5: George Thorogood

He's a winning combination of Jujutsu black-belt and soul singing prowess, with an affinity for Black Crowes, Keith Richards, and Tina Turner, and he brings a new single plus a another original and plays both plus a classic cover, inside of a 57 minute special, as Nelson Sobral from Toronto, with the ever-worldly percussionist Kunle, join Jeff at Wild Woods Blue Studio for conversation and performance. 

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1974 the year in rock is in the spotlight this time, for the first of a four part recurring theme, this time featuring nothing but albums out in the first 3 months of '74. Everyone from a Toronto trio, to the mutual admiration club that included Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Lightfoot, plus what a future Whitesnake singer was doing, the first #1 from the Doobie Bros, and a wise warning from a famous Frank.

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Where would the bands we love have gotten were it not for their determination and tenacity -- their persistence and their perseverance? For that matter, where would any of us be. But they're the rockstars who made the records we love, so they get an episode. There's a million stories of perseverance. Here's a handful in a theme we'll come back to when the wind blows just right.

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This is the story of rock's ultimate supergroup which happened by way of a happy accident. Warner Bros. Records’ International Department had asked that George Harrison come up with a B-side for “This Is Love,” a single from his Cloud Nine album. What happened next, was all of this.

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The Police "plundered it mercilessly", as Stewart Copeland put it best, the music Bob Marley would call “a joyful sound to make the world go ‘round”. And when Bob left Jamaica for London, to make records with Chris Blackwell, everyone who was anyone was taking notice and suddenly under the influence, particularly in the so-called New Wave era. And so let's dig in to some of the best examples of bands who combined rock 'n' reggae, and not just in the second half of the seventies with Dire Straits and Mick and Keith, and 10cc, but back to the early seventies when a certain Simon delivered pure Caribbean groove, and Clapton shot the sheriff, and more.

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A companion to the previous 2 episodes, here comes the 3rd of 3 parts paying tribute to music icons gone in 2023.

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The 2nd of Jeff's 3 part tribute to the artists and industry legends gone in 2023.

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If you're like us, it really hits/hurts when another of the artists you grew up listening to, passes. It helps to take a minute to acknowledge and celebrate their contributions, as Jeff brings you the first of 3 parts paying tribute to the artists and industry legends gone in 2023.

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Here comes the conclusion of a four part recurring theme, featuring the Classic albums of 1973! A selection of the best albums in rock, from Oct/Nov/Dec '73.

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Every album ever made has both first and final cuts. Here's the second of a 2 parter about the latter - select killer closing cuts and stories to go with, plus guess who Robert Plant looked to for advice, when Jimmy Page invited him to become the singer for Led Zeppelin? It was another British rock star, who tells us that story.

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