1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: You've had this problem before. You're doing the dishes and 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: you want to start playing some music, but you can't 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: be bothered. Well, now you can play music and control 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: your system with your voice. All you need to say 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: is hey, Sonos, play some music. And if you already 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: have sons and it started playing music when I said that, well, 7 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 1: I'm not sorry. Experience. The best sound anywhere everywhere was 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: Sonos Rome, the ultra portable smart speaker for all your 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: listening adventures. Visit sonos dot com to learn more and 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: shop Rome in three new exclusive colors Double Elvis. He 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: wished his friends dead, and then they fell from the sky. 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: They were long gone now, just like his career, And 13 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: so with the del usual survivors guilt, Whalend Jennings went 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: to the sunniest city in America, seeking a fresh start. 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: Like any good country song, salvation came for Whalon in 16 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: the bottom of a riverbed, Only this one sat in 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: the bone dry salt river, and at the basin sat 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: a brand new, gleaming, split level nightclub. Jennings spent the 19 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: next five years playing at j D's almost every night 20 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: from nine to close, just paying his dues, honing his craft, 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: building a scene and a sound and shaking off the 22 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: ghost of Buddy Holly in the Valley of the Sun. 23 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: Hey Willie, let's pack up and catch a slow train 24 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: and go back to Phoenix, to a brighter day where 25 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: stars were for shining in the Arizona sky and music 26 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: meant more than fortune or fame, Hey Willie. Whale and Jennings. 27 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: Archaeologists would have called them the ho Hokum, but they 28 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: would have called themselves something else. They were the first 29 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: to tame the harsh Salt River Valley in present day Phoenix, 30 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: with massive irrigation projects beginning over two thousand years ago. 31 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: By hand, they dug hundreds of miles of canals as 32 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: big as fifteen feet deep and forty ft wide to 33 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: create rich farmland in the desert crops. Flourished settlements sprung up, 34 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: complete with zoning restrictions as tight as any modern day 35 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: Scottsdale homeowners Association. With food plentiful, there was time to 36 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: dream and create. To decorate the ceramic pots and bowls 37 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: used for cooking and storage or special ceremonies, they created 38 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: intricate geometric designs and animal motifs inspired by the wildlife 39 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: around them. Before long some folks started making extra pots 40 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: to trade, and this little side hustle became a booming business, 41 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: complete with huge new production facilities. A new generation of 42 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: hustlers started moving product as far away as California Coast 43 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: and present day beliefs Hohokum culture was trending for thousands 44 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: of miles in every direction. You found their art, you 45 00:02:53,720 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: heard their music, and then it all dried up. The 46 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: soaring population required a massive amount of water to grow 47 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: enough crops to feed it. The ho Ho com built 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: bigger and bigger irrigation canal, stretching the water supply to 49 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: the breaking point, starting punishing droughts to the area, and 50 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: the flow of water trickle to a drop. Entire harvests collapsed. 51 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: Just a generation before, what had been in a lush, 52 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: green farmland with flowing rivers was now empty riverbeds of 53 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: hard sun baked earth. Populations plunged, and by the time 54 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: the Spanish conquistadors arrived in fifteen forty, ho Hokem civilization 55 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: had virtually disappeared, except for the massive canals they left behind. Now, 56 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: if you're racking your brain trying to remember who was 57 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: on the billboard top one and fifteen forty. And what 58 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: this has to do with today's live music scene. Well, 59 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: you could say those who don't know their history are 60 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,839 Speaker 1: doomed to repeat it. You could also say that those 61 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: who don't know their history are missing out on what 62 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: it takes to survive all of this. Phoenix is America's 63 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: fifth largest city and growing fast. Massive irrigation projects turned 64 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: desert into greenery, including over two golf courses that dot 65 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: the area. Culturally, many music lovers have been quick to 66 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: call it a wasteland best left to the bachelorette parties 67 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: in those golf playing retirees, a place where getting your 68 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: face melted means stepping outside in the summer rather than 69 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: stepping into a club to catch a set. But I'm 70 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: beginning to figure out that you all are not most 71 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: music lovers. You know that Arizona's urban heart contains a 72 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: unique and vibrant scene for those who know how to 73 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: dig just a little. And then you find Dwyane, Eddie, 74 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: The