Jimandmiketalkmusic Podcasts

Today our main subject is all 4 of the KISS Solo Albums we review, rank and also read what someone (who obviously hates kiss) wrote in 1978 about the albums. Jeremy listened to these albums for the first time so it's great hearing what his first impression was. Rob is much older so he bought these when they came out on September 18, 1978 (oh my) Be…

Today I talk to Philip and Truett from the Austin, Texas band BRISCOE. We talk about their recent show where they got to open for The Dave Matthews Band, the making of the new album WEST OF IT ALL, a couple of the songs off the new album and more! ABOUT BRISCOE: Briscoe is Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton. To record West of It All, the duo was …

Today we talk to Paul Wexler about his Legendary Father: Jerry Wexler, Paul's work with Van Morrison and the Go Gos, his association with Stone Temple Pilots, we talk about Led Zeppelin (a band his father helped discover) and of course Paul's own band WexWax and their debut album "Swept Away"! Rob met Paul many years ago when he walked into his pri…

INTERVIEW WITH KURT REIL from the band THE GRIPWEEDS! Kurt talks to Know Good Music (Rob) about the new album JEM RECORDS presents a tribute to RAY DAVIES in which the Gripweeds have recorded two great cover versions : "See My Friends" and "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" We also talk about what it takes to make a cover song great and a compari…

SHOW 48 - THE HISTORY of the Music Video and MTV / Movie Review of TAPEHEADS & More Rob & Jeremy start off with a look at the a Top 10 list from 1981 (where we go over each song in some detail), Albums turning 50 / 40 / 30 for September, A Brief History of the Music Video & A Review of the 1988 film TAPEHEADS starring John Cusack & Tim Robbins. ***…

A Tribute to SINEAD OCONNOR - Special Edition Podcast We (Rob & Matt) recorded a special podcast today where we talk about Sinead O'Connor who passed away on July 26, 2023 in Herne Hill London UK. Sinead struggled throughout life despite being an incredible singer songwriter and finding fame (which most times doesn't matter at all). We all hoped Si…

Today on KNOW GOOD MUSIC we talk with singer/songwriter : JESSE DANIEL EDWARDS We talk to Jesse while he is relaxing poolside about his new incredible album "VIOLENSIA", growing up in a small California town milking goats, his time as tour manager with Morrissey and some details on one of his new songs "What Ever Happened To" Jesse's voice is mesme…

FORGOTTEN BANDS vol. 3 Today Rob and Matt talk about 6 bands who you may not have heard of or maybe completely forgot about from the 1960s / 1970s. We like to do this once a year so this is our 3rd podcast talking about Forgotten Bands! We tell you all about: WISHBONE ASH APRIL WINE ELLEN MCLLEWAINE THIN LIZZY NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND HUMBLE PIE ****…

Rob and Matt talk with legendary singer / songwriter MELANIE! We talk to Melanie about her experience at the original woodstock as one of only 3 solo performers. Melanie goes into great detail about her experience; Starting with the moment she first heard of woodstock, flying for the first time in a helicopter and taking the stage in front of a mas…

Today we review of the ELVIS movie IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR Today we talk about the 1963 film IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR starring ELVIS, Gary Lockwood, Kurt Russell (his film debut), Yvonne Craig (batgirl) & Joan O'Brien! We start the show with a some new albums that were released and some new albums coming out soon. We get into some ne…

Today we talk about the 1958 film KING CREOLE starring ELVIS, Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart & Vic Morrow. We start the show with a TOP TEN from July of 1958 and then go into albums turning 50 years old and 40 years old. We tell you what we thought of King Creole (It's the first Elvis movie Jeremy has ever seen) and we go into the movi…

Today on KNOW GOOD MUSIC we talk with singer/songwriter/author : RICHARD BARONE from the 80s band THE BONGOS. Richard is quite the music historian! We talk about Richard's early days in music as the littlest DJ, promoting bands at 16, forming the Bongos, touring, moving to Greenwich village on the advise of Tiny Tim (who became one his good friends…

