406. How we made Halfway Down Under: A Tribute to Jim Lauderdale (with Michael Carpenter)

Australia’s Mr Rock’n’Roll Davey Lane, lead guitarist for You Am I and singer/songwriter, returns for the third time to the podcast for our most epic Beatles chat yet. Armed with a bottle of Lagavulin, an acoustic guitar and the original multi-track recordings, we delve into the Fab Four’s final masterpiece ‘Abbey Road’. How does the album function as the band’s final mission statement? How did Her Majesty originally fit into the album? Which members of The Office cast should star in the Ricky Gervais directed Beatles movie? How does John Lennon’s contribution to the album presage his solo work? What is the Beatles signature chord change? Why do people hate Paul McCartney, the man who wrote the most profound lyric in rock’n’roll? and what was Davey’s experience seeing Sir Paul live earlier this year? Plus, we dig into the multi-track recordings of Something, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Polythene Pam and Oh Darling and look at the musical complexities of these classic tracks - the melodies of McCartney’s bass-lines, the intricate Beatle harmonies and the singable guitar solos. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos.

12 Loka 20151h 10min

5-time ARIA nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist Dan Kelly writes laconic, distinctly Australian music with a cheeky vibe, but his favorite album is the coke-fuelled paranoid hard funk classic 'There's A Riot Goin On' by Sly and the Family Stone. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

7 Loka 201535min

Award winning Aussie bluesman Ash Gruwnald talks about the wild and wonderful world of Tom Waits and his grotesequely beautiful album 'Mule Variations'. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

6 Loka 201543min

Combustible Melbourne soul heroine Stella Angelico joins me to talk about the bad-asses of the 60s girl group scene, New York trio The Shangri-las. We talk about why they were the toughest gals in the game, their fascination with death, the drama inherent in their songs, their hustling mentor George ‘Shadow’ Morton, why there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure and why the Shangri-las were the Taylor Swift of their era. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

15 Syys 201538min

My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

9 Syys 201535min

One of Australian country's most respected and awarded singer-songwriters Troy Cassar-Daley joins me to talk about one of his idols, Willie Nelson, and the icon Texan's first 'Greatest Hits', collecting his pre-outlaw era classics from the early 60s.How does the sound of this record diverge from what became Willie's signature sound? How did Patsy Cline come to record 'Crazy'? What instrument did Troy teach Willie to play when they toured together in the 90s? Why didn't Troy cut any songs from this album on his platinum selling duets album with Adam Harvey 'The Great Country Songbook'? And how does the original version here of 'Darkness on the Face of the Earth' compare with Willie's reggae reimagining of the song? Plus Troy gives us a peak at a beautiful not yet released song 'Outlaws Like Me', inspired by Willie and his fellow outlaw country legends. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

7 Syys 201536min

The modern ambassador of cow-punk, singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless, joins me to chat about The Replacements 1987 album "Pleased to Meet Me", diversifying sounds, the 'Mid-West sound' and her love of pure pop music. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

3 Syys 201526min

Smokey-beyond-her-years Melbourne chanteuse Gena Rose Bruce joins me from a haunted hotel room in Kings Cross to talk about the most personal album from one of Australia's greatest singer/songwriters - Nick Cave's 1997 LP "The Boatman's Call". We talk about the trickiness of writing songs about real people and relationships, covering Nick Cave at weddings, why this album was a change of pace for Cave, keep musical and real life personalities seperate and the intersection between love, religion and heroin.  My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos. If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

26 Elo 201529min