Main, The Tubes, Chester, Bennington, Stevie Nicks, Jimmy Eat, World, Lotsman, 75 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: Jenson to Meet Puppets, Dead Hot Workshop, j j J, 76 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: Jim Blossoms, The Refreshment Dirk Bentley, Limbic System, The Pistoleros, 77 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: See Hazelwood, Luna, Aura Sanford, Clark, buck Owen, Andy Warp, Courtney, 78 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: Marie Andrew, Injury Reserve, Roger Pine and the Peacemakers, and 79 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: Oh Yeah, Alice Uber. In the desert, a riverbed can 80 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: sit dry for years, even decades, but a sudden downpour 81 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: and it will rage back to life. The music of 82 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: Phoenix will barely trickle past the city limits for years, 83 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: only to spring to life out of nowhere and flood 84 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: the rest of the country. In producer Lee Hazelwood was 85 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: cutting small time rockabilly records at a studio and a 86 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: radio repair shop in town. He spotted a two thousand 87 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: gallon water tank rusting in the local dump, and he 88 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: hauled it back to the studio to create a massive 89 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: echo chamber in the parking lot. Itching to try it out, 90 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: he had local guitarist Duane Eddie play a riff on 91 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: the low strings of his grutche hollow body guitar in 92 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: a screaming hundred watt magnetone amplifier while he ran the 93 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: sound through the empty water tank. Magic happened when the 94 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: sound came out the other side and immaculate echo cascading 95 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: from every note. That's the sound you hear on Rebel Rouser, 96 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: the iconic instrumental that put this city on the rock 97 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: map for the twangy, desert inspired guitar rock that would 98 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: pave the way for artists like Whalen Jennings. Just a 99 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: few years later, and in the n nineties, a collection 100 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: of bands powered by the breakout act The Jim Blossoms, 101 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: put their own stamp on that twenty desert rock sound 102 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: in the red hot Tempe Arizona scene. If Whalen had 103 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: j D's, then the Blossoms had long Wongs, A squat 104 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: stuck a rock club on Mill Avenue where they learned 105 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: their craft and build a die hard local following. It 106 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: was still a surprise when Hey Jealousy caught fire and 107 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: hit the Billboard Top twenty five. The buzz got bigger, 108 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: and Kurt Cobain invited local band The Meat Puppets to 109 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: add some desert vibes to Nirvana's MTV on plug Show, 110 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: and soon record execs were calling tempty Seattle was sunshine. 111 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: Bands like Dead Heat, Workshop, The Refreshments, and The pistol 112 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: Aros all signed major label deals in Just a few 113 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: years later, another band with roots in the scene, Jimmy 114 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: E World, would hit even bigger. Ensure these bands may 115 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: travel different sonic tributaries, but they're all part of that 116 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: same river. And you don't believe me. Q up Rebel 117 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: Rousing and the guitar solo from Jimmy worlds the middle 118 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: and tell me you can't hear the similarities flowing out 119 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: of the salt river bed of Phoenix, Arizona. Sound of 120 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,559 Speaker 1: Our Town is a podcast about the music that shape 121 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: the city you are touching down in. It is also 122 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: about finding, hearing, and experiencing its best music happening right now. 123 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: What sounds and places of shape the city's culture, and 124 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: what new sounds continue to define it. It's about getting 125 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: together in a room to listen and why that matters 126 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: so much. In each episode of Sound of Our Town, 127 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: I'll be introducing you to the real places in the 128 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: sonic stories echoing in a particular town, so that your 129 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: travel is enriched with music. My name is Will Daily. 130 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: I'm an independent d I Y artist. But there's no 131 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: such thing as d I Y Well, there is, but 132 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: that's a different podcast, maybe about self care. We do 133 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: it together that's the only way. So let us go 134 00:07:53,200 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: right now to Phoenix, Arizona. Now, if you're standing on 135 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: the corner of Winslow, Arizona, you can head south for 136 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: three hours and I seventeen to reach Phoenix. Such a 137 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: fine site to see. Or you can fly to Phoenix 138 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: if you want to be less poetic about it. It's 139 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: a massive city divided into fifteen urban villages, each with 140 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: its own character, not to mention Tempi in Mesa to 141 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: the east, which have essentially become part of the city 142 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: over the years. So for the sprawling capital, it makes 143 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: sense that your first stop being one of its best, 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: A true to the desert venue in a building that 145 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: dates back in nineteen seventeen, a time when Phoenix rapidly 146 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: transformed from a small farming community to a growing urban 147 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: center and a trendy travel destination. Now a hundred and 148 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: fifty years later, sitting a block from Van Buren light 149 