Lucy's Record Shop

Mary Mancini
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Lucy's Record Shop

In the summer of 1992, Lucy’s Record Shop opened its doors in the sleepy little southern city of Nashville, TN. For the next six years, this fiercely independent store and all-ages punk club was home to a tight-knit community of the rebellious, the rejected, the anxious, and their allies. Join shop owner Mary Mancini as she sits down with the kids who made Lucy’s so special and whose DIY ethic and unfettered creativity left a lasting mark on the Nashville underground music scene.

  1. House O' Lucy (Feat. Mary Mancini)

    12/03/2022

    House O' Lucy (Feat. Mary Mancini)

    In episode 1, host Mary Mancini interviewed Don and April Kendall of House O’ Pain to get their personal stories and talk about the origin of the Lucy’s/House O’ Pain collaboration. Then Don and April wanted to turn the tables and interview Mary, who resisted at first but is glad she finally agreed because, she said, “After 30 years of friendship we’re still learning new things about one another.” Don Kendall adds: “Mary Mancini has done a wonderful job of sharing the stories of the kids and caretakers of Lucy’s, but what about Mary? We’ve known her forever, but have never heard her own story on how she came to be Lucy’s Record Shops’ heart and soul. We felt it was long past the time for her story to be told and we’re excited to share this episode with everyone!”

    1h 9m
  2. The Vinylist Feat. Doyle Davis

    10/04/2022

    The Vinylist Feat. Doyle Davis

    Doyle Davis' business cards read “Vinylist,” which is so perfect since he’s been a champion of vinyl as a music delivery system his whole life - as a kid picking through his parents’ collection, as a used record buyer at The Great Escape, as a Lucy’s Record Shop customer buying every Guided By Voices record he could get his hands on, and as the co-owner of Grimey’s New and Preloved Music, a Nashville institution he helped build from the ground up. In this episode Doyle talks about what it’s like to run a record store, seeing Rodan play a house show, Yo La Tengo soundcheck, and other tales from the live indie rock scene of the 90s, the records he bought at Lucy’s that he’ll never ever sell, and how he’s been able to build a successful community-oriented record store from the ground up. Doyle has seen a lot of changes in the industry and he’s managed to weather them with creativity, humor, and a wonderfully infectious positive attitude, all while making vinyl the star of the show. Instagram: @thedoyledavis / @grimeys Facebook: @doyle.davis.75 / @GrimeysRecords Twitter: @thedoyledavis / @grimeys Episode Music Lambchop with Yo La Tengo (excerpt - Autumn Sweater) Pavement - Summer Babe (Live Brixton Academy, London, December 14, 1992) The Pretty Things - The Journey Follow us / Say hello Instagram: @lucysrecordshop Twitter: @lucysrecordshop Facebook: /lucysrecordshop This show is brought to you by Give Forty the Finger Productions and part We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    1h 1m
  3. Fun Girls From Mt. Pilot - Feat. Cat, Chris, Donnie, & Troy

    09/20/2022

    Fun Girls From Mt. Pilot - Feat. Cat, Chris, Donnie, & Troy

    There is no other band more legendary or more inextricably linked to Lucy’s  than the Fun Girls From Mt. Pilot. Chris Fox, Troy Pigue, Charles “Cat” Tidball, and Donnie Kendall dressed in women’s clothes when they played, which  caught people’s attention, but it was their songs - short bursts of frenetic pop-punk energy and clever lyrics - and their stage antics that earned them a devoted following. To really understand how incredible they were you have to talk to the people who were at their shows. They say things like “mind-blowing,” “transformative,” “the s**t” and “the Fun Girls changed my life.” In this episode we cover the band names that could have been, what happens when you ask a highly skilled drummer to join a band with “the worst guitar player he’ll ever play with,” shopping for their outfits, the award winning box set, why they’re hated in a couple places in the southeast, and of course their onstage antics, including the infamous 328 Performance Hall show (think confetti, flying toast, a fake security guy, 2 french maids, and a couple of dancing donut-eating stripper cops who ended up rolling around on stage in their underwear. – Episode Music Fun Girls - Hold a Grudge Fun Girls - Your Girlfriend Hates Me Fun Girls - Monkey Flips Fun Girls From Mt. Pilot - Billy Dee Williams Fun Girls - Janelle's At the Mall Fun Girls - Rocketcycle This show is brought to you by Give Forty the Finger Productions and part We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    1h 5m
  4. 12V Negative Earth Part II, Feat. Travis Howell

