1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: Double elvis. There might not be a more familiar sound 2 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: for a touring musician than the accumulating buzz of the 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: amps and microphones, all right on the edge of that 4 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: jolt of feedback, alerting energy waiting to connect during sound check, 5 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: right before the show begins, that old familiar home is 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: a void on stage, waiting for the performer to step 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: in and fill it, giving the wattag purpose and unleashing 8 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: that built up power. And there's one stage in Philadelphia, 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: the City of Brotherly Love, where those currents meant something 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: else to me, a warning signal to my ears Pavlovian, 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: almost that a physical reaction is looming. It was the 12 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: Tin Angel, an old city Philly, just blocks from the 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: Liberty Bell. It shared something with many other indie clubs 14 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: around the country. They simply didn't have their electric grounded correctly, 15 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: as if the name didn't sort of hinted that fact 16 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: from the jump. So when I human being up on stage, 17 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: touch my fingers to the metal electric guitar strings a 18 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: guitar connected by wire to my amp, which is connected 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: by wire to an outlet, and then I touched my 20 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: lips to the mic, my body completes the circuit becomes 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: part of the circuit, and the slightest touched my lips 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: to the mic berries from a light, playful tingle to 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: a shock that launches me backwards like Marty McFly onto 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: the drum kit. Getting electrocuted is by no means a 25 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: rarity for those busting it out on all the small 26 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: stages all over America. But feeling that rush of wattage 27 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: run through your body in Philadelphia is just about as 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: on the nose as one can get. But I shall 29 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: proceed and continue to rock the mic motown Philly back again, 30 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: doing a little East Coast swing. Boys two men, going off, 31 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: not too hard, not too soft. It's a long overdue, 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: but now Philly is slamming boys to men ABC bb D. 33 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: The East Coast family never skipped to be while cooling 34 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: on South Street, Boys two men. Now, we've been talking 35 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: about foundational laws that govern our universe, electrical currents, sound 36 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: waves in this city that includes Cheesday. We we'll get 37 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: to that later on because heat and power is involved 38 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: here too. Let us not forget the mathematical equation that 39 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: posits the number of songs written about the city is 40 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: directly proportional to how great a place is to visit 41 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: and of course, in our case, catch a show. It's 42 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: in one of those books you never read in high school. 43 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: Trust me or trust these people? Boys, two men topping 44 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: the charts with the aforementioned Motown Philly I'm in a 45 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: Philly Mood by Darryl Hall I seventy six by g 46 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: Love in the special Sauce Streets of Philadelphia by Springsteen, 47 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: That Philly Thing by George Thoroughgood, East River Drive by 48 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: Grover Washington, Summertime by the Fresh Prince, and self Punk 49 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: Rock Girl by Dead Milkman. Even Elton John has a 50 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: number one hit called Philadelphia Freedom. I could go on, 51 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: but the point is some cities are so deeply soulful 52 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: and complicated and steeped in history and mystery that they 53 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: themselves become the muse and talking about laws that governed. 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: We are in the city that is also known as 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: the birthplace of America, where the Declaration of Independence and 56 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: the Constitution were written and signed, and where abolitionists rang 57 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: that liberty bell until it cracked. Freedom was ringing but 58 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: not for all, A major stop on the underground railroad, 59 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: a place where thousands of black Americans making their way 60 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: North during the Great Migration, came to call home, and 61 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: as I've noted in previous episodes, music travels light. As 62 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: a result, Philly has been home to generations of forward thinking, 63 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: endlessly inventive black artistry, a cauldron of culture and creativity 64 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: that resulted in the likes of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, 65 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: two friends in groove and business who co founded the 66 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: iconic Philadelphia International Records, which crystallized Philly's distinctive brand of 67 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: soul in the seventies and eighties into the classic Philadelphia's 68 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: sound that we know in love. And they brought the 69 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: sounds of this town to life and then sent those 70 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: sounds blazing across the air waves and around the globe. 