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: rail station downtown awaits the Crescent Ballroom, a place where 150 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: big shows stay intimate. Everywhere in this five max capacity room, 151 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,079 Speaker 1: you are in close proximity to a grand stage. I 152 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: make that distinction because many venues restrict the stage footprint 153 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: to sell more tickets. But the rooms that prioritize a show, well, 154 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: let's just say they make the best first stop. And 155 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: if you're starved and thirsty, it's Cosina ten that adds 156 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: to this first stop perfection. A scratch kitchen serving sonora 157 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: and cuisine and a full vegetarian vegan menu alongside a 158 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: regular menu. Don't panic food and drinks until two am 159 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: on the weekends. The Honey Badger Arrived version of a 160 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,599 Speaker 1: Moscow Mule is a perfect welcome to what makes the 161 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: Crystal Ballroom special. Every genre, every volume level is welcome 162 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: in the ballroom, from Homegrown Injury Reserve just getting started, 163 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: or Brandon Flowers doing a solo show in tw to 164 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: Henry Rawlins of Montreal Too many Zoos on the same 165 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: calendar in two. It all works at the Crystal Ballroom, 166 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: sound waves lacing through the wooden beams in the ceiling, 167 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: ending their journey across the room on the wooden bleachers. Yeah, 168 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: wooden bleachers on the back wall, kind of like a 169 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies high school gym seating for when you don't 170 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: want to be huddled up by the stage. And if 171 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: you're in town on a Wednesday, you get to roll 172 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: in for a weekly curated artists showcase. It features some 173 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 1: of the best songwriters for the music community, and it's 174 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: hosted by local Jesse Tier of the Senators, both Luminaries 175 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: and up and Commerce for one of a kind show 176 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: just for you in Phoenix. And you know, with each 177 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: journey we take this season, we're finding the listening rooms, 178 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: the spot we're capturing. Every sound being made is valued 179 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: like drops of water in a desert, and we will 180 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: find one such oasis in Phoenix, the sort of place 181 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: that marks you permanently like a tattoo, or in the 182 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: case of our next stop, it's it's literal and we'll 183 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: go there right after this. It's the spring of two 184 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: thousand and five, and you are so glad high school graduation. 185 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: It's us around the corner. You don't exactly fit the 186 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: molded school in a river of Pastel's. You're an island 187 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: of all black, from the shirt to the jeans to 188 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: the chucks. Loneliness is a skill set you mastered and 189 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: wear like a badge of honor, and music is a 190 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: true best friend. Jeeps blast Kelly Clarkson and Jay Z 191 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: in the parking lot while you rock modest mouse in 192 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: the white stripes on your iPod. Your older sister came 193 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: back from college at Christmas with a bunch of burnt 194 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: CDs that blew your mind. LCD sound System, The Mountain Goats, 195 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: Fiona Apple. Those albums were a gateway drug, and now 196 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: you crave more. In Phoenix, you had to dig around 197 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: for a while before a flyer on a light pole 198 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: finally tipped you off to the main stash, the Headwaters, 199 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: the Rows. The realist music in town is being made 200 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: at a tiny spot called the Trunk Space. And even better, 201 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: it's all ages. That's Saturday. You walk up to the 202 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: door marked fifteen oh six and hesitate for a second 203 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: before you crossed the threshold. You take a deep breath, 204 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: step inside, and immediately feel like you've been transported to 205 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: an alternate dimension. Teenagers are packed into the room. Black 206 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: jeans and chucks feel like enforced dress code. On stage, 207 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: the band is wrapping up sound check. A guitar and 208 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: bass duo with a scruffy, tattooed frontman are chasing cables 209 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: with a girl running sound. Pretty sure she was in 210 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: your math class last year. Your gaze is pulled from 211 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: the stage to a couple smiling warmly and welcoming you, 212 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: the lead ist seeker, to the sanctum. As you'll learn, 213 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: no one is really in charge at the Trunk Space, 214 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: but Stephanie and j RC founded the place, and with 215 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: a group of dedicated volunteers, they keep the night rolling, 216 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: helping bands on and off stage, making announcements, and greeting 217 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: newbies like you with a show calendar, a grin, and 218 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: a gentle reminder that you really should stay for all 219 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: four bands. It's chaotic and communal. You love it immediately 220 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: That night, you stand with your back against the wall, 221 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: but you never feel alone as the band kicks in. Somehow, 222 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: their acoustic songs have more punk energy than anything you've 223 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: heard in your life. Wore one with the rooms at 224 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: Rocks and sways and time with the music, you feel 225 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: at home. Later, at the merch table, you buy a 226 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: CD from the band whose goofy moniker turns out to 227 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: be Andrew Jackson GHAD, but everyone just calls them a 228 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: j J. Sean. The front man hands you a disc 229 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: and you notice some numbers tattooed on his arm fifteen 230 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: O six, the same numbers on the venues front door. 231 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: You come back to the trunk space again and again 232 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: all summer. By the fall you one of the volunteers 233 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 1: chasing cables around with the band. During sound check. That winter, 234 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: you run sound from Matt and Kim the first time 235 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: they passed through Phoenix. Over the next year, you help 236 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: set up for theater installations, vaudeville, acts, slam, poetry, and 237 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: so much music. For the first time in your life, 238 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: you feel like you've found your tribe, your people. By now, 239 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: Stephanie j R. C. And a few other regulars have 240 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: all gotten matching fifteen o six tattoos. You never really 241 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: thought of yourself as a tattooed person, but this place 242 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: has definitely gotten under your skin. You find yourself thinking 243 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: about how much you want to carry it with you, 244 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: a permanent reminder of the ace you discovered music and 245 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: you found yourself. A few weeks later, the tattoo artist 246 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,719 Speaker 1: sits you down in a chair and you tell him 247 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: what you want fifteen oh six. He says, I've done 248 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: ten of these by now, but I never asked what 249 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: it means. It's my home, you say, and you close 250 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 1: your eyes. If he begins working in the mild pain 251 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: casts what's left of loneliness down river into exile. A 252 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: smile takes over your face, imagining walking into the door 253 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: later that night, flashing your new ink, feeling the room 254 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: rock and sway can't wait. Nowadays, the Trunk Space has 255 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: moved from its original location to North Third Street on 256 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: the property of the Grace Lutheran Church, but it still 257 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: holds a wide variety of Indian experimental music and theater 258 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: in an all ages and substance free environment on most 259 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: Wednesdays through Saturdays, and in addition to rooms like the 260 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: Valley Bar in the Rhythm Room, it is the kind 261 00:14:53,560 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: of listening room that stays with you forever. Now when 262 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: we are in a town that exemplifies the coveted note 263 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: cover spots, so exquisitely a room for you any night 264 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: of the week, three sixty five days a year, Like 265 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: the Lost Leaf, it is exciting and comforting. Since opening 266 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: in two thousand and six, it has hosted live music 267 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: from nearly six thousand bands and DJ's from across the globe, 268 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: and all of them without a cover charge. The Lost 269 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: Leaf prides itself on the fact that bands are paid 270 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: directly out of bar revenue. In a rapidly gentrifying area. 271 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: They've been able to minimize barriers to quality live music 272 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: while also dishing out over a quarter million dollars to 273 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: indie artists over the years. Gosh, It's where bands like 274 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: Congos dialed in their sound. Their walls are decorated with 275 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: artwork from local artists, and it's available for purchase. The 276 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: venue itself was built in a historic home from the 277 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: nineteen twenties, and it gives the space an unbeatable ambiance, 278 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: not unlike an extremely hip house party with singer songwriters, 279 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: jazz and electronic music, or DJ spinning everything from old 280 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: school soul to SKA. Longtime owners just sold it to 281 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: a restaurant tour who vowed to keep it running without 282 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: change and for now have retained music and art creator 283 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: Tato Caravello. That is a promise of love for artists, 284 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: a scene, live music, and the health of the city. 285 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: But none of it works without awareness and our presence 286 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: to help places like the Lost Leaf keep that promise. 287 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: All joking about the heat aside, Phoenix is the first 288 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: place I ever heard of trash cans melting in the summer. 