    09/14/2022

    12V Negative Earth Part II, Feat. Travis Howell

    Travis Howell started playing the drums because his dad told him he couldn’t. His first band, No Remorse, was the first metal band to grace the Lucy’s stage and the first and only to be mistaken for neo-nazis. Sloppy, a punk-metal hybrid kind of thing, came next and then Adrenaline Hammer, which went on to become 12V. When 12V sold out Lucy’s, Travis realized a long-held dream.  Travis’ time at Lucy’s included seeing bands like Javachrist, Impetuous Doom, Teen Idols, and the Wesley Willis Experience (“Rock over London! Rock over Chicago!”), judging Green Day’s choices, and some bad behaviors. The last would lead to his decision to quit playing drums cold turkey. He didn’t touch a stick for 14 years. Then he went to church. Episode Music Lambchop - So I Hear You’re Moving (Intro) 12V Negative Earth - Shout Teen Idols - Nightmares (Live at Lucy’s, 1994) 12V Negative Earth - So Demanding 12V Negative Earth - Lowest Common Denominator This show is brought to you by Give Forty the Finger Productions and part We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    30 min
  5. 12V Negative Earth Part I, Feat. Joshua Toomey

    09/12/2022

    12V Negative Earth Part I, Feat. Joshua Toomey

    Joshua Toomey has loved metal since he was a kid. He went to metal shows, played bass in metal bands ( including Primer 55 with his friend Bobby Burns), and is now host of Talk Toomey, a podcast dedicated to metal music and news. Josh remembers his time in Nashville in the 90s well, selling out Lucy’s as a member of 12V Negative Earth, applying the DIY-punk ethos to playing and touring, and the miracle of living in a place where you could easily connect with people like Fred Coury of Cinderella, who would then record your band for free in a gigantic fancy-pants studio. When Josh was a kid he wasn’t satisfied with just seeing his favorite bands play. He wanted to meet them and have real conversations. So before every show he went to, he would prepare questions and set out to find the band. Thirty years later Josh would turn his natural curiosity and knack for crafting thought-provoking questions into over 400 episodes of content. Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax…you name the band, he’s interviewed them. And that was before he joined up with Knotfest and helped turn their festival website into a loud music news and journalism juggernaut. – Talk Toomey has been regularly hailed as a top show since the onset, being highlighted on sites like Blabbermouth, Brave Words, etc. Talk Toomey is released for music fans free every Thursday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and at https://talk-toomey.simplecast.com. Instagram: @joshua_toomey Facebook: Joshua Toomey Twitter: @talktoomeytalk Episode Music Lambchop - So I Hear You’re Moving 12V Negative Earth - Canceled 12V Negative Earth - Perfect World 12V Negative Earth - One More Time 12V Negative Earth - Facebreaker Follow us / Say hello Instagram: @lucysrecordshop Twitter: @lucysrecordshop Facebook: /lucysrecordshop This show is brought to you by Give Forty the Finger Productions and part We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    1 hr
  6. Steel Wheels of Life

    09/06/2022

    Steel Wheels of Life

    Dallas Thomas picked up a guitar and became a prolific Lucy’s regular when he was just 14-years-old and barely able to lift his amp, playing with his friends in Fingerhutt, High Strung, Brown Cow, Little Monkey on a Stick, and Boobyhatch (to name just a few). And he was just getting started. After Lucy’s, Dallas, Erik Holcombe, John Roberson and Chris Fox formed the “satanic thrash rock juggernaut” that was Asschapel. For seven years Asschapel toured the Western world. They even made it to Bosnia using only a German map, where they met that country’s version of House O’ Pain’s Don Kendall. After the wild and bittersweet Asschapel ride, Dallas volunteered for a Hurricane Katrina relief organization which, sadly, left him disillusioned but, happily, helped him find his way back to playing music. For the next ten years Dallas would once again tour the world, this time with the experimental post-metal band Pelican. Now a father Dallas is exploring his hardcore roots as a member of READY FOR DEATH, a new band set to release their first record in December.  At the end of each interview I always ask if there is something we didn’t get to that the guest would like to talk about. Usually everyone says no. Dallas surprised me when he said yes. But I wasn’t surprised when what he wanted to talk about was his dad, Bill, who took supportive parenting to a whole new level. - READY FOR DEATH is a new Chicago-based death-thrash outfit made up of current and former members of Pelican, Racetraitor, Indecision, Annihilus, Luggage, Haggathorn, and Asschapel. Heavy metal veterans delivering breakneck beats, crushing tones, and dystopian realms. Debut self-titled LP out 12/9 on Translation Loss Records. Pre Save/ Pre Order Link: https://orcd.co/readyfordeath Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readyfordeath666/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/readyfordeathband Twitter: https://twitter.com/READYFORDEATH85 Episode Music Fingerhutt - Leroy Asschapel - Carcass Bloody Carcass Fingerhutt - 36 Sticks Little Monkey on a Stick Asschapel - The Sledgehammer Assault Ready for Death - Cyborg Priest Boobyhatch - Ode to Hefe This show is brought to you by Give Forty the Finger Productions and We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    53 min
  7. Kids Today Feat. Dru the Drifter

