Not Fade Away Podcast Margo Donohue

Not Fade Away (Replay)  Jerry Garcia 1942-1995 Hey there! Hi There! Ho there! The Not Fade Away podcast is back and have we got a hell of a subject today--Jerry Garcia. The eternal hippie/hipster believed in seeking truth and enlightenment above all else. When Jerry passed on August 9, 1995, just a week after his 53rd birthday, he left behind a 30+ year legacy of music, poetry, art, groovy ties, and ice cream that are still talked about to this day. This show is very bittersweet for me as my younger brother John was a HUGE Dead Head for over 25 years and we lost him last year to a serious illness. When I hear Jerry’s music now I have a wave of emotions come over me and I was not sure if I could dig into the life of such an interesting and complicated person. But ultimately, I wanted to give him a proper farewell that would have made my brother proud. I just hope it makes you smile and brightens your day. In this episode, I am breaking up into two parts. Part 1. I talk about the life and death of Jerry Garcia Part 2. I spoke with the band’s publicist and historian Dennis McNally to talk about his years with the group and he patiently answers my plethora of questions about Jerry and band. Clips used in this episode: Jerry Garcia in Copenhagen (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU30HpQlV94 CBS News Harry Reasoner talking about “hippies” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H26uOh1xYGI What’s Happening (1978) The Doobie Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQbbuuWuQZ0 ABC TV “20 Years Rolling Stone Magazine Celebration” 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzxKGS1avgA Late Show with David Letterman 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ss-i2VgcPw Grateful Dead at Brendan Byrne Arena June 17, 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlEb2CPPs-E&t=78s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/grateful-dead#1994-induction-acceptance-speech Jerry Garcia died CBS News (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WRo3j5XS-A Be sure to check out Dennis McNally’s book  A Long Strange Trip: The History of the Grateful Dead and audiobook Jerry on Jerry. Also, subscribe to the show so you won’t miss my next episode! If you like what you hear--please subscribe and leave a review. Also--send me a note via social media (@NotFadeAway) if you want to reach out. Thanks for checking out this podcast! If you have any suggestions for future eps--please reach out! In the meantime--follow me on social media! Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/notfadeawaypodcast/ Twitter @NotFadeAwayPod  https://twitter.com/NotFadeAwayPod  Email us at notfadeawaypodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com  

   Not Fade Away Episode 11: Chris M. Balz “Burning the May Tree: The Sacrifice of Jim Morrison”   Hey there! Hi There! Ho there! The Not Fade Away podcast is back and this time we are returning to the world of Jim Morrison with a look at his poetry in “Burning the May Tree: The Sacrifice of Jim Morrison” written by Chris. M. Balz.  Chris is a longtime fan of Morrison and has been studying his poetry and non-musical writings for decades which became the thesis this book is based on.  In this episode, Chris and I talk about: Chris’s ideas on how Morrison predicted the world we live in today  The symbolism of his poetry Did he fake his own death? Thoughts on the 1990 Oliver Stone film Chris’s favorite Doors lyrics If you like what you hear--please subscribe and leave a review. Also--send me a note via social media (@NotFadeAway) if you want to reach out.  Thanks for checking out this podcast! If you have any suggestions for future eps--please reach out! In the meantime--follow me on social media! Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/notfadeawaypodcast/ Twitter @NotFadeAwayPod  https://twitter.com/NotFadeAwayPod  Email us at notfadeawaypodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com  