289 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: If you're in Phoenix and you want to absolutely get 290 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: your face melted by the music, that is or if 291 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: you're looking for a concert to play in your trip around, 292 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: you've got a few great options. Open in two thousand 293 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: and seventeen, the Van Buren is the new kid on 294 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: the block, centrally located the Capacity clubs again another converted 295 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: vintage card dealership, one that boasts the killer sound system 296 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: for artists like Father, John Misty, Lake Street, Dive, Casey 297 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: Musgraves and Billie Eilish. A great place to see a show. 298 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: No doubt about how the club plays into the local scene, 299 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: Well it's too soon to tell. If you'd like to 300 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 1: have your face melted in a more of a grand setting, 301 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: the Orpheum Theater is your spot. The historic theater was 302 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: originally built in ninety seven, and after falling into despair 303 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: in those nineteen seventies and nineteen eighties, it was fully 304 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: restored by the city and reopened. The gorgeous Spanish Baroque 305 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: style facade is worth a look even if you don't 306 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: go inside, and if you do, you'll be treated to 307 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: an incredible atmosphere for the Phoenix Opera or concerts with 308 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: artists like Iron and Wine, Dwight Yoakum, Big Thief and 309 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: two Desky Truck's band, But okay, real talk. The Orpheum 310 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: Theater is an incredible concert venue, but let's be real 311 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: for a minute, it's kind of hard to get your 312 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: face melted in an opera house. For the full experience, 313 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: you need a loud, sweaty rock club, historic in its 314 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 1: own way, and for that and Phoenix, I recommend the 315 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: Rebel Lounge. Although the Rebel Lounge has only been opens 316 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: his two thousand and fifteen, it stands on the same 317 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: spot as the Mason Jar, a Phoenix venue with a 318 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: heavy legacy. How Heavy Nirvana, Guns n Roses, Rage Against 319 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: the Machine in Green Day are only some of the 320 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: bands to play the tiny three person sweat box on 321 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: their way to start him Today, Jeff Taylor carries on 322 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: the Mason Jars the legacy of cutting edge alternative rock 323 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: booking at the Rebel Lounge, winning numerous awards like Best 324 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: Rock Club and Best Punk Club from local All weekly 325 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: The Phoenix New Times catch local heavyweights like the main 326 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: A j j or Jim Bachman in the day drinkers 327 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: digging up some of that Whalen Jennings vibe or acts 328 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: like Waves, Magdalena Bay and Michigander, and some of them 329 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: will undoubtedly play bigger rooms before long, and then who knows, 330 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,959 Speaker 1: in twenty years, you might be bragging about how you 331 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: saw them on the way up at the Rebel Lounge. 332 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: And maybe I'll do an episode of Sound of Our 333 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: Town on how we did it together. Let's talk in 334 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: twenty years. Many Northerners love to escape the cold for 335 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 1: some Arizona deserts, So let's open up the calendar so 336 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: that you can mark your trip to Phoenix with some 337 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: special events. Maybe winner is approaching in your northern home 338 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: and you want to get one last sweat in one 339 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: more dance party before the cold takes hold of your bones. 340 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: Gold Rush Music Festival is a three day kitch E 341 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: D M, d J extravaganza October seven, eighth, and ninth, 342 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: multiple stages, roller skating, DJ competitions, and E D M 343 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: Festival whose grand year belongs in close proximity to that 344 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: extravagant canyon. And in March, just when the North can't 345 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: take another snowfall, there is M three F waiting for 346 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: you in Arizona. If the whole hocomb left a message 347 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: for us in present day, it is best exemplified in 348 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: M three F at Margaret t Hants Park in downtown. 349 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: This to day festival features national and local musical acts 350 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: on multiple stages, local food truck vendors, a beer garden 351 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: so you can see how beer has grown in a 352 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: kid's zone for every kid listening to Sound of our 353 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: town in the back seat of their parents car, wondering 354 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: when the hell I'm going to mention something for them, 355 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: will just calm down. I give you M three F. 356 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: You little punk and your parents are doing a great job. 357 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: There is the amazing music Bonnie Vair, the Shins, kid 358 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: cutting back in Leon Bridges in the past, and at 359 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: a time when we all feel that collective anxiety alone 360 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: in bed at night, it can be comforting to know 361 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: that there is a festival where of the proceeds benefit 362 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: community nonprofit organizations. Work that brought in one point one 363 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: million dollars over the last two years alone. It has 364 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: been donated to environmental community building, justice and mental health 365 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 1: and of waste that M three F is recycled. M 366 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: three F might just be the party you go to 367 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: a few years after you got that fifteen or six tattoo, 368 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: more evidence you are not alone and there's work to 369 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: be done and it's okay to do that work by 370 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: enjoying this ride on a rock flying through space. I 371 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: see this weird and wild fest created by friends that 372 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: wanted to dance, as evidence that maybe we aren't destined 373 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,959 Speaker 1: to repeat the past. And I want to take you 374 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: back to that first stop for the Phoenix Rock Lottery 375 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: in February at the Crescent Ballroom, a show where nobody 376 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,719 Speaker 1: has yet heard the music. It does not exist on 377 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: a single streaming platform. It's not even written yet. The 378 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: artists performing at the Rock Lottery will begin writing their 379 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: material just ten hours before they have to play it 380 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: on stage for you that evening. In fact, the musicians 381 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: woke up that day not even knowing the other people 382 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: that will be in the band with them that night. 