    08/30/2022

    Kids Today Feat. Dru the Drifter

    Do you ever wonder what has and hasn’t changed in the punk DIY community in the last 30 years? To find some answers host Mary Mancini spoke with 17-year-old Dru the Drifter who does it all - he writes and performs, books shows, and records and releases his own music. They talk about his musical influences, his struggle to find places to play, his songwriting process, how living in the bible belt fuels the punk rock scene, and his goal to release 100 albums by the time he’s 27. Dru the Drifter has released three albums (41 songs) in 2021 and almost an album a month so far  in 2022 (92 songs). His goal is to release 100 albums by the time he’s 27 and never have to make another sandwich at Jersey Mike’s again. Listen to Dru the Drifter on Spotify. Episode Music Lambchop - So I Hear You’re Moving Dru the Drifter - Why're You Talking Shit Dru the Drifter - The Shampoo Song Dru the Drifter - I Don't Wanna Take My Meds Schizos - Come Back With A Warrant Follow us / Say hello Instagram: @lucysrecordshop Twitter: @lucysrecordshop Facebook: /lucysrecordshop This show is part of We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    34 min
  8. Chance Encounters (Feat. John Rogers)

    08/22/2022

    Chance Encounters (Feat. John Rogers)

    John Rogers, who first stepped into Lucy’s Record Shop when he was just 14-years-old, is an accomplished writer and photographer who uses his camera to document both the jazz scene and the streets of New York City. In this episode you’ll hear how growing up in Nashville -  from seeing live music at Lucy’s and playing in his own bands to drinking coffee at Bongo Java and collecting records from The Great Escape - influenced his life and art. You’ll also hear about the numerous inexplicable and mysterious coincidences that manifest in his life and bring him closer to the people, scene, and city he loves and admires. -- John Rogers started traveling to New York City from his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., when he was 18 years old. The camera helped him consider the complexity of his personal devotion, as a fan, to the brightness and subtle glances that carry performances. He slept in cheap hotels or parks, heard a different show every night, and soaked up stories from musicians. Rogers moved to New York in 2003 knowing only a handful of players on New York’s avant-garde downtown scene, but eventually became close to figures like Yusef Lateef, Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Chris Potter and Fred Hersch. He established himself as a preeminent photographer and documentor of the city’s jazz ecosystem. John has a way of catching his subjects mid-move, at the moment when energy is being activated. If a singer smiles, he gets them in the act of raising their eyebrows; when a drummer swipes for a tom drum, Rogers catches them gathering the conviction to render the blow. Check out the book of his work, Old & New Dreams, with introduction by Dawoud Bey. – Episode Music Lambchop - So I Hear You’re Moving Wally Pleasant - Sons of Bob Dylan Low - Hey Chicago Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian - On the Street Where You Live Versus - Be-9 Photo of John Rogers courtesy of Rowan Renee. Follow us / Say hello Instagram: @lucysrecordshop Twitter: @lucysrecordshop Facebook: /lucysrecordshop This show is part of We Own This Town, a podcast network of original entertainment and documentary content. You can find more info at the official site at WeOwnThisTown.Net and on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.

    49 min
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In the summer of 1992, Lucy’s Record Shop opened its doors in the sleepy little southern city of Nashville, TN. For the next six years, this fiercely independent store and all-ages punk club was home to a tight-knit community of the rebellious, the rejected, the anxious, and their allies. Join shop owner Mary Mancini as she sits down with the kids who made Lucy’s so special and whose DIY ethic and unfettered creativity left a lasting mark on the Nashville underground music scene.

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  • Creator
    Mary Mancini
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2022
  • Show Website
    Lucy's Record Shop

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