legend-dies-at-87/2275511/

Fun stuff about the history of Teflon:

https://misen.com/blogs/news/polytetrafluoroethylene

https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202104/history.cfm

https://playback.fm/charts/top-100-songs/1938

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Gr%C3%A9goire

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/philip-kives-founder-of-k-tel-and-pioneering-pitchman-went-from-coveralls-to-riches

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/311116495/

https://www.goldminemag.com/features/collecting-k-tel-records

https://www.zeroto180.org/true-or-false-led-zep-on-k-tel/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/10/05/spinning-gold-from-golden-oldies/00e79094-1568-4135-b7f3-94209d7f8d1b/

The WaPo article from 1980: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/10/05/spinning-gold-from-golden-oldies/00e79094-1568-4135-b7f3-94209d7f8d1b/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!