383 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: Local legend promoter Psycho Steve has been putting on the 384 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: Rock Lottery since two thousand fourteen, an event that's the 385 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 1: ultimate counter to our everything everywhere, all the time, music 386 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: that just exists in this moment, that day for you, 387 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: if you are lucky enough to be there. It works 388 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: like this. More than two dozen musicians from a variety 389 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: of local indie acts and musical styles show up at 390 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: the Crescent Ballroom on the morning of the event, names 391 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: are drawn randomly to create five new bands. Then they 392 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: have that day and that day only to write and 393 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: arrange three original songs, with every band member contributing on 394 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: each song, and then they perform them that night along 395 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: with one cover. It's the Thunderdome of inner band Dynamics. 396 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: Alumni include members of Limbic System, Black Carl Phoenix, Afrobeat Orchestra, 397 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: the Darts. In Jimmy E World, some bands softly sink, 398 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: but many roar and shock the audience into what is 399 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: possible in one day, and there are always standouts that 400 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: defive what we think it takes to build something out 401 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: of nothing. But it isn't nothing. It's a scene. There's 402 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: a history here, there's life when you dig in. The 403 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix is a marvel, from the 404 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: sandstone architecture mimicking the Southwestern landscape to the cluster of 405 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: windows arranged like piano keys across the buildings facade. The 406 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: building is gorgeous, but that pales and camp Harrison to 407 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: what it holds inside and why this spot is not 408 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: only the Vatican of Phoenix, but one of the more 409 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: important spots. Will label as such this season. When we 410 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: give a child the soccer ball and they don't like kicking, 411 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 1: we give them a baseball bat. When they swing and miss, 412 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: we give them a basketball air ball. So we give 413 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: them a track to run on, something to jump over. 414 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: We exercise all our lives, or in my case, we 415 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: think about it, even if we aren't pro athletes. But 416 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: for music, we give every child a plastic recorder, flute 417 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: in third grade, the devil's trumpet, and then when they 418 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: don't want to continue on, we pat ourselves on the back. Well, 419 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: at least we tried. They just didn't gravitate towards music. 420 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: We've been on this earth for a long time. Shout 421 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: out to the ho hokum that is thousands of instruments, bands, 422 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: drum circle, singers, artists. We give a child the guitar, 423 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: a piano, the devil's trumpet. If they don't take to 424 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: one or two of those options offered, we walk away, 425 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: severing them from a connection to a tool that is 426 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: scientifically and emotionally proven to help us navigate this chaotic existence. 427 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: It is a right denied. The Musical Instrument Museum is 428 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: given this distinction because it provides a gateway when every 429 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: human deserves to walk through thousands of instruments from over 430 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: two hundred countries spanning six thousand years of human history. 431 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: There are headsets that guide you through the museum automatically 432 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: playing samples of the different music. But you can play 433 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: this museum. You can bang a gong and get it on, 434 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: pluck a harp, whack a gamlan, play a fareman. You 435 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: can connect at the Instrument Museum. Then there are the 436 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: shows in the three hundred seat theater that beckoned the 437 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: instruments exhibited Lyle Lovett tonat a Win, Ronnie Specter, as 438 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: well as Opus, Moon River, Wireless and Gerald Albright. Every 439 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: sound and style imaginable put on shows there, ensuring that 440 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: the instruments no longer in the wild aren't lonely. Sure, 441 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,439 Speaker 1: you can see ROBERTA Flax Grand Piano, Johnny Cash's famous 442 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: black suit, and other superstar kuchament. But it's the access 443 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: to options that make a space like this so humane. 