Today we talk about the band DEF LEPPARD! We review the 2001 documentary HYSTERIA, our top 10 Def Leppard Songs, The concert that Rob missed in 1983, Things you may not have known about Def Leppard & MORE! Before we begin our main topic we talk about albums turning 50 & 40 years old (for June) and talk about some new music that is out and upcoming …

On show #43 Jim (rob) and Mike (matt) start off with some Music News (Owen Wilson looses his lifetime Stones pass! / Radio Friendly "gloryhole"?), New Music, Albums turning 50 in May, new music TV shows (Daisy Jones & the Six / Up Here) and we go over a list of the top 10 (alternative/new wave) songs of 1983! Artists mentioned on our list are : THE…

Rob (Jim) and Matt (Mike) talk with Swedish singer/songwriter Chris Klafford In 2017 Chris won (Swedish) Idol and in 2019 he came in 7th place on America's Got Talent. His audition performance of John Lennon's "Imagine" had over 250 million views on YouTube (Chris' reposted audition video currently has 36 million views) We talk to Chris about Idol,…

Our INTERVIEW with BRIAN CARNEY (voice-over artist / actor / geico commercial boss / son of Art Carney) Mike and I talked to Brian Carney about his acting career, music career, the Honeymooners and his father Art Carney (Ed Norton / Academy Award winner for Harry & Tonto) This is our first "in-person" interview. Brian actually came to my house for …

We talk to Francesca about her first single "My Runaway", her favorite band KISS, what it's like performing in front of an audience, what's she's been working on lately and more! ************* About Francesca: Francesca Tarantino is a singer, musician, and actress Francesca was introduced to the guitar by her father when she was still a toddler. He…

On show #42 we review Brian Johnson's (AC/DC) new book "The Lives of Brian" We go through each chapter of Brian's book and pull out the stories that made us laugh, were interesting and just stood out to us. Brian's journey to AC/DC! ************* We talk about some newer artist who have new albums out ( FAKE NAMES, JAWNY) and some older bands who a…

BUDDY HOLLY - today we talk all about the legendary Buddy Holly! But we begin the podcast with some new music news and we play part of a new song by the Brooklyn NY Punk band "Fat Heaven" called Quarter Life Crisis" BUDDY HOLLY TOPICS we cover: The Crickets The Recordings The Winter Dance Party Tour The Glasses Pat DiNizio's Lost Reel to Reel The l…

Interview with Vini "mad dog" Lopez (drummer for Steel Mill / Bruce Springsteen). We talk about Vini's early days growing up in New Jersey, meeting Bruce Springsteen, the first two Bruce albums "Greetings from Asbury Park" and "The Wild, The Innocent" & the E Street Shuffle", "rosalita (come out tonight)" and what Vini's been up to lately. ABOUT VI…

Jim interviews Nashville Country Artist Chris Canterbury to talk about his newest album "Quaalude Lullabies", the songwriting process, touring, what he does besides music and more! Chris writes from the heart and while some of his songs are not entirely auto-biographical they will pull you in with their honesty. There's not a bad song on the album …

Join Jim and Jeremy as they count down their top albums of 2022 - for a total of 26 ALBUMS! YES, there is still good music out there! Maybe you are looking in the wrong places... We start the podcast with new music and a new 14 year old artist by the name of Francesca Tarantino who just recorded her new song "my runaway" (we play a portion of the s…

Join Jim and Jeremy for their annual ALBUM ROULETTE Show. We've randomly picked 3 albums (each) from Paste Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2022. We each have listened and reviewed these albums. Did we like them? Did we hate them? Find out. HORSEGIRL THE BETHS KENDRICK LAMAR BEYONCE BIG THEIF SHARON VAN ETTEN We start the show with a Memoriam segment fo…

Jim and Mike interview Chris Ballew from the great band THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Chris was the founder and lead singer of the 90s band The Presidents of the United States of America. They had the hits "LUMP", "PEACHES" and "KITTY". Their debut album sold over 3 million copies. The Presidents broke up in 2015 and Chris has sinc…

Mike and I had a great time talking to Bill Summers (who was in Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters)! We talk about various drums, his first meeting with Herbie Hancock, and the famous sound Bill created for one of the best known Jazz songs ever ... called Watermelon Man... Bill even demonstrates for us how the sound was created. About Bill: Duri…

