Talkin' Classic Rock & Rockabilly With Aaron Joy

0:00 - Intro, personal bias against punk music | discovering Straight Edge & Krishnacore aka Hindu punk rock focused on Hare Krishna movement/ISKCON 7:16 - Musician Vic DiCara's (aka Vraja Kishor) memoir "Train Wrecks & Transcendence: A Collision of Hardcore & Hare Krishna" of the co-founding of the Krishnacore straight edge punk scene (Vic's website: https://vicdicara.com/) 9:16 - Rage Against The Machine comes out of Vic's Krishnacore band 108 with Zack de la Rocha 12:15 - Organic development of indie music scene vs relationship with punk scene vs religion | Respect for scene but not interested in music Live 5/30/2024. Find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Train-Wrecks-Transcendence-Collision-Hardcore/dp/1533073260?&linkCode=ll1&tag=aaronjoyautho-20&linkId=305077a1cecb5a56a11e9db4442c3460&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl His father's book "Krishna's Punk: A Parent's Journey" by Victor Leo DiCara can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Krishnas-Punk-Victor-Leo-DiCara/dp/B092HGYL5S?&linkCode=ll1&tag=aaronjoyautho-20&linkId=5d2bdd984d90f9c2bf2180c0443a2cbe&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl (you support this channel by buying from these Amazon Associate links) * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Deep Purple released the song "Portable Door" on May 1, 2024 (official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbwiEDD04CY) from the forthcoming "=1" album in hte same week as Motley Crue returned with "Dogs Of War", great on repeated listens, everything Motley Crue wishes they were 3:45 - Classic Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore fan upon listening to "Made In Japan", wanting to hear 78 year old Ian Gillan's voice 6:49 - Purple's awesome high energy retro groove, heavy on Don Airey's organ balanced with guest guitarist Simon McBride vs John 5 taking over Crue 10:13 - Roger Glover's bass, Ian Paice's drums 15:46 - The Purple sound vs the lack of Crue sound on new songs 17:94 - Ian Gillan's distinctive singing vs unrecognizable Vince Neil vocals, auto-tune vocals 20:93 - Guitar & Hammond B3 organ solos Live 5/3/2024. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Intro to April 2024 release of the Mötley Crüe comeback song "Dogs Of War" from their forthcoming album 2:51 - Growing up in 1980's with Crue 4:49 - Band embarrassing themselves with lip-syncing & dumping on Mick Mars as weakest link, Vince's one note out of breath singing 8:22 - Declaring comeback as best music ever while debuting reject song, skinny Vince in video 10:27 - Responding to those who say singers change when singers can no longer sing 11:17 - A.I. generated lyrics, lack of personal aspect of lyrics, comparing to lyrics of "Saint Of Los Angeles" title track (Note: I discovered afterwards there is a second verse, but knowing such wouldn't change my opinion.) 19:23 - Lacking personal touch & emotion, non-cohesive lyrics & music 22:06 - Vince Neil's embarrassing singing 29:07 - Bring back John Corabi 31:40 - John 5 on guitar, the Crue sound 34:13 - Acknowledging Nikki Sixx & Tommy Lee, new video 36:27 - Song growing on listeners vs kick ass classic songs 38:12 - Future of band Live 4/27/2024. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Intro, Terminal 5 review 4:47 - Front Line Assembly review with vocalist Bill Leep (ex-Skinny Puppy) & keyboardist Rhys Fulber 10:56 - Ministry review with frontman Al Jourgensen, drummer Roy Mayorga 15:59 - Gary Numan review, performance beyond a concert, referenced video "My Name Is Ruin" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHomCiPFknY 29:19 - How I re-discovered Gary Numan, creative peak, (R)evolution autobio Live 4/14/2024. 🎹 Front Line Assembly set list (from setlist.fm): I.E.D., Vigilante, Plasticity, Deadened, Killing Grounds, Mindphaser, Millennium 🎚 Ministry set list: B.D.E., Just Stop Oil, Goddamn White Trash, Aryan Embarrassment, New Religion, Alert Level, Broken System, N.W.O., Just One Fix, Stigmata, Thieves, Jesus Built My Hotrod, plus encore 🎙Gary Numan set list: Everything Comes Down to This, Halo, The Chosen, Metal, Pure, Love Hurt Bleed, Is This World Not Enough, Cars, Haunted, Pray for the Pain You Serve, My Name Is Ruin, A Prayer for the Unborn * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Discussing Kiss' new Avatars after their 2023 final show/tour as the future of Kiss, Etsy link for psychobilly t-shirt: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MonstersandMartians 5:03 - Background as a Kiss fan but not a Kiss Army fan, Unplugged, Peter Criss & Ace Frehley biographies, Paul Stanley lip synching (referenced proof video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10Gf3oI_NM) @InMyHead , solo albums 11:47 - Who audience is the avatars for? Current fans in the future, fake Kiss line-up, no new music 21:11 - Youthful fans in the future, AI generated art, AI rapper FN Meka & K-pop group Mave, releasing albums to find new fans or fading away 28:40 - Technical difficulties (discovered after the built-in computer mic was on) 30:00 - Suggesting Vegas or Broadway revue show to perpetuate Kiss legacy Live 3/2/2024. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Intro, discussing pros vs cons of vinyl albums vs Compact Discs & mp3, growing up with vinyl & first time hearing vinyl since 2002, Elvis albums 9:25 - Pro: Vinyl covers vs modern thumbnails, cover art, connecting with album 16:01 - Pro: Liner notes is educational, learning about musicians 23:17 - Pro: Handling vinyl with care increases value of music 27:37 - Pro: Being a part of history with previous owners 29:40 - Pro: Autographs 30:38 - Pro: Group activity & sharing music in days of earbuds 32:32 - Pro: No CD rot, vinyl wearing out due to playing 36:56 - Con: Hard to travel with vinyl 38:47 - Con: Physical space considerations 39:55 - Con: Musicians have more freedom today to make more & longer songs (To note: after the show I found vinyl can hold 1-12 songs, whereas an 8GB device can hold upwards of 2000 songs) 44:10 - Con: Lifting needle every few minutes in a fast paced attention deficient culture, scrolling through playlists 45:38 - Con: Random playlist vs only listening to some songs, Side A/Side B good side/bad side thinking 47:44 - Con/Pro: Loss of song order in modern singles culture 49:26 - Con: Does vinyl sound better? 52:55 - Con: Quality of vinyl production in past can be questionable, album cutting, Article from a sound engineer on why vinyl does not sound better: https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2014/11/does_vinyl_really_sound_better.html 55:30 - Con: Albums were mastered for vinyl vs modern mastering for mp3 57:46 - Con/Pro: Vinyl has a warm mid-range sound vs extreme highs/lows 1:00:16 - Con: Speed of needle on album fluctuates & creates distortion 1:01:43 - Con/Pro: Vinyl gets worn, hiss & static, experiencing history (Referenced Count Basie album is "Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra" 1987) 1:06:43 - Con: Vinyl collecting is not cheap, music is not elitist 1:08:43 - Con: Headphones & speakers always sound better than earbuds, tube amps, sounding better vs different 1:12:53 - Con/Pro: Being inspired to listen to music, concluding thoughts, supporting the channel Live 2/19/2024. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Intro, achieving dreams, marathon running 8:58 - Greatest interview advice ever in what not to say which will ruin any interview, demonstration 22:46 - Closing thoughts Live 1/27/2024. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Intro to first show of 2024 4:49 - Am a huge Rolling Stones fan since "Steel Wheels" & of solo albums 7:15 - Charlie Watts jazz albums, recommending biography of Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones: "Sympathy For The Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters" by Mike Edison of G.G. Allin's band, dissecting Charlie's drumming (Mike's official website: https://mikeedison.com/) 10:18 - Pre-Stones musical influences, understanding shuffle rhythm playing 13:28 - Classic Stones albums & live concerts, post-Ron Wood/1970's albums 17:21 - Why Charlie matters?, playing jazz, Billy Joel comparison 19:05 - Life changing music books, Ritchie Blackmore story Live 1/13/2024. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - Show intro, new book series, time factor 6:23 - Defining early rockabilly guitarists & psychobilly guitarists, inventing early electric rock guitar playing, primitive playing 15:56 - Rockabilly/psychobilly players in Rolling Stones 2023 list of "250 Greatest Guitarists" (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/), Jerry Reed playing solo guitar version of "Guitar Man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbkfPQKyJcA, sexism in music, template of rockabilly music, forgetting past guitar innovators/heroes, Reverend Horton Heat (Jim Heath) 53:09 - Problems with comparing guitarists, innovation vs emotion vs technical playing, electric vs acoustic playing, (referenced Steve Vai multi-string bend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fO954zQ3Us) 1:09:44 - Robert Quine vs Steve Howe vs Lou Reed 1:18:20 - Closing thoughts Live 12/16/2023. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com

0:00 - I'm a lifelong Elvis fan, Baz Luhrman's "Elvis" movie, wanted to be Scotty Moore (recommend: Scotty's autobiography "That's Alright, Elvis") 7:24 - What is interesting in a music biography, MeToo Movement makes Elvis a pedophile 16:25 - Making movie of "Elvis & Me" book about underage relationship feels like money grab in light of Baz's movie, Priscilla rewrites history 20:17 - "Priscilla" can't use official music by Estate, Agent Elvis 23:51 - Actors don't look like real people 28:16 - Priscilla taking advantage of being ex-wife but with low quality, "If I Can Dream" 33:47 - Closing thoughts Live 11/24/2023. * * * Regular live show. I'm an upright bassist in Portland, Maine chatting about music with a focus on classic rock. 📻 Also here are interviews from my 2011-12 podcast "The Roman Midnight Music Podcast", as they are no longer available elsewhere. Channel duplicated on Rumble. 🎧 I played bass in metal trio Tired Wings, alt-country group Willy Martin & The Woods. I've studied slap bass with Slick Joe Fick & Adam Ben Ezra, jazz history with bassist Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio, Stan Getz), jazz theory with clarinetist Titus Abbott, world music with singer Margot Hanson. I play exclusively double bass with K&K & Shadow rockabilly pre-amp/pick-ups, Fender Rumble amps, Innovation Rockabilly Reds strings. 🎼 To support this channel: 📚 My books, which include music themed fiction & crossword puzzles: http://www.aaronjoyauthor.weebly.com 🍮 https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy Buy Me A Coffee for one time or long-time support 👉🏻📭 aronmatyas@hotmail.com