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: The music of Philadelphia is deep. Chubby Checker, the American Bandstand, 72 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: the surrealist Disney musical Fantasia, John Coltrane, and Dr Dog 73 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: can all trace their way to this singular, magnificent, music 74 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: obsessed town. The Philly soul sound of the seventies gave 75 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: us the basis for modern R and B and produced 76 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: so many stars that listing them feels kind of foolish. 77 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: Plus hold up, you heard me say, John Coltrane though 78 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: he was born in North Carolina, this jazz star felt 79 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: the pull of Philly. He moved here right after high 80 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: school to refine his craft and define the new sound 81 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: of bebop and free jazz, shoulder to shoulder with worldmakers 82 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: Miles Davis and Charlie Byrd Parker. It's a jazz town 83 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: through and through. But it's not just the soul in 84 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: jazz town. Philly is more emotionally complicated than the brotherly 85 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: love it's known for. It's also got a big old 86 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: chip on its shoulder, which makes sense because the Philly 87 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: punk scene has been alive and well for decades, giving 88 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: the cities easy proximity to places like New York and 89 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: d C. Where the crowds might be bigger, but the 90 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: rent is higher even now. In plenty of Brooklyn indie 91 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: rockers of DeCamp from the ruins of Williamsburg and taking 92 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: up residence in Fishtown and beyond, able to earn a 93 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: living off merch in relentless tory. Even the bands that 94 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: aren't together anymore. Don't bring up the Dead Milkman unless 95 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: you want to hear a diet tribe about their importance. 96 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: Even if you dear music obsessed listener barely know what 97 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: accomplishments that eighties hardcore group accomplished in Philly, you will learn. 98 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: So touch your lips to the mic in your hand, 99 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: to the fretboard, and get ready to complete the circuit 100 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: as we dive into this ancient, awesome city that has 101 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: given us Ethel Waters, Todd Round, Reve Low Cut com 102 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: g Love and Special Sauce Here, Matt Jones, Jatie Bell, 103 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: Work About Do, Will Smith and Oates, Cinderella, Jim Scott, Trip, 104 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: Harold Melvin and the Blue Tramp, d J Jazzy, j 105 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: Otis Rock, Chubby Checker, Disco, Doctor, Dog Dead, Milvian, Brittany 106 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: fo Amos Lee, Santa Goal, Matt Ponds, Stanley Clark, Eddie Fisher, 107 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: Rosetta Flow, It's v O J war On Drug, Kurt 108 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: v Tammy Terrell, Meek Mill, Kevin Bacon, and Billie Holliday. 109 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: Speaking of world famous, there's no way to breathe a 110 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 1: word about Philadelphia without getting into deep referential mode for 111 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: the city's most famous currently active stars, the Roots. This 112 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: hip hop collective might be the most famous in the 113 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: genre as they play on national television every night, and 114 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 1: yet still having lost that underground beginning that earned them 115 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: a following in the first place. The Roots have been 116 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: a guy. This whole city of electrified rebels, ready to 117 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: forge new genres and give icons their roses while they're 118 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: still here is built on the sprawling roots system of 119 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: legends that came before, and as new saplings spring up, 120 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: they draw from the same groundwater that Dreek Trotter and 121 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: Emir Thompson drink from his high schoolers busking for a buck. Obviously, 122 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: Quest Love and Black Thought aren't the whole story of Philly, 123 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: especially two or three decades removed from their formation, discovery, 124 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: and canonization. But even so, The Roots are one of 125 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: those bands that seemed to tell the whole story of 126 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: their hometown within their own narrative. And since you'll likely 127 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,559 Speaker 1: be visiting Philly while the Roots are still gracing Jimmy 128 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: Fallon's stage, expect them to be your de facto guides 129 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: through the town. It's Quest Love's world, baby, and we're 130 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: just living in it more. Sound of Our Town is 131 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: a podcast about the music that shaped the cities of America. 132 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: It's about where you're going and where you want to 133 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: go to find here and feel the best music happening 134 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: right now, What sounds and places have shaped the city's culture, 135 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: and what new sounds continued to define it. It's about 136 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: getting together in a room to listen and why that matters. 