The Major Scale is testifying the word of the gospel this episode. First, we pay tribute to the dearly departed Della Reese. She began he career as a singer of immense force and beauty, commanding a range that spanned from Puccini, the deep roots of the blues, Tin Pan Ally, and Gospel. Ms. Reese could deliver it all with spine tingling and soul stirring results. Lynda Blensky, Reese’s rep, said it best: “We lost a magnificent woman who was a trailblazer in many ways.”
The term legend gets used a bit much, but it applies tenfold to an artist like Al Kooper. His work with Bob Dylan, the Zombies, and Lynyrd Skynyrd alone is enough to put him in the history books. He also founded Blood, Sweat, and Tears, which made him a Jazz Rock innovator. Mr. Kooper joins us to talk about a couple of his favorite subjects – gospel music and jazz piano. He also takes over the turntables to plug in a great set from Bobby Timmons, Les McCann, Horace Silver, and Twinkie Clark of the Clark Sisters.
Episode 61 of The Simon Time Trivia Show has Simon giving Chris three MEGA rounds of trivia to see how he does in the face of Sunday Funday pressures in this Halloween movie edition of the show (and hanging out for the duration is Rocky Socha and John Hannan from the Backyard Sessions show). Dig it!
episode 161 – 26 years of being a monster, the curse of 159, cooking like your grandma & getting out of palatka for something greater – a conversation with jim colbert
Episode 37 features Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn from Cinema Crespodiso and in this episode they drink Intracoastal Brewing Company’s Chucky Arms imperial cream ale as well as Black Cauldron’s Demon of the Fall barrel aged Russian imperial stout, plus Chris Crespo pitches twenty different segment ideas for Ed and Lesley Jo.