Today Jeremy and I start off the show talking about some new Christmas songs that came out this year from: Lindsay Sterling Harry Connick Jr. David Foster & Katharine McPhee T Bear Will Ferrell Chris Canterbury Alicia Keys Joss Stone Phoebe Bridgers. Then we delve into one of our favorite "Christmas" movies THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. We talk a…

SHOW 37 - HOLIDAY / CHRISTMAS SHOW pt. 1 Jeremy is back with me for our first of two Holiday / Christmas Shows On todays show we go into detail about the top 10 Christmas songs (picked by the staff at Billboard) and our most memorable Christmas gifts we've received over the years... as kids and as adults. Another fun show! ************* KNOW GOOD M…

Mike is back again (for this regular podcast) where we talk about 3 bands that make us (and you) laugh! We had some audio problems and this was supposed to be a 2 parter but most of part 1 got deleted (lost) so next year we'll do another one with some more bands. BANDS WE TALK ABOUT: THE TALKING HEADS MOJO NIXON CAKE ************* KNOW GOOD MUSIC c…

Mike is back with me (Jim) in the studio for the regular podcast. Today we talk some Music News and New Albums / Artists we've been listening to. MUSIC NEWS - BIG SKY (TV show) / WEIRD (Weird Al Movie) / Bono's new book SURRENDER / History making Taylor Swift NEW ALBUMS / ARTISTS: SAMMY HAGAR FIRST AID KIT CRAWLERS YO-YO MA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and mo…

Mike and I had a great time talking to Soul Jazz Keyboardist Robert Walter about his high school band Daddy Long Legs, his current band: The Greyboy Allstars and what it's like being on tour with Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. Robert is heading back on tour in March 2023 with Roger's band for the European leg of the tour. About Robert: A founding membe…

This is the THIRD of 3 for our HALLOWEEN SERIES for October. We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies. HORROR MOVIES THEMES / HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS 2022 Jeremy and I start off the podcast with a list of the top 13 Horror Movie Themes and then we go into our top Horror Movies of 2022! We each ha…

This is the Second out of 3 in our Halloween Series. Jeremy and I interview actress LAUREN-MARIE TAYLOR! Lauren grew up in the Bronx and started her career in commercials and stage at a very young age. In 1981 she was cast as Vickie in Friday the 13th Part 2 and the same year as Elaine in Neighbors with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. She then went o…

This is the first out of 3 in our Halloween Series for October. We sway a little bit away from MUSIC every October to show our love of Halloween & Horror Movies! Jeremy and I review the new Rob Zombie film "THE MUNSTERS MOVIE".. did we love the movie? Did we hate the movie? You'll to listen to figure out the answer. We start off the podcast with so…

Here's my interview with LUCAS TAMAREN from the great LA band THUMPASAURUS! Thumpasaurus is a funk, jazz, experimental, new wave... well... just give them a listen.. they perform fun, energic and hilarious live shows ... like nothing else. With their song "STRUTTIN'" they are about to take over the world! The song is so popular on TikTok that Micha…

Today I interview author Brian J Kramp who has just released his first book called THIS BAND HAS NO PAST - HOW CHEAP TRICK BECAME CHEAP TRICK. This book covers the time leading up to the forming of the band Cheap Trick and goes up to their 4th album (at Budokan). This book not only is about Cheap Trick but what was going on during this time period …

SHOW #32 - FORGOTTEN BANDS - Part 2 of 2 On show #32 Jeremy and I (Jim) start off with some good beers, concerts coming up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania ... and then we get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years. These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once we mention a song you'…

Today we talk to Butch about the new Rob Zombie Munsters Movie, Butch's favorite munsters episodes, his appearance on a MONKEES episode, The Munsters Album, The Koach and more! Mike and I grew up watching the Munsters on TV (like alot of people our age) so this was such a great thing for us to be able to talk to Butch Patrick for the podcast and a …

Jim and Jeremy and I start off with some good beers, music news, music they've been listening to and then they get into 4 bands that have been forgotten over the years. These are bands that started out in the 60s/70s that you might not have even heard of or maybe once they mention a song you'll say "ahhh.. that was them?"... Bands that are covered …