137 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: So whether you're quickly dropping in, landing for a long stay, 138 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: or longing for more connection in life. In each episode 139 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: of Sound of Our Town, I'll introduce you to the 140 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: real places in sonic stories echoing in a particular city, 141 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: so that your travel is enriched with music. I'm Will Day. 142 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: I'm an independent songwriter and performer. I've been playing everywhere 143 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: and anywhere for the past twenty years, just looking for 144 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: the right set of years in the right room. With 145 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: this first season of Sound of Our Town, we are 146 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: visiting ten cities and twelve episodes. This is episode eleven 147 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: and we are listening in on Philadelphia a PM. Hip 148 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: hop wasn't always welcomed into every music venue with open arms. 149 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: Well it still isn't, based on some extremely questionable policies 150 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: that some venues have when it comes to installing metal 151 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: detectors only for rap shows. But I digress. The point 152 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: is back when quests love black thought, we're trying to 153 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: get their show off the road. That is busking in 154 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: the street. They would cajole interested venues into accepting them 155 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: by assuring them they do jazzy spoken word instead of 156 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: hip hop. Can you imagine The Roots, one of the 157 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: greatest live bands of the twenty one century, bargaining their 158 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: way into back bars and basement jams. Then Tuik comes 159 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: busting out of the gate without off the cuff. Godhead 160 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: poetry on spools like it's nothing. There were some audiences 161 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: in Philly that heard what was going to happen in 162 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: these two decades before they ever hit the limelight. And man, 163 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: what I wouldn't give to have been a fly on 164 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: that wall, a regular on one of those stools, or 165 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: nursing a whiskey at a wooden table, soaking in excellence 166 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: without even paying a cover charge. Now, I can't guarantee 167 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: that you'll stumble upon two music prodigies in the making 168 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: during your own trip to Philly, but we can give 169 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: you the roadmap to try flagging venues where modern day 170 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: legends and aspiring artists are most likely to be found, 171 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: and throwing some advice on the best cheese steak in 172 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: town along the way. If you're not buzzing yet, you 173 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: will be soon. This city will ring you like a 174 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: bell and keep echoing for days after you leave. So 175 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: maybe you've taken my advice and you're still in Asbury Park. 176 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: Take nine West. In one hour you will be in Philly. 177 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: Or maybe you're still sipping sweet teen Atlanta, so hop 178 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: on a plane and see in two hours. Or you're 179 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: in Boston and you're exhausted. I'm looking for that Mark 180 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: Samn plaque. Hop in a car. By the time you 181 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: finished listening to the rest of season one of Sound 182 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: of Our Town, you'll be here. And once you get here, 183 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: I need you to come to fish Town. Now. If 184 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: this was pre two thousand and three, you might say, 185 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: will you're You're trying to get me bruised, aren't you. 186 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: Fish Town was known for well being a classic fist 187 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: up Philly kind of neighborhood where the locals weren't exactly 188 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: thrilled by the prospect of outsiders. You have to either 189 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: be brave or a bit crazy to come here. But 190 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: things have changed. It's and sometimes all that's needed to 191 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: bridge the divide between old neighbors and new neighbors is 192 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: the right kind of offbeat establishment full of warm good vibes. 193 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: Great food and of course, high caliber live music. That 194 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: exact establishment would be Johnny Brenda's, on the corner of 195 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: Frankfort and Gerard is a classic old school brick triangle 196 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: building just waiting to welcome you. It's small, but it's tall. 197 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 1: It's vintage illuminated signance jumps out from the corner of 198 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: the building, proudly marking your destination. A long barrow waits 199 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: where you can watch your gastro pub dinner being made, 200 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: and once you've had a bite, you can head upstairs 201 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: to catch the best indie music in or coming through town. 202 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: Get a balcony seat for a bird's eye view of 203 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: the action. But also no, there's not a bad seat 204 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: in the place to catch the likes of ballroom thieves 205 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: w I. T. C. H or Sean Hayes. In the past, 206 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: this stage is hosted Angel Olsen, White Denim, and War 207 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: on Drugs all before they are Pitchfork Darling's a k A. 208 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: The ideal time to catch someone. Also, as a lifelong 209 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: road warrior myself, this place is known for treating its 210 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: musicians right, and that's a huge reason everyone wants to 211 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: be there. Johnny Brenda's living room have a theater spirit 212 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: immediately immerses you into Philly in its live music soul. 213 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: With all the traveling I've been doing this season for 214 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: sound of our town, I couldn't go without my favorite music. 215 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: That's why I'm always taking my son Nos Room with me, 216 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: the ultra portable smart speaker for all your listening adventures. 