444 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: In this building possibly rests the key you've been seeking 445 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: for the part of you that is special in the 446 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: instrument made especially for you. Somewhere along the millennia. How 447 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: do you know if you've never been shown not all 448 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: of us are going to be drawn to the guitar 449 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 1: or the mic, the turntable or the drum kit. Your 450 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: very soul might be calling you to a Fete Banam 451 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: or Offender Rhodes. So many different sonic tributaries to explore, 452 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: all part of the same river. And the worst thing 453 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,719 Speaker 1: about the Music Instrument Museum is that this is the 454 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: only such place in that every state and city does 455 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: not have at least one, As it would say a 456 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 1: sports stadium in Phoenix, there are hidden gems for every style, 457 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: for cutting eyge, electro, a little Internet digging could lead 458 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: you to one of the legendary desert raves that pop 459 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: up outside the city limits after midnight. Prefer digging through 460 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: crates instead, you could easily spend a Saturday flipping through 461 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: stacks at excellent record shops like Grand Avenue Records in downtown, 462 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: a treasure trove for hard to find hip hop, electronic 463 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: or soul releases. Tempe institution east Side Records has been 464 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: running this night seven and although it's changed the locations 465 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: a few times in recent years, owner Michael Polocky keeps 466 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: the spirit alive with the new location. The ghost of 467 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: East Side Records if you want to learn a little 468 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: bit about Phoenix music history while you pan for gold, 469 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: this shop and its owner are some of your best resources. 470 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: And after you no doubt picked up an armful of vinyl, 471 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 1: or maybe you're trying to banish that hangover from last 472 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: night's rave, you need a spot with a strong drink 473 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: and an unpretentious attitude. My hidden gem for live music 474 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: has to be the Yucka tap Room. The hundred capacity 475 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 1: club open in nineteen seventy two as a rough and 476 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: tumbled biker bar and began hosting local punk and alternative 477 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: acts in the late eighties, and although it's grown a 478 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: bit since then, it's never lost its dive bar attitude. 479 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: Now in its second generation as a family owned business 480 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: with a community focus, the Yucka tap Room hosts music 481 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: every night of the week, often for free, and most 482 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: exclusively from Phoenix bands. If your ears need a break, 483 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: and let's be honest, they probably do, step into the 484 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: arcade room with a killer line about thirty classic pinball games, 485 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: or check out in how restaurant Boo Chow, which serves 486 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: classic barfare with an Asian twist like Fried Chicken, Boo 487 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: Bullgoggy tater tots and other sustenance for that were traveler. 488 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: Now we got to prepare your brain for your time 489 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: in the Arizona Desert. You could take the easy way 490 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 1: out and watch Waiting to Exhale Again, or Psycho or 491 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: read the modern classic Twilight one more Time. But the 492 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: proper way to land in town is to prep your 493 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: heart and mind for the scene. So Book one All Excess, 494 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: the collection of essays from Bill Graham's protege and legendary 495 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: concert promoter, Danny's Alisko, as he reflects on his four 496 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: decades of experience in the live music business in Arizona, 497 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: where he organized and promoted more than thirty four thousand shows. 498 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 1: Appearances by Carlos Santana, Axel Rose, Perry Farrell, Chuck Berry, 499 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: and John Prine are just a few within these pages. 500 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 1: Book two Stuck Outside of Phoenix, a fiction book as 501 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: a love letter to the Tempe, Arizona music scene of 502 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 1: the nineteen nineties, written by Art Edwards Basement for the refreshments. 503 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: This one even got to and into a low budget movie. 504 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: The trailer on YouTube is peak at nineties music movie feels. 505 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: In Book three, Whalen and Autobiography the perfect way to 506 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: feel like you were sitting down at a bar with 507 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: Jennings as he tells you his life story, the girls, 508 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: the drugs, finding your sound, what survivor's guilt does to 509 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: a soul, and where to go to climb out of it. 510 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: Whalen Jennings went to Phoenix to shake off the ghost 511 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: of Buddy Holly. A year before, he had been on 512 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: the verge of a breakthrough with Holly as his mentor, 513 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: even playing bass for him on that ill fated nineteen 514 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: fifty nine winter tour, a tour that was a logistical 515 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: nightmare from the start, and after a few long freezing 516 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: nights on the unheeded bus, Buddy charted a plane from 517 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: Iowa to Minnesota. He saved a seat for his bandmates, 518 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: Tommy els Up and Whalen, but fate intervened. The Big 519 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: Bobber came down with the flu, and Whaland offered up 520 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: his seat to the Big Man, and then Tommy gave 521 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: his to Richie Vallens after losing a coin flip. Buddy 522 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: Holly couldn't imagine giving up a warm seat for anybody, 523 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: flew be damned, and as he stood on the plane's doorway, 524 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: with the hatch about to slam shut, he shook his 525 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: head at his band maid. I hope your bus freeze up, 526 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: he taunted over the roar of the engine. I hope 527 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: you're plane crashes, Whale and jabbed back with a laugh. 