Jim and Mike talk to Kurt about the Gripweeds latest contribution to "JEM RECORDS CELEBRATES PETE TOWNSEND" which comes out on August 5th. We also talk about some bands he's working with currently, House of Vibes Recording Studio, and more! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRIP WEEDS: Critics, while praising The Grip Weeds, often try to pigeonhole them with …

Jim and Mike talk to Laurence Juber about his newest album (Select Blends), what "finger-style" guitar is, his time as a member of Paul McCartney's WINGS, (my favorite WINGS album) BACK TO THE EGG, Martin Guitar & more! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAURENCE JUBER (LJ) GRAMMY® winning guitarist Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer an…

Today Jeremy and I start off with some music news, a top 10 list of movie soundtracks (taken from The Ringer's top 50), our 4 favorite movie soundtracks and we end it with some music trivia. Another fun show! SOUNDTRACKS WE COVER: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BATMAN FOREVER GREASE ARMAGEDDON SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL SPACE JAM SINGLES THE LION KING Please sub…

Jim and Mike talk to Dana Fuchs about her new album BORROW TIME (the album went to #4 on billboard's blue's charts), RECORDING of the new album, TOURING, BONO and more! A great fun interview! A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DANA FUCHS: Dana Fuchs is one of the most coveted blues rock stars in the world today. A singer whose hypnotic voice and presence, has led …

The Doors (1991) Movie Review Jim and Jeremy start off with "This Day in Music History", NEW ALBUMS they've been listening to and then they get into the Doors and the Doors Movie starring Val Kilmer from 1991. Musicians/Bands they talk about who have new albums out are: WET LEG FONTAINES D.C. THE INTERUPTORS COLD YEARS JACK WHITE ANN WILSON THE RED…

Jim and Mike talk to Marshall about being in BEATLEMANIA, the movie LA BAMBA (he played Buddy Holly), his new re-release #447, THE SMITHEREENS and alot more A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MARSHALL: After getting an early break playing John Lennon in a touring company of the Broadway musical Beatlemania, Crenshaw began his recording career with the now-legendar…

On Show 28 Jeremy and I start off with some Music News (Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran, U2) then we get into some new albums we've been listening to and then go into the TOP TEN from the week ending March 23rd 1991. Albums we discuss are: THE MYSTERINES - REELING BRYAN ADAMS - SO HAPPY IT HURTS MIKE CAMPBELL AND THE DIRTY KNOBS - EXTE…

Jim and Mike talk to Holly Hutchison about being an early champion for such artists as Blink 182, Alanis Morissette, Muse and many others. We talk about her career as an A&R person and her work with promoting and guiding new artists with her own company "AnR Girl". Believe it or not Mike, Jim and Holly all graduated from the same High School! ABOUT…

Jim and Jeremy start off talking about the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and then go into Album Roulette. They randomly picked 3 albums each from PASTE MAGAZINE'S TOP 50 albums of 2021 to listen to and review. Jim and Jeremy get through the great, the good and the awful. They end the show with our top album picks from 2021. These are albums they really …

Terry Manning may not be a household name but he's had an incredible journey that started at the age of 13 when he sat in with Bobby Fuller at a Junior High Dance. From there he went to work at the legendary STAX RECORDS when he was just 15 years old! We couldn't possibly cover everything so some things we talk about in this hour and a half intervi…

Jim and Mike Interview KELLY OGDEN from the Punk Band THE DOLLYROTS! Jim has been a fan of the band since 2007 when they released their cover of "brand new key". We had a lot of fun talking to Kelly about the new album (Down the Rabbit Hole), her acting debut on CSI, playing with Bowling for Soup, being signed to blackheart records, traveling with …

We talk today mostly on the two Elvis' - Elvis Costello and Elvis Presley. Mike joins Jim remotely from an undisclosed location in Pennsylvania. On today's show Jim and Mike talk about what happened this day in music (January 15th), Elvis Costello's new album, The Weeknd update (on the singer), the new Elvis movie and a wild Elvis movie called "Bub…