217 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: With the Sonos Room, your favorite albums will always sound 218 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: great at home or on the go. The room's automatic 219 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: true play tuning adapts the sound for the speaker's placement 220 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: and surroundings, So no matter if I'm listening to War 221 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: on Drugs in my hotel room or Patti LaBelle while 222 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 1: walking through Love Park, I can hear the clarity and 223 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: depth of each song. Plus when you come back home 224 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: from your trip, the Sonos Room blends seamlessly into every 225 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: corner of your home and easily connects to other speakers 226 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: to listen in every room. So get rome and get 227 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: ready for your next adventure. Learn more and shop three 228 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: new exclusive colors at Sonos dot com. This season, we've 229 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: taken you to all kinds of listening rooms around this 230 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: fine country of ours and really did interpretive dance of 231 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: the definition of listening rooms. We hit folk clubs, rock clubs, 232 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: strip clubs, clubs that kick you out for talking. I mean, 233 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: you've got ears, you can take them wherever you want. 234 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: But we save the coolest, the cool of listening rooms 235 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: for last rooms so thick with smoke and mood you 236 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 1: could cut it with a knife, where the stage lighting 237 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: pouring through the hazy ambiance makes you almost wished smoking 238 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: inside was legal again, because the portraits of artists in 239 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: this room are iconic, the kind that make you want 240 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,559 Speaker 1: to travel back in town to the roots of it all. 241 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: Phonius Monk Bird, Billie Holiday, El Fitzgerald, John Coltran. That's right, 242 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: we're talking about the jazz club. And while you'll have 243 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: to stub the stoke upon entering these days, you can 244 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: still get that authentic late night, low lit urban swing 245 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: and swoon with a dirty martini at Chris's Jazz Cafe. 246 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: Some say jazz is on the decline these days, but 247 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: people have been bitching ever since it first started brewing. 248 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: Either way, Philly did not get the memo. It is 249 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: alive and well, hot and cool and on display at Chris's, 250 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: the longest running jazz menue in town. This place is 251 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: considered an Institution and it's one of the best hangs 252 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: in Center City. They'll see local talent and jazz stars 253 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: on the road alike coming through. Steve Davis, Dave Brody, 254 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: and Victor North, Haley Brunel, and Chris Farr. Those are 255 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: just a few. Chriss has been bringing the music to 256 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: the people for thirty three years. It's lounge e classy 257 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: and also has a decadent menu. So get yourself something 258 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: on the rocks to sip and let the atmosphere transport 259 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: you to somewhere left of time and space in the 260 00:14:48,000 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: way that only jazz can do. We've all done it, 261 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: spent way too long, mindlessly scrolling on our phone slack 262 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: jawed and content consumption mode, looking for a cute cat, 263 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: doing something funny for a nice little dopamine hit, and 264 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: altering the muscular structure of our thumbs. After a while 265 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: on insta our face based, you might feel like you're 266 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: slowly losing your mind. You wonder why, and you realize 267 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: that everything looks the same. All your friends have somehow 268 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: turned into brands, and everyone's got perfectly squared highlight reels 269 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: and straight teeth and motivational quotes and oh god, it's suffocating. 270 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: Don't worry, I got you. There is an ancient cure 271 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: for this modern affliction, and it is known as the 272 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: dive bar the stalwarts saying no thanks for cool, to 273 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: the makeovers, and the algorithmic cuddle. Toss your phone and 274 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: head out. If you've been taking a ride with us 275 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: this season, you know I love an authentic dive with 276 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: great music and well, Bob and Barbara's is the dimly 277 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: lit seventies panel disco bald sanctuary you've been searching for. 278 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: Get through the door and you are in a shrine 279 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: to pass blue Ribbon. Now. Philly maybe the textbook birthplace 280 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: of America, but Bob and Barbara's is the mother of 281 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: the Citywide Special, a beloved Philly classic that involves a 282 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: shot of Jim and Ice cold PBR for four bucks. 283 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: But stay somewhat sober because you are here for the music. 