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Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories exists to discuss (and maybe set straight) the rumor, innuendo and hidden details that surround some of your favorite bands and songs.
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Episode 196 – Sam Cooke vs the FBI
Brian and Murdock break down the three theories that have haunted many since the death of Sam Cooke back in December of 1964. Was it really just bad behavior gone worse? Or was Sam set up?
This episode is brought to you in part by Louder Than Life Music Festival.
Send us an episode request about one of the bands performing and you could win tickets to see them there! Email: WeAreTheStoryGuys@gmail.com
SHOW NOTES:
Dream Boogie Peter Guralnick book: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Boogie-Triumph-Sam-Cooke/dp/0316013293
UPI Report: https://www.newspapers.com/image/393958105/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM5Mzk1ODEwNSwiaWF0IjoxNzEzODI4MjUzLCJleHAiOjE3MTM5MTQ2NTN9.WCnGsjb-fSQIY1jd-HtoRPqa8G1HOTKn2Bl3b_Dld8w
https://people.com/movies/why-mystery-still-shrouds-singer-sam-cookes-shooting-death-nearly-60-years-later/
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/02/on-the-recording-registry-a-change-is-gonna-come-1964/
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/conspiracy-theory-death-of-sam-cooke/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt
https://nilssonschmilsson.com/martonis-210629103925.html
https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles/photos/a.578880922168631/2653685958021440/?type=3
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/02/remastered-sam-cooke-murder
Remastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke Netflix doc: https://www.netflix.com/title/80191045
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Klein
FBI watching Ali info: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14511P/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-one-night-miami-180976768/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Alexander_(musician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Womack
The Soul Stirrer by Barney Hoskins: https://teachrock.org/article/the-soul-stirrer-sam-cooke/ -
BONUS – Music Festival Mailbag 2
The guys giggle through another round of entries from listeners telling stories about their favorite music festival experiences while trying to win tickets to Louder Than Life Music Festival in September.
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Episode 195 – The Wrecking Crew vs music history
A listener letter sends the guys on the first of what could be many explorations into the backstories of some of the session musicians who made up the collective who would come to be known as “The Wrecking Crew.” Hear the story of the drummer who happened to be next door just in time to step into a powerful and historic musical moment.
SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Palmer
“I Hate My Generation” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOsNsOhyG8I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_Matassa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Records
Backbeat, the book: https://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/product/tony-scherman-backbeat-earl-palmers-story-book/
Modern Drummer feature: https://www.moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/md352cs.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Manne
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-hall-of-fame-drummer-earl-palmer-dead-at-84-254915/
https://www.adioslounge.com/sideman-spotlight-earl-palmer/
https://scottkfish.com/2016/01/23/earl-palmer-i-wasnt-quite-sure-what-i-wanted-to-do-with-my-life/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unlikely-story-of-a-change-is-gonna-come
https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=100689&forumID=1&archive=0&pageID=1&r=954#bottom
https://www.nytimes.com/1958/06/13/archives/musicians-strike-spreads-on-coast-independents-hit-by-afm-film.html
Avelo’s “The Strike that Changed Disney Music”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsGwNJ54-M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boudreaux
https://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/268995033/sam-cooke-and-the-song-that-almost-scared-him
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/02/on-the-recording-registry-a-change-is-gonna-come-1964/
https://pan-african-music.com/en/a-change-is-gonna-come-a-hymn-for-civil-rights/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFO_Records
https://www.facebook.com/WreckingCrewFilm/posts/on-this-date-june-3-1967-the-instrumental-tracks-for-never-my-love-by-the-associ/10157450423118023/ -
RETOLD – Taylor Swift record release day
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is taking over most musical talk this weekend, so the guys dug back to Episode 147 to celebrate a certain track from Ms Swift’s back catalog and see what we can all learn from her about music history.
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RETOLD – RIP Dickey Betts
To celebrate the life of Dickey Betts (RIP, April 18, 2024), the guys revisit an episode from last November relating the drugs, chaos, and southern rock relatability that would define the Allman Brothers Band.
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Episode 194 – K-tel vs the music business
A photo of a whole lot of famous rockers in one place gets the guys researching a record label that redefined the way music was listened to and sold in 1970’s America.
SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-tel
The photo: https://qr.ae/psvMqm
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dire-straits-thin-lizzy-eric-clapton-led-zeppelin-bad-company-and-109755815.html
https://www.discogs.com/release/12787001-Various-The-Summit
https://www.loudersound.com/news/led-zeppelin-once-released-a-song-on-k-tel-the-result-was-one-of-the-great-all-star-photos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_the_Child
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_the_Child
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerts_for_the_People_of_Kampuchea
https://americansongwriter.com/remember-when-the-concerts-for-the-people-of-kampuchea/
https://hercsktelalbums.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-summit-uk-january-1980.html
https://mymusicthroughtheyears.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-k-tel-records/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/k-tel-as-seen-on-tv-compilation-album-history
1997 Billboard ads celebrating KTEL: https://books.google.com/books?id=qQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47-IA3&lpg=PA47-IA3&dq=K-Tel&source=bl&ots=C4AWmvPyX7&sig=ACfU3U2g9VCfSsuB5DT3Z-h2QJLfq56mZw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_-eXsav5AhUTg4kEHXgrDpg4WhDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=K-Tel&f=false
https://www.tampabay.com/incoming/k-tels-shouting-infomercial-legend-dies-at-87/2275511/
Fun stuff about the history of Teflon:
https://misen.com/blogs/news/polytetrafluoroethylene
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202104/history.cfm
https://playback.fm/charts/top-100-songs/1938
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Gr%C3%A9goire
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/philip-kives-founder-of-k-tel-and-pioneering-pitchman-went-from-coveralls-to-riches
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/311116495/
https://www.goldminemag.com/features/collecting-k-tel-records
https://www.zeroto180.org/true-or-false-led-zep-on-k-tel/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/10/05/spinning-gold-from-golden-oldies/00e79094-1568-4135-b7f3-94209d7f8d1b/
The WaPo article from 1980: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/10/05/spinning-gold-from-golden-oldies/00e79094-1568-4135-b7f3-94209d7f8d1b/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!