1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: I'm Buzz's Night, the host of the Taking a Walk podcast, 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: and welcome to another look at this week in music 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: history for the week of March twenty fourth, And let's 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 1: take a look over and give the high side to 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: the man at the music desk, the music history Desk. 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: Hello, Harry Jacobs. Well, it's good to be here again 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: for the week of March twenty fourth. Another good week. 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: Got the fiftieth anniversary David Bowie's Diamond Dogs on March 9 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 2: twenty fourth, actually nineteen seventy five great great songs on that, 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: not the least of which was Rebel Rebel, one of 11 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: my favorites. 12 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: I'm same here, absolutely one of my favorites. Did you 13 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: were you a Bowie fan at the beginning? 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 3: No, it took it. Bowie was like Neil Young for me. 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 3: It took him inte. 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 2: There were some things that I really loved Pannic in Detroit, 17 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: Rebel Rebel I always love. There was a single version 18 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: of Rebel Rebel which was really different, you know, than 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 2: than the album version back when they were doing that, 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: and I always loved that. But there were a handful 21 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 2: of tracks I really liked a lot, and I didn't 22 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: get into it really into his music until I was 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 2: in my thirties, and then I really became a you know, 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: a big fan of boys and I never saw him. 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 3: Did you ever see him? 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: I never saw him, And I was not a fan 27 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: at the beginning. I was around a bunch of folks 28 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: at the college station that were big fans, and they 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: were fans of Bowie. And let's just say, you know, 30 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: we put queen in there in terms of glam rock, 31 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: and it wasn't It wasn't my thing then. And ultimately, 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: watching Bowie and his music evolve and his his art evolve, 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: and the way he lived it, you know, right to 34 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: the end as a creator, you had to have great 35 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: respect for his work and and those who intersected his 36 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: life and his career. Peter Frampton as an example. I mean, 37 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: how Frampton's career was on the down and out, and 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: when Bowie said you're going to join the touring band 39 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: and be part of this, Frampton singled him out, certainly 40 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as really, 41 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: you know, being one of the people that kind of 42 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: saved his career. So he seemed not only this tremendous creative, 43 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: but a really good soul. 44 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: The ziggy startus thing always had me scratching my head. 45 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: You know, when I was a kid, I didn't really 46 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: get it. You know, there was something just you know, 47 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: a little a little odd with that interesting fact you're 48 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: talking about Frampton. You know who else? Another guitar another 49 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: great guitar player who owes a lot to David Bowie. 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: He played on the album Let's Dance. Remember who played 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: guitar on that album? Yes, I pick you, Buzzy, Yes, yes, 52 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 2: mister music history, I think I know the answer. Go ahead, 53 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 2: Stevie ray Vaughan for twenty. 54 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, you get Stevie rayvon for twenty Is it you win? Yeah? 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 3: He certainly helped a lot of people along the way, 56 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 3: so he smoked. 57 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: Like it was his job too. I don't know if 58 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: you I mean, you probably knew that, but he you 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 2: know big. I don't know if that's what led to 60 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 2: his I'm sure it is what led to his demise, 61 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: but chainsmoker David Bowie. On March twenty fourth, Elvis was 62 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 2: drafted into the Army. I just watched the sixty eight 63 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: concert and this special on him, which I thought was, 64 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: you know, incredible. 65 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 3: I'm a huge Elvis. 66 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: Fan the documentary, Yeah, the Reinvention of Elvis correct oh Man, Yeah, 67 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: that's the Spencer Proffer project with Steve Binder, and we 68 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: had them on taking a walk talking about that project. 69 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: What an incredible documentary that is, and the just the 70 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: behind the scenes aspects of it, the crowd shots, how 71 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: they found crowd members, you know, in the present day 72 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: to talk to them. 73 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 3: It was really a great documentary. 74 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: And the person I didn't know a lot about was 75 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: Steve Bender, who's still alive to this day, I believe 76 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: is in his early nineties, and what a trailblazer he 77 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,679 Speaker 1: was as well, so Elvis his own trailblazer, but certainly 78 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: mister Bender as well. That is a great documentary and 79 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: it really shines the light on Elvis in a really 80 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: unique way. 81 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 2: Did you see the sixty eight special that there was 82 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: a special on it on Netflix? 83 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: No? Really good, really good, a lot of surprises. You know. 84 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: I'm really fascinated by history the older I get and 85 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 2: sort of watch these things, especially that where you know, 86 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: there was this question about what was going on with him, 87 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 2: you know at that point, what direction he was going in, 88 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: and the whole process of how they shot it and 89 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: what they did, and you know, to me, I found 90 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: it fascinating and I just love his music. It's Elvis, baby, 91 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: and I've lived in Vegas for twenty five years. I've 92 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 2: never seen an Elvis impersonator. But I was in Cabo 93 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago and there was an Elvis 94 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 2: and personator. 95 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 3: We went to the show. 96 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: It's like every Tuesday night at this you know, this 97 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: resort that we went to, and it was really good. 98 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: It was really, really good. 99 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 2: I had a great time, except, you know, when he 100 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 2: started to talk, he had this, you know, Hispanic accent, 101 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 2: which was I thought was funny. But the way he 102 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 2: sang in the band, it was just it was raucous 103 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: and it was fun. 104 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: I love it. Yeah. Fifty five years from the from. 105 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 2: March twenty fifth is the final recording session of the 106 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: Beatles at Abbey Road. 107 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 3: Pretty important dates. Oh yeah. 108 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: It was a moment, for sure, a big moment, and 109 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: it's one that can you imagine if you were a 110 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: fly in the wall during all that, my God. 111 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: Would have been something else. 112 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 2: March twenty seventh is the forty fifth anniversary of Russia's 113 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: Permanent Waves nineteen eighty Again, think about this, Today's trackless Day, 114 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 2: but you know Spirit of Radio Free will on there. 