284 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: It's free, which feels wrong because it's so good. The 285 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: genre most often found here will be jazz funk in 286 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: any combination of the two. Catch residencies like even You 287 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: Banks in Detroit, Greece, or the organ trio mini queues 288 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: burning it up on no Cover Wednesdays, or spice up 289 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: your life on a Thursday and take in the city's 290 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: longest running drag show hosted by Miss Lisa Lisa and 291 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: heads up, this is a cash only establishment and you 292 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: better bring extra to tip the performers. That's just breathly love. Now. 293 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: We often talk about food and sound of our town 294 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: because music needs fuel. And you know what we have 295 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: to do in this episode. In a city that knows 296 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: how to take a punch, nothing could be more Philadelphia 297 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: than the best Philly cheese steak joint in town catching 298 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: fire just as the County Street is opening back up 299 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: after a global pandemic. Ask anyone who lived in Philly 300 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: for even a minute and they'll let you know. The 301 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: best place to get this town's coveted, cheesy, greasy, all 302 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: but holy sandwich is Jim's. Jim's on South Street is 303 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: what we call an institution, a place that's been around 304 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: so long that eating there is like ingesting a piece 305 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: of the city itself. Since nineteen seventy six, Jim's has 306 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: been going strong. That is until July, when a spot 307 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: that survived a pandemic got hit by the dreary, everyday 308 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: brutality of an electrical fire. And we've seen this before 309 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: in this season of Sound of Our Town. When I 310 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,239 Speaker 1: mentioned Wally's in the Boston episode, I was unsure if 311 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: he would even reopen, but I'm happy to say it 312 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: is back with full funk force. And I mentioned the 313 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: Dresden in l A because even though the replaceable Marty 314 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: and Elane are no more, I have to believe a 315 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: new staple of the Martini scene will emerge to carry 316 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: the next twenty five years. Otherwise what are we doing? 317 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: So if you're visiting Philly in three and beyond, make 318 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: sure to check in and see if Jim's is back 319 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: up and run. We gotta believe and dream big and 320 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: keep a big appetite. Given what I already told you 321 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: about fish Town, it should be pretty obvious that if 322 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: you're going to go somewhere to get your face turned 323 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: to putty in your ear, drums beat on like they 324 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: have their own personal quest love, then it's going to 325 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: be tucked somewhere in this lovely, still emerging neighborhood. Again, 326 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 1: it's not like it was twenty years ago, so you 327 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: don't literally need to watch your back. But once you 328 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: get to fish Town, the Diby Hipster two story spot 329 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: to see hard rock, metal, and honestly all kinds of 330 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: music is called Kung Fu Necktie, And if the name 331 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: alone doesn't sell you, then the fact that they book 332 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: live music seven nights a week probably will that. And 333 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: they have two and four dollar pores that have made 334 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: them infamous for a cheap drink among Philly locals. Even 335 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: if this isn't the end game for a night out, 336 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: Kung Fu should be a stop on the way. It's 337 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: one of those loud and proud old school spots that 338 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: are few and far between these days, and since it's 339 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: been in business since two thousand and eight, the fact 340 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: that it's still going strong fourteen years later is another 341 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: testament to the booking and how the clubs are on 342 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: catch the likes of the legendary Pink Dots, the Schizophrenics, 343 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: or De Soto Jones. Just a word of advice, this 344 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: place books anything from death metal to singer songwriter nights, 345 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 1: so check the calendar to determine exactly what kind of 346 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: face melting you're in for. But let's be real, most 347 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: of you want to get your faces melted by the 348 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: indie rock darling du jour, and the best place to 349 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: get a glimpse of the next best thing in a 350 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: market like Philly is to check out World Cafe. Yes, 351 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: that World Cafe. As I mentioned before and I will 352 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: again before the end of this episode, Philly is home 353 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: to many an infamous taste making cultural programming, World Cafe 354 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: being one of them. This musical hall is housed in 355 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: an old factory that's brimming with Art deco vibes. But 356 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: it's when XPN Radio Studios join the scene and began 357 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: broad casting World Cafe Live that things really started the 358 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: heat up for the venue. It was born in two 359 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: thousand and four, partly because the more adult crowd and 360 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: Philly needed a place to see live music, and partly 361 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: because the u XPN needed new radio studios. Free