   Not Fade Away Episode 10: Leslie Ann Coles (Director/Producer) “Melody Makers: Should’ve Been There”   Hey there! Hi There! Ho there! The Not Fade Away podcast is back and this time we are talking to Director Leslie Ann Coles about her documentary “Melody Makers: Should’ve Been There” and the new Apple companion book Melody Makers: The Bible of Rock & Roll to talk about the influential London-based music magazine that shaped a generation of musicians in the 1960s & 1970s.  Leslie Ann was very kind to give me her time and I loved hearing how she put together this incredible documentary. I hope you enjoy our talk as much as I did!  In this episode, Leslie Ann and I talk about: How she came up with the concept of the film and the work it took to get the journalists and musicians to participate.  How Melody Maker shaped the music scene in the 60s & 70s. Her favorite interviews from the film The process of writing and researching the book The Melody Makers and New Music Express rivalry  Melody Makers Trailers: www.https://vimeo.com/237763187 &  www.https://vimeo.com/205545861 Official website: http://www.melodymakersmovie.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelodyMakersthemovie/ @melodymakersmov Also, subscribe to the show so you won’t miss my next episode! If you like what you hear--please subscribe and leave a review. Also--send me a note via social media (@NotFadeAway) if you want to reach out.  Thanks for checking out this podcast! If you have any suggestions for future eps--please reach out! In the meantime--follow me on social media! Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/notfadeawaypodcast/ Twitter @NotFadeAwayPod  https://twitter.com/NotFadeAwayPod  Email us at notfadeawaypodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com  

Not Fade Away Episode 9: Christopher McKittrick “Can’t Give It Away on Seventh Avenue: The Rolling Stones in New York City”   Hey there! Hi There! Ho there! The Not Fade Away podcast visiting The Rolling Stones once again but this time we are moving from 1969 concert at Altamont to the Stones’ crazy years in New York City in the 60s,70s & 80s. Author Christopher McKittrick’s new book Can’t Give it Away on Seventh Avenue: The Rolling Stones in New York City is an homage to the band and the city which seems like their second home.   In this episode, Chris (as he liked to be called) and I talk about: His inspiration for writing the book and what myths he was able to uncover The impact New York City has had on The Rolling Stones and vice versa Why the Stones have maintained their popularity for 50+ years The process of writing and researching the book His favorite Stones song and what he hopes to hear them play live one day The Stones early videos in the MTV days   Follow him here Website: www.chrismckit.com instagram.com/7thAveStones twitter.com/7thAveStones   Clips used or mentioned in this episode: TheRollingStones played on a flatbed truck through NYC The Rolling Stones IMAX trailer The Rolling Stones Waiting on a Friend video The Rolling Stones Start Me Up video The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show Also, subscribe to the show so you won’t miss my next episode! If you like what you hear--please subscribe and leave a review. Also--send me a note via social media (@NotFadeAway) if you want to reach out. Thanks for checking out this podcast! If you have any suggestions for future eps--please reach out! In the meantime--follow me on social media! Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/notfadeawaypodcast/ Twitter @NotFadeAwayPod  https://twitter.com/NotFadeAwayPod Email us at notfadeawaypodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com  

