Our celebration of the music and life of Prince continues with the second installment of Purple Memories. Joining us in this episode are some artists and musicians that have felt the impact of Prince, his creativity and his life's work.
This episode features Dan Reed of Dan Reed Network, Joie Calio of Dada and 7Horse, Sarah Dash of LaBelle, Mutlu, Christopher the Conquered and Willy Porter. Some really great thoughts and tributes to Prince, hope you enjoy.
Our celebration of the music and life of Prince continues with the first installment of Purple Memories. Joining us in this episode are some of our very closest friends and fellow podcasters.
Many thanks to Joe Royland, Randy W. Hall, BJ Kramp, Wendell Smith, Kimberly Blatz, Jim Carter, DJ Funktual, Jeff Harris and Brian Jacobs for sharing your stories and time with us.
Friends - please join us as we honor the life and the legacy of Prince - a man whose talent may never be matched,
Tom Keifer of Cinderella joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early days of Cinderella in the Philly club scene and the band’s connection with Gene Simmons. What does Tom think of all the early demos floating around the interwebs, what has he learned from the challenges presented by the business and his vocal chord troubles? We also talk quite a bit about his solo album, The Way Life Goes and the upcoming tour and deluxe edition.
Please join Rob Grabill and Craig Smith in welcoming Weekapod newcomer Pat Thiel, who does his best to keep up in this crazy conversation while wondering all the while how he ended up in this whole thing. Also - special announcement!
Ricky Phillips of Styx oins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days discovering music, how he connected with The Babys and memories of their sorta reformation as Bad English. What it was like at the height of their success. We also talk about his experiences working on the Coverdale/Page recording sessions. We talk about Styx and what’s next in terms of a new studio album. Additionally, we talk about his project of passion – completing the final recordings of his dear friend, the late Ronnie Montrose.
Craig's longtime pal Ian Zapczynski is back for a conversation about the opening trilogy of Mike Oldfield LPs - Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn (with some VERY slight passing mentions of later records). We'll find out how Ian introduced Craig to the work of Oldfield with a remixed album that he very mistakenly took as an original mix... and all of that sort of minutiae that you've come to expect from these sidecasts.
Ace Frehley joins Eric in conversation. We talk about his early days with musical siblings, how his 1978 solo album set the stage for his eventual KISS departure. We talk specifically about Fractured Mirror, Alive II side four, Escape From The Island and early memories of Eric Carr, his sobriety, his extensive archive of unreleased KISS material from the 70s and 80s. And, of course we talk about his new covers album Origins Volume I and what’s next, Origins Volume II? (hint: yes with Deep Purple’s Space Truckin’)
In the conclusion of our look at 1986, Jeff Harris joins in for a discussion about the top five Billboard albums of the year, some honorable mentions, and a round of trivia.
Welcome to the debut episode of THE DEEP CUTS! Join Kym Miller and Craig Smith as they discuss discovering Prince, the pieces of his discography that they prefer, and then count down their respective top ten Prince deep cuts and see if there are any points where their faves intersect.