shows 362 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: are occasionally on offer, but if you know your dates, 363 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: you want to make sure the acting question alignes whether 364 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: your preferred level of face melting. I recommend buying an 365 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 1: advance on this program. We're more in the habit of 366 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: being a reverent than reverend, but the Fillmore is one 367 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: of those places where you must you must, in the 368 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: words of Beyonce, respect that and bow down. It is 369 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: the continuation of a legacy that began in San Francisco 370 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: in nine and you won't be shocked to learn a 371 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: venue located in our beloved fish Town. I would never 372 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 1: presume to appropriate Philly slang while visiting, but calling this 373 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: venue the city's main nawn wouldn't be incorrect, just description wise, 374 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: just using the tongue of the street as it were. 375 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: So what is the Filmore. It's the place where Jimmy 376 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: Fallon awarded the Roots with their own star in the 377 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: Philly Walk of Fame. It's the place where Quests Love 378 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: often hosts a monthly residency in the smaller Foundry, a 379 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: venue within the venue, but the real room at the 380 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: fillmore capacity Stunner is a continuation of what the venue 381 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: started in the sixties and seventies in the Bay Area. 382 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 1: At this point, Bill Graham's dream to create a network 383 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: of epic music venues is being carried out only in 384 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: spirit by the larger booking companies who run the industry. 385 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: But if there was any of them that would step 386 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: into a role as a neighborhood haven in its own right, 387 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: it would be the one planted in Philly since opening 388 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: in which sounds very recent, but due to the brain 389 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: tricks COVID nineteen has played on all of us it 390 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: was actually seven years ago. This venue has hosted the 391 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: likes of Kid Cutty, Hall and Oates, Kurt Vile, Grizzly Bear, 392 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: My Bloody Valentine, Carly Ray Jepson, Motion City Soundtrack, The 393 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: Flaming Lips, and Goose. It's a place of beauty and 394 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: a legend in the making. It's a vatican that's both 395 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: for the future generation and the present at once, and 396 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: that's a rare collision, but a welcome one. If you 397 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: think I'm talking about the Roots a lot, We'll wait 398 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: till you get a local on the line. If there's 399 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: one thing music lovers in this town are united about, 400 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: it's absolute adulation for the massive festival that their hometown 401 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: band throws every year for this city, The Roots Picnic 402 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: is the perfect event to align with your calendar. It 403 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: gets a whole host of contemporary stars out of this 404 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: city for a solid one or sometimes two days of 405 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 1: unabashed black excellence and other artists are invited to like 406 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: the at Keys Vampire Weekend in St. Vincent along with 407 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: John Legend, Kit Cutty, Ericabado, De Angelo Farrell, Raphael Sadick 408 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: and Mary J. Blige you know a picnic. Since two 409 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, the picnic has been going strong pandemic notwithstanding, 410 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: and since eleven of the events iterations have taken place 411 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: in June, that might be the correct time to get 412 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: a ticket to ride and hang out at the Man 413 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: at Fairmount Park in Philly. I got two tips for 414 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: you for a hidden gem took site various sensations in 415 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: the body and mind. One, if you're feeling a bit 416 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: of sensory overload, take a walk to the Rodan Museum 417 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: and wander the quieted hallways full of the work of 418 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: one of the greatest sculptors of all time. This is 419 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: the largest collection of his work outside Paris, and it 420 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: will stun you. Rode I was a man who breathed 421 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: life into what was at the time a dying art form. 422 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: Some might say certain types of music are dying art 423 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: form right now. Maybe our forms never really die. We 424 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: just need to talk about ship. But Rodin wasn't just 425 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: interested in the form of the human body. He was 426 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: obsessed with expressing the raw energy of the human spirit, 427 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: which is obviously very rock and roll. And if you 428 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: are out there from May to December you can stroll 429 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: into the garden area, where live music and cocktails will 430 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: transport you to a mini Luxembourg Gardens so you can 431 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: feed your eyes and mind in addition to your ears. 432 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: The other hidden gem is so hidden I don't even 433 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: really know the address. All I can tell you is 434 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: to look for a black door somewhere near twenty and 435 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: Ranstead Street. You can also sneak in through the back 436 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: of a Mexican restaurant on the same block, but it's 437 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: more fun if you figure it out by yourself. If 438 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: you're lucky, you'll make it to the Ranstead Room, an 439 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: authentic nineties style speakeasy with everything you want from such 440 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: an experience, warm dark wood, low light, leather booths and cocktails. 