115 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: Jacob's Ladder another fantastic album for Rush, and you've. 116 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 3: Got a little Rush, you know, Taking a Walk news too. Yeah. 117 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: Alex Lifsen, the great guitarist who has a new project. 118 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: Actually it's a band that's had an album an EP, 119 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: so this would be their third release called Envy of None. 120 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: He was excited to talk about that project, and he'll 121 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: be on an upcoming Taken a Walk. I found him 122 00:06:54,560 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: to be absolutely exhilarating, creatively fired up these days for 123 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: the work that he's doing. I guess had recently been 124 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: through some health challenges and had gone through those and 125 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: solved those, so it was feeling good health wise. But 126 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: what a great musician look forward to putting that one 127 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: out and always been a big fan of Rush through 128 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: their whole career. 129 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 3: Do you think we see Rush again? I don't think so. 130 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 3: I think I think Alex has clearly moved. 131 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: I don't see it being a hey, let's put person 132 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: X in there to fill the void. 133 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 3: My heart says no. 134 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: I didn't ask him the question, but I found him 135 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: to be so into this new project it'd be hard 136 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: to imagine in my opinion. 137 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 3: Is there a reason you didn't ask him why? 138 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: I think I had read that he had said it 139 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: was great, and I've moved on, so I'm pretty certain 140 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: I had seen him pretty much distance himself from that. 141 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: So I stayed focused on Envy of None, which I 142 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: recommend you check out that music. 143 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: It's it's pretty cool. 144 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even classify it as only progressive rock. It's 145 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: beyond progressive rock. It's kind of indie rock, and it's 146 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: it's really cool sounding. 147 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, great great guitar player. 148 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: March twenty eighth, nineteen seventy three led Zeppelin's Houses is 149 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: the Holy Now maybe minus presence. I love their entire catalog, 150 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 2: like that's you know, Zeppelin is the is the Holy 151 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: Grail for me, and Houses was fantastic. 152 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 3: Oh my god. 153 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, one of my favorites, and I would a great 154 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: presence wasn't as much, but everything else obviously, you know. 155 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 3: Holds up in a big way. Yeah, and the last 156 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 3: one for the day. 157 00:08:54,920 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: March thirtieth marks fifty five years for the Cream Farewellcome film. 158 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 3: It was released in theaters nineteen seventy. 159 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 2: You know, when I think about how people age, I 160 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: think about Green, I think about Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. 161 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: And how maybe not the age. 162 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: You know, you look at those guys now and it's like, 163 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 2: oh my goodness that they make Keith look young. 164 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: Yes, you were you and I together when Ginger Baker 165 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: showed up at the Hatshell in Boston when we were 166 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: doing one of our concerts because he happened to be 167 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: in town for some I almost want to say Rugby 168 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: event or something. 169 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: I don't I would have remembered that we did a 170 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 2: couple of things at the Hatshell together. I don't think so, 171 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: but I mean, listen, that would have been in the 172 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 2: mid nineties and he still looked one hundred in the 173 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 2: mid nineties. 174 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 3: He did, he did. 175 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: It was one of these things some handler had told 176 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: him to come over to see. And when he came 177 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: over there, I'm not sure he knew why he was there. 178 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: It was I believe our dear friend Chuck Nolan did 179 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: an interview with him. We'll have to ask Chuck sometime, 180 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: but I don't think he got much out of Ginger Baker. Right, hey, 181 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: I want to before we forget. 182 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 2: You know, it's been you know, a couple of weeks here, 183 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 2: but you had the great Bob rivers on you're on 184 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 2: taking a walk, and he was fantastic and really told 185 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 2: some great stories, and you talked to fair amount about 186 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 2: his battle with cancer and on, you know, the week 187 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 2: of the thirteenth he ended up passing away. And I 188 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 2: want to recognize Bob, you know, as we talked today. 189 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, Harry, I'm glad you mentioned that you were reading 190 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: my mind. I was going to mention it as well. 191 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: It was an honor to have Bob on and what 192 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: a great talent would an inspiring figure for how he 193 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: led certainly these last years of his life. You talk 194 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: about somebody that did not let this terrible illness affect 195 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: that creativity. It seems as if right to the end 196 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: he was in creative mode. Just a tremendous loss, and 197 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: certainly our heart goes out to you know, his family 198 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: and friends. You know you're one of his friends, and 199 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: many of the friends who are mourning the death of 200 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 1: this this this this. 201 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 2: Great figure, Lisa and Keith and Andrew and you know 202 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: he I love the expression when someone says, how is 203 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 2: your day, and you can I get to say, I 204 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: took the day for a ride. I filled the day 205 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 2: up and Bob literally as you just said, until the 206 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 2: very end. 207 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 3: He was making music. 208 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: The week before he passed away, he was working on 209 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 2: new Twisted tunes and recording with his brothers. He's got 210 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 2: a film project with Alan White from Yes. So he 211 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 2: just he was going to live out his every day 212 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 2: like it. 213 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 3: Was his last. And I love that about him, and 214 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 3: he was a friend. 215 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: So rest in peace, Bob Rivers, and thanks for everything 216 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: that you gave us in your career. And Harry, thanks 217 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 1: for introducing us and reconnecting us for that past episode 218 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: so well. Thanks Harry for another look at this week 219 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: in music history for the week of March twenty fourth, 220 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: and thanks for listening to the Taking a Walk podcast. 221 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: You could find us wherever you get your podcasts.