Not Fade Away Episode 8:  “Altamont”   Hey there! Hi There! Ho there! The Not Fade Away podcast is back and I am so excited to talk about today’s subject--the Altamont concert that took place on December 6, 1969. It was supposed to be a showcase by the Rolling Stones to demonstrate their ability to draw an even bigger crowd than the Woodstock festival which took place in August of that year. That concert was billed as “three days of peace & music” and managed to rise above their circumstances of overcrowding, rain and brown acid to become a legendary event that 50 years later serves as an example of how hippies can work peacefully with “the man” to create beauty out chaos. Instead, Altamont is rightly or wrongly known as one of the key events that ended 60s idealism. At the end of the day, 300,000 showed up at a tiny speedway far outside the city of San Francisco to find a barely visible stage, pissed-off Hell Angels members as authority figures, horrible drugs snuck into drinks that left people incapacitated, very few bathrooms, little emergency care, and four people dead. Among the deceased was an 18-year Meredith Hunter--an African American teen who was proud to bring his pretty, white teenage girlfriend Patti Bredehoft to the show but thought it would be wise to carry a Smith & Weston pistol for protection.   Hunter was beaten and stabbed to death by a group of Hell’s Angels who claimed he was aiming to shoot at the stage. All of this was shockingly caught on film as filmmakers Albert & David Maysles were shooting a documentary about the shooting a documentary about the Rolling Stones which would be released in 1970 under the title Gimme Shelter. The concert, which was to feature The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and the Rolling Stones as headliners were meant to rival the east coast Woodstock celebration. It was also a public relations stunt by the Rolling Stones to offer a free concert when their current tour was billing high ticket prices for the time. It would also serve to have the Grateful Dead play to a home crowd and make up for their rather pathetic showing at Woodstock. (The band themselves admit their portion of the three-day celebration was pretty stinky.) This is the story of how that concert came to be, what went wrong, the lives that were lost and what lessons we can learn from the mess of a show that was a mixture of rock star hubris, greed and youthful ignorance. In the first part, I am going to give you an overlay on what happened that day and include an eyewitness account by my friend Andrea who attended (and was eight months pregnant by the way.) The second part will include interviews with two authors who are experts on Altamont: Saul Austerlitz a Brooklyn-based author wrote “Just a Shot Away: Peace, Love and Tragedy With the Rolling Stones at Altamont” with a keen focus on Meredith Hunter and his tragically short life that was marked by chaos, family mental health issues and racism. Joel Selvin, longtime rock journalist from the San Francisco area who wrote “Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day.” Clips used in this episode: Mick Jagger announces a free concert in San Francisco (from the film Gimme Shelter) Attorney Melvin Belli negotiates to get Altamont Speedway (from the film Gimme Shelter) The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia & Phil Lesh) hear about the chaos at Altamont (from the film Gimme Shelter) Jerry Garcia describing why Altamont had violence versus Woodstock (DVD extra from the Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip) Mick Jagger tries to calm the audience down (from the film Gimmie Shelter) Also, subscribe to the show so you won’t miss my next episode! If you like what you hear--please subscribe and leave a review. Also--send me a note via social media (@NotFadeAway) if you want to reach out. Thanks for checking out this podcast!

  Not Fade Away Episode 7: Author and Music Industry Veteran Dorothy Carvello Anything For a Hit: An A&R Woman’s Story of Surviving the Music Industry   Hey there! Hi There! Ho there! The Not Fade Away podcast is back and I am thrilled to interview Dorothy Carevllo, author of “Anything For a Hit: An A&R Woman’s Story of Surviving the Music Industry” for this episode. Dorothy is a 30+ year veteran of the music industry starting out as the assistant of Ahmet Ertegun who was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records and wowzers--has she got some tea to spill! I first read about Dorothy in this interview from The New York Times discussing the possibility of the music industry one day having a #MeToo movement naming sexual harassers and batterers. While that has not seemed to be happening right now, Dorothy’s book might very well plant the seeds for it to occur sooner than later. (One would hope!) In this ep (and graciously answered all of my questions with honesty and integrity) we discuss: How the Brooklyn native with no contacts in the industry found her first job with Ahmet Ertegun (and the various abuses he put upon her) What it is was like to be a woman in the free-wheeling 80s and 90s music industry where men behaved badly with no consequences (and how it affected her career) Her favorite band successes and the ones that got away The income disparity that still exists in the business world and how it affected her financial stability Why she chose to name names of the various men she worked with who were either supportive or abusive Her friendship with music industry veteran Charlie Minor and what happened to the woman who murdered him in March 1995 (Clip of E True Hollywood Story: Charlie Minor) Her love affair with Michael Hutchence (she told me later he was “great in the sack!”) What she feels went wrong with the Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger-produced rock drama Vinyl The best advice she can give anyone who wants to begin a career in music What she is up to today. Be sure to follow Dorothy at her website https://anythingforahitbook.com/ and on Twitter @DorothyCarvello! Also, be sure subscribe to the show so you won’t miss my next episode! Thanks for checking out this podcast! If you have any suggestions for future eps--please reach out! In the meantime--follow me on social media! Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/notfadeawaypodcast/ Twitter @NotFadeAwayPod  https://twitter.com/NotFadeAwayPod Email us at notfadeawaypodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com