441 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: They will treat you right if you can find it. 442 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: I'm still looking myself, so tag me if you make 443 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: it there to leave me some breadcrumbs. And here we 444 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: are again, preparing for a trip, this time to Philly. 445 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: And everybody's uncle is gonna say to you you gotta 446 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 1: watch Rocky or The Sixth Cents or Philadelphia. But your 447 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: trusted podcast host is going to tell you to go 448 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: to YouTube and search for the Roots live at the 449 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: North Sea Jazz festival and let that play while you're 450 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: getting ready for your trip. Maybe you have a really 451 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: excellent portable Bluetooth speaker that you can sink it with. 452 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: And then I'm going to recommend the book A House 453 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: on Fire. It's about the Mighty three, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, 454 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: and Tom Bell. It's a book about the sonics in 455 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: the business side of Philly soul in the rise and 456 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: fall all of Philadelphia International Records. A meticulously researched history 457 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: underscoring the endemic racism of the music business at that time, 458 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: revealing how three men were blocked from the major record 459 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: companies and outlets in Philadelphia, forcing them to create their 460 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: own label, sign their own artists, and create their own 461 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: sophisticated and melodious, string soaked form of rhythm and blues, 462 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: bestowing us the classic sounds of Philadelphia with dozens of 463 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: sixties and early to late seventies R and B greats 464 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: like didn't I Blow your mind this time? I'm stone 465 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: in love with you, I'll be around bad luck if 466 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: you don't know me by now, and ain't no stopping 467 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: us now. It's the kind of book you keep putting 468 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: down over and over just to keep adding these songs. 469 00:26:46,400 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: This new playlist, You're gonna pump everywhere you go. The 470 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: best way to wrap up a visit to Philly is 471 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 1: to remind you of the sheer force of history we're 472 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: dealing with when it comes to this music town. We're 473 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: talking decades upon decades of brilliance. That's why we need 474 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: to discuss the fact that American Bandstand. The American Bandstand 475 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: was started here right here, in a little studio where 476 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 1: it was initially hosted by local radio personality Bob Horne. 477 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 1: Initially just called Bandstand by Horn and his crew, the 478 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: studio was lined with pennants from local high schools in 479 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: the area, effectively centering it as a show about a 480 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: place and appealing to the hearts of the folks in 481 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: the city where it originated. In years later, the enterprising 482 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: Dick Clark stepped in and turned it into a program 483 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: that essentially became portal for the nation to discover rock 484 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: and roll music. But Hornley the groundwork for the show 485 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: to take off the way it did. Philly has always 486 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: held that portal quality, a place that's between aces, a 487 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: hub for things to pass through and emerge richer and 488 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,199 Speaker 1: more in tune It's a reminder of how fervent an 489 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: American town can be when it comes to protecting its own, 490 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 1: nurturing them, and catapulting the best of the best onto 491 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: the national stage. In these days, the best way to 492 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: catch a new live band on TVs to go through 493 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: the channels of Late Night and if you flick on 494 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, you'll notice his backing 495 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: band to Philly hometown Heroes. Yes, we've mentioned them a 496 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: few times, but they deserve it. But think of it 497 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: more broadly, because the roots their success story in the 498 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: way they give back to their community and its wake. 499 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: That's exactly what Philly is, energy unbound, ready to be 500 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: contained by the people who realize what the city is. 501 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: It's a place to go and get ground and get 502 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: connected to the raw talent and energy that is shot 503 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: through this place. It's a city so full of electric 504 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: charge that it might run off the rails without a channel. 