528 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: It was a wet, snowy night. The plane took off, 529 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: but ice quickly accumulated. It went down just six miles later. 530 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: We can push away from the earth, but it can 531 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: call us back whenever it wants, whether we are building lush, 532 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: green farmland in the desert or soaring through a winter storm. 533 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: Whale and Jennings survived that day, the music died, and 534 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: he was reborn in Phoenix, a fiery, uncompromising performer who 535 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: would catch the attention of everyone from Bobby Bear to 536 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,959 Speaker 1: Willie Nelson and lay the foundation for a whiskey river's 537 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: worth of outlaw country to come. As for J D. S, 538 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: the nightclub that made it all possible, well, that supposedly 539 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: dried salt river bed where it sat flooded in nineteen 540 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: sixty five and caused major damage. The club reopened, but 541 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: it never quite regained its step, and the fire closed 542 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: the doors for good. In nineteen seventy six, it's a 543 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: vacant lot for now. Anyways, someone will be called to 544 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: it for rebirth, for rebuilding, or for redemption in Phoenix. 545 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: In one more thing, people have been drawn to this 546 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: challenging area of the earth for longer than we can 547 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: sometimes even consider. If you find yourself called here, a 548 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: stop at Whalen's humble grave site and MESA can enrich 549 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: your perspective. It's unceremoniously placed miles from any legendary country 550 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: music hub, amongst hundreds of other flat stones on the ground. 551 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: You dig down, it's dust and bones. You dig deeper 552 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: and find the lessons of a civilization come and gone. 553 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: Maybe we all have survivors guilt just for being here, 554 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: but we are here. Our plane is not gone down yet. 555 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: And if you build something like Whalen Jennings did with 556 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: this sound, and still something like the Music in Strument 557 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: Museum does with its outreach, and engaged like the M 558 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: three f Festival does, while keeping balance with the world 559 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: around it, You're not only surviving, you are sustaining and 560 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 1: contributing to that never ending reverbe. You know what's crazy. 561 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: We're halfway through season one of Sound of Our Town. 562 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: I'm kind of chipping out about that. Thanks to all 563 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: of you for listening to these last six episodes. We 564 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: got six more coming at you. And I've been told 565 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,719 Speaker 1: that reviews for a podcast really help a show. It's 566 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: kind of like an encore at a concert where you 567 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: get them out for more. So if we want more 568 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: episodes and more seasons, reviews help, But don't write them 569 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: now because you're driving, or you're exercising, or you're a 570 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: crossing the street, or you're working outside. Do it later 571 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: when you're in bed trying to remember if there's anything 572 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: you forgot to do today, unless you're already in bed, 573 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: which all of a sudden made this weird. If you 574 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: want to chat about the music scene in your city, 575 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,719 Speaker 1: hit us up on Instagram at Double Elvis and at 576 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: Will Daily Official or on Twitter at Double Elvis f 577 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: M and at Will Daily. Sound of Our Town is 578 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: production of Double Elvis and I Heart Radio. Show is 579 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: executively produced by Jake Brendan, Brady Sadler, and Carl Karioli 580 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: for Double Elvis Production assistance by Matt Boden. The show 581 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: is created, written, hosted, and scored by me Will Daily. 582 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: Additional writing on this episode by Patrick Coleman. For sources, 583 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: see the show notes. Music on this episode was composed 584 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: and performed by me, Will Daily. You can check out 585 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: my music just by spelling my name correctly anywhere you 586 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: listen to music. All right, I'm off to the next 587 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: town and the next show in fact, on September two, 588 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: I'll be in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at the Music Hall Lounge. 589 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 1: On September fifty, they'll be in Northampton, Massachusetts at the 590 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: Parlor Room on September twenty five the Naples Grape Festival 591 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: in Naples, New York. And September thirty New Milford, Connecticut 592 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: at the Silo. And a very special episode drops next week, 593 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: number seven, And I'll see you here as always. Thank 594 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: you for your ears all