505 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: It's a place to put down roots and feel the 506 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: roots that are here, quite literally in totems like the 507 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: Liberty Bell, or more metaphysically, through the power of quest Love. 508 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: Black Thought in one of the most successful hip hop 509 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: bands in the world. It's a collective from Philly who 510 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: take the stage every night on national TV and remind 511 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: the audience without fail of their artistic power, raw currents 512 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: of talent ready to rip through this nation's system. That's Philadelphia. 513 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: Commit to the current or get off the stage. And 514 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: that's what Sound of Our Town is looking for. That's 515 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: what this whole show is built upon. I mean, in 516 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: this time of existential exhaustion and sadness, it's a cool 517 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: twist of fate to have independent music venues close or 518 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: hanging on for dear life, or rebranding with a bank 519 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: just when we need them the most, when we need 520 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: that connection. That's spark where that ultimately ancient human expression, 521 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: which is the making of music that grounds us and 522 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: brings us home. So our show is about reminding some 523 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: and drawing in those who already know that spiritual nourishment 524 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: of music in a live setting, a communion, it is 525 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: the best medicine around. It's a pivotal step forward from 526 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: the muck and Meyer. This show is part guide, but 527 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: it's also part imperative truth, a beacon about the importance 528 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: of supporting live and independent music right now. It's the 529 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: purest of gifts. It's how places like Philly, Atlanta, Asbury 530 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: Park in l A grow to become more than just destinations. 531 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: When everything starts to look the same in America, music 532 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: can start to distinguish our places and add all kinds 533 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: of value, and it morphs into spiritual homes for troubadours 534 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: and wanderers in the next world changing, culture shifting artists 535 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: of our time. We've got to preserve and hold the 536 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: center for want our artists to thrive, explore, and keep 537 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: us all sane and in harmony. And one more thing. 538 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: Any time I get shocked by the microphone, at least 539 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: me rattled for the rest of the night, fearing the 540 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: next time my lips inevitably kissed that Mike, the circuit 541 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: will be complete and the charge will fly through me 542 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: like a bolt of lightning. But I persevere. The people 543 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: are here, and a little fear sometimes goes a long way, 544 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: And then I take great solace and the fact that 545 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: great minds have been trying to get themselves electrocuted in Phillies. 546 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: In seventy two, Ben Frank I probably heard of, famously 547 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: flew his kite into a thunderstorm and Philly to prove 548 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: that lightning was in fact electricity. And to show that 549 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: we've got everything right here, if we just go out, 550 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: Ben tried to catch that primal energy using a kite 551 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: in a key. There's an easier way for you to 552 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: do it. Just go catch some sounds in this town. 553 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: Well there you go, Episode eleven of Sound of Our 554 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: Town Season one. We've gotten to the eleventh episode because 555 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: of you, because of everyone listening, sharing, sending the episodes 556 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: to friends, following reviewing on Apple. All this stuff helps 557 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: so much and keeps the show going in building, So 558 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: thank you. If you want to chat about the music 559 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: scene in your city, hit me up on Instagram at 560 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: Will Daily Official or on Twitter at Will Daily. The 561 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: Sound of Our Town is a production of Double Elvis 562 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: and I Heart Radio. You can also hit us up 563 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: on the Instagram at Double Elvis or at Twitter at 564 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: Double Elvis f M. If you want us to cover 565 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: your town, your venue, your festival, whatever it is, just 566 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: reach out. The show is executively produced by Jake Brennan, 567 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: Brady Sadler, and Carla Karioli for Double Elvis. Production assistance 568 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: by Matt Bowden. The show is created, written, hosted, and 569 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: scored by me Will Daily writing on this episode by 570 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: Caitlin White and Samantha Farrell. For sources see the show notes. 571 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: Music for this episode was composed and performed by me 572 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: Will Daily. You can check out our music on you know, 573 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: anywhere there's there's music. There was an additional piece of 574 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: music where the artist Cliff notes in this episode, and 575 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: all the drumming in Sound of Our Town is by 576 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: producer and drummer extraordinaire Dave Brophy. Well, we have one 577 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: more episode for you this season, and it's going to 578 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: be a very special one. So I'm going to get 